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    Renewing relationship with Mary

    Hey all, long time. Hope all is well. Okay, so here's my issue with some background. I was raised very Catholic and was taught to have a close relationship with God and Mary; I was made to feel safe praying for her intercession whenever I was in need. You know that famous prayer "Remeber O...
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    Small Prayer Request

    Hello, folks. This prayer request isn't as dire as other ones on this forum, but I ask for you to say a little prayer for my company to win the contract I am working on and hopefully keep the team together. I'm just worried about losing my job and placing the burden of working all on my wife...
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    so apparently "the Pope did another anti-Christ-ey thing"

    because as we all know, the Pope is evil. :rolleyes: link: POPE JOHN PAUL II USES ANOTHER BLACK MAGICK SATANIC SYMBOL FOR ANTICHRIST DURING HIS TRIP TO ISRAEL (upon second look, it appears to be an old link. i apologize if you've seen this before. if you have, what did you guys say about...
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    seething

    this anti-Christ sentiment growing is really getting on my nerves... i'll be praying for this, but it seems to just keep getting worse and worse...
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    Cardinals want Pope to resign

    from the independent.co.uk: Cardinals consider moves to press for Pope's resignation By Peter Popham in Rome 16 October 2003 The Catholic Church's cardinals may ask the Pope to resign from his post when they meet in Rome next week. The idea that the Pope should exercise his right to...
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    your thoughts on the new warnings from the Vatican

    so there is to be no clapping, dancing at mass, among other things... thoughts on this? personally i don't mind it much. we're at Church for God, not to bicker over petty things such as not being able to get your groove on during the processional hymn...
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    Isabel prayer request

    hey guys, i'm asking for a prayer request for us over here on the mid atlantic coast. i'm guessing i'm not the only one about to be affected by this hurricane either, so don't limit your prayers to Raphael, of course. by the way, i remember having a prayer for storms somewhere but i can't...
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    your views on the judge moore case?

    just FYI, for those who haven't heard of it yet: http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/25/ten.commandments.ap/index.html... i see Christians are split on this issue. the Catholics i've spoken to so far are for Judge Moore, though. just wondering what you guys think.
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    They're now going to try and shoot our planes down

    CNN reports that three were arrested in missile smuggling bust. just makes me wonder how many operatives have these already. :o our prayers have been answered with the arrest of these three. we need keep praying and pray harder. :pray: :pray: :pray:
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    Separate "Catholic" Churches?

    i was going to post this in "The Passion" thread, but then i realized that since this really has very little to do with the movie, i would probably end up hijacking that thread. anyway, in CNN's preview of 'The Passion' by Mel Gibson, they talk about gibson being "a member of an...
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    So... Who did we decide our patron saint was?

    ...Or did the server crash before the poll ended?
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    am i oversimplifying the solution to all Christians' differences here..?

    this is in response to my question on the names of the 'Seven Holy Angels.'...  not that it turned into another Protestantism vs. Catholicism thread or anything, but it just reminded about how picky we all are (i myself am guilty of this as well).  so i might be simplifying...
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    Who are the 'Seven Holy Angels?'

    i came across some scripture from the book of Tobit last night.  actually, i'm not sure if it's actually from the book of Tobit or if it was "paraphrased" into my prayerbook.  but it was basically the Archangel Raphael's words to Tobias and Sarah when he revealed to them that he...
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    St. Peter loses 'keys to Heaven'

    what do you suppose this means?  :scratch: :sorry: rotten vandals... 
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    The Pope to meet with Iraqi official

    good grief.  i'm nervous about this... again, prayers please....
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    prayers for the Pope's safety

    browsing on CNN and saw this article:  http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/01/22/alqaeda.assassination/index.html of course it's disturbing as is, but saw this little blurb towards the end of the article and found it even more disturbing: of course, it's not an old thing...
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    apocryphal gospels? (Gospel of Thomas?)

    was talking to a friend of mine over the weekend and he mentioned something about the "Apocryphal (sp?) Gospels," one of them being the Gospel of Thomas.  He was talking how the men who were in charge of putting the Bible together originally might have chosen to leave that gospel out...
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    Would Jesus start a war?

    This article was in the Catholic Review this week.  My wife read me snippets last night, sounded like a good read. Anyway, the question i pose is, what would Jesus do if he lived now in times of terrorism?  How are we to live?  I was never a war on Iraq supporter but have...
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    Did Jesus have a brother???

    <DIV>i've been looking for a thread about this here but haven't found it yet.&nbsp; what do you guys think of this?</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/21/jesus.box/index.html</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A limestone burial box...
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    THANK YOU ALL! Round #1 of worry is over

    i just wanted to say thank you for your prayers (regarding this prayer request thread)!&nbsp; we had an ultrasound about 3 weeks ago and everything came up normal.&nbsp; i heard the baby's heartbeat&nbsp;and he or she looked like a little peanut at that point.&nbsp; words cannot express what...