An anti anti-Catholic tract for WYD 2002

Uhm..anti-Catholic??

That term sounds a bit too discouraging doesn't it?

I dunno...I'm a protestant wanting to become Catholic. I wasn't even aware there was such hatred as to call people 'anti-Catholics'...

-Jason

1. Catholics pray to Mary
2. Confession should be to God instead of priest.
3. Practice X is not in the Bible (Mass seems to be especially popular)
4. Catholics think that Christ must be re-sacrificed at every mass; his original sacrifice was not enough
5. Works and Faith for salvation
6. Catholic Church is the "harlot" described in Revelation
7. Papal Infallibility

Just go to www.chick.com and look at "Are Roman Catholics Christians?" and "Last Rites". After you are finished vomiting you should have a nice list.

As for the most potentially damaging, I can't really say...

-Chris

To NYJ:

I'd probably entitle the tract (IN BOLD FACE!)

"YES, CATHOLICS ARE CHRISTIANS!"

My daughter's personal "tantrum" towards those who wish to evangelize Catholics is the insistance that she needs Jesus "to be her personal Lord and Savior." So #1 on the list would be something to the effect that Catholics don't NEED saving, that they already HAVE Jesus, especially through the Real Presence, in their lives.

And bless you!


Peace be with you,
~VOW

You read Death Cookie? Thats a funny one!

As is In the Beginning!

First of all I would just like to say that I am once again dumbfounded at the arrogance of certain people to target a Christian community as though they were in need of saving. To target a community over-run with voodoo or what have you would be one thing.. but this is ridiculous.

Anyway, I don't know if you have addressed the issue of how some people believe that Catholics re-sacrafice Jesus at the altar but either way I hope you will let me share something with you.

In my struggle to better understand the teachings of Catholicism I have been reading and listening to radio programs and praying and this particular thing I was having trouble with because I have heard people at my own Church who aren't anti-Catholic per se--say that Catholics re-sacrafice Jesus at the altar.

One day my 3 year old daughter was looking at herself in a full length mirror. She had a look of confusion on her face and I asked her what she was doing. She looked at me clearly bewildered and said: "There's two of me." I said "NO, there is just one of you--that's your reflection.that you see".

Upon further contemplation of this I wondered to myself how many times have I looked in the mirror? Hundreds if not thousands of times? Does that mean there are hundreds of me in the world? Let's hope not. Even though it is an exactt representation of me when I look in the mirror, it doesn't mean there are two of me.

And I thought well, maybe it's the same way with the Mass. I was having a very difficult time understanding it and I believe God helped me to understand it through the eyes of my three year old.

Anyway nyj, I will be praying for you .. you will certainly have your work cut out for.

Michelle

::: grabbing Miss Shelby in a big hug and dancing her around the room :::::


Can we send your reflections out into the world to share your wisdom????

Hon, all that the Catholics in this forum are trying to do is to clear up the misconceptions. And although none of us may be directly responsible for your recent insight (actually, give credit where it's due, it was the Holy Spirit!), it's nice to see people who open themselves to learning and in doing so, remove some of the animosity from the world.

May the Lord bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand always!


Peace be with you,
~VOW

Originally posted by Miss Shelby
First of all I would just like to say that I am once again dumbfounded at the arrogance of certain people to target a Christian community as though they were in need of saving. To target a community over-run with voodoo or what have you would be one thing.. but this is ridiculous.

Anyway, I don't know if you have addressed the issue of how some people believe that Catholics re-sacrafice Jesus at the altar but either way I hope you will let me share something with you.

In my struggle to better understand the teachings of Catholicism I have been reading and listening to radio programs and praying and this particular thing I was having trouble with because I have heard people at my own Church who aren't anti-Catholic per se--say that Catholics re-sacrafice Jesus at the altar.

One day my 3 year old daughter was looking at herself in a full length mirror. She had a look of confusion on her face and I asked her what she was doing. She looked at me clearly bewildered and said: "There's two of me." I said "NO, there is just one of you--that's your reflection.that you see".

Upon further contemplation of this I wondered to myself how many times have I looked in the mirror? Hundreds if not thousands of times? Does that mean there are hundreds of me in the world? Let's hope not. Even though it is an exactt representation of me when I look in the mirror, it doesn't mean there are two of me.

And I thought well, maybe it's the same way with the Mass. I was having a very difficult time understanding it and I believe God helped me to understand it through the eyes of my three year old.

Anyway nyj, I will be praying for you .. you will certainly have your work cut out for.

Michelle

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Michelle, Thanks very much for this insight. Yesterday on a thread at Interfaith I put this up. I think it also works as a way of explaining why Catholics do not offer the same sacrifice again and again. I'd appreciate some feedback from any and all:

As for sacrifices being offered again and again, this is another huge misconception. There is one Sacrifice, the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross, which the Mass makes present in an unbloody manner. In the Mass the priest and the victim are the same as on Calvary. It is not a different sacrifice.

A very crude example, on television now you will see again and again pictures of the Church of the Nativity, where two hundred Palestinian gunmen are holed up. One Church of the Nativity depicted on millions of television sets around the world. So then, are there millions of Churches of the Nativity? No, there is one Church of the Nativity made present on millions of different television sets. There is one Sacrifice that took place around the year 37 AD, which the priest of your hometown will make present on the altar of your local Catholic Church tomorrow morning. One Sacrifice. One Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. One Victim, the Lord Jesus Christ, made available to us now for our spiritual food nearly two thousand years after the Last Supper. What goodness!

Lee