St. Joseph and the Holy Child
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Father Abe tanong ko lang kung okey po ba ang mag adapt ako ng teaching sa feng shui? Principle of arrangement lang ang ia-apply ko pero hindi mismo yung belief ng feng shui? Pede po ba na bumili ako ng statue ni Baddha para gawin kong alkansya? okey lang po ba to? Sya nga pala, sa mga suki kong chinese may napansin lang ako, tatlo kasi ang imahin na madalas kong makita sa mga tindahan nila, isang sto. nino, isang buddha at si confucious. Di ba kasalanan ito? may nakausap kasi akong chinese at sabi nya sa akin na okey lang daw sundin ang way of arrangements ng feng shui kahit di ako maniwala sa principles nito. Before i follow his advice minarapat kong konsultahin ka muna at hingin ang payo mo.
- Fr. Abe, CRS said...
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Bro. Andee ang Feng Shui ay isang Buddhist and New Age system and principles. Hindi yan Christian. That is why tama ka na mali yong ginagawang syncretism na may STO. NINO, may Buddha at may Confucius. KUNG NANINIWALA TALAGA SILA NA GOD SI JESUS THEN THERE IS NO NEED TO PUT BUDDHA AND CONFUCIUS THERE. Sana Mama Mary na lang or any of the saints kasi they are Christians and Biblical characters. They will remind us of the Bible stories and messages.
Sabi lang nila na hindi sila nag-a abide with Feng Sui principles but in reality they do. They consider Christ as equal with Buddha and Confucius. That is a big NO, NO, NO. CHRIST IS THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. The only Lord and Savior.
Hindi masama ang mag-alkansiya. Actually that is good. Hindi rin masama kung Buddha ang itsura ng alkansia kasi nanduon lang naman siya not for luck but for artistic purpose: KASI CUTE ANG MGA BUDDHA ALKANSIYA. He, he, he... No problem with that. Masama naman kung image ni Jesus ang huhulugan natin ng pera. But, do not attribute luck or fortune on the Buddha but on the grace of God.
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Fr.Abe anu po ba ang mali o mga kamalian ng born again at baptist...bukod sa mga nabasa ko po d2 sa website ninyo...kasi po para malinawagan ng lubusan tungkol sa mga bornagain ang kaibigan ko..
ReplyDeletethank you po!!
YUNG MGA NABASA MO DITO SA BLOG AY HALOS YON NA ANG MGA PANGUNAHING KAMALIAN NILA. DUN KA NA LANG MAG FOCUS. YAN ANG MGA WEAKENESSES NILA.
ReplyDeleteMost of the Born Again I met are wolves inside the sheep's clothes
ReplyDeleteSINABI MO PA. YUN NGANG KAPITBAHAY NAMIN, CLOSE PA NAMAN SA FAMILY KO. IMAGINE, NANLALAKI SIYA TAPOS INIWAN ANG ASAWA PARA SA LALAKI NIYA. THEN DAHIL ALAM NYANG MASAMA ANG ADULTERY SA CATHOLIC CHURCH NAG BORN AGAIN. NGAYON 'SAVED NA DAW SIYA'. HA, HA, HA...
ReplyDeleteNAGBORN AGAIN PARA PAGTAKPAN ANG IMORALIDAD NIYA.
Thank You poh!!
ReplyDeleteGOD BLESS!!
Father Abe, di ba ang tao ay galing sa lupa at babalik sa lupa? bakit may di na-aagnas gaya ng ibang santo natin? lahat ba ng tao na di naagnas ay pwedeng matawag natin na isang santo gaya ni Inday Potenciana ng Bohol, she's being revered by some of the people there especially during friday.
ReplyDelete[Father Abe, di ba ang tao ay galing sa lupa at babalik sa lupa?]
ReplyDeleteYES, BRO. ANDEE.
ANG KAMATAYAN NG TAO AT ANG PAGKA-AGNAS NG KATAWAN AY IPINAGKALOOB NG DIOS BILANG PARUSA SA KASALANAN:
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
[ bakit may di na-aagnas gaya ng ibang santo natin?]
DAHIL MAY MGA TAONG PINAGKALOOBAN NG DIOS NG SPECIAL GRACE. SILA AY NAMUHAY SA GRASYA NG DIOS, NAGING MATATAG SA PANANAMPALATAYA AT NAMUHAY SA KABUTIHAN AT KABANALAN NG MAY KATAPATAN SA DIOS.
ANG DOCTRINA NG 'BODILY INCORRUPTIBILITY' AY IPINAHAYAG NG BANAL NA KASULATAN:
Psalm 16:10 [KJV] "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."
THIS IS A PROMISE TO CHRIST THE LORD BUT REMEMBER THAT JESUS IS THE FIRST BORN AMONG THE DEAD. THIS BLESSING GIVEN TO CHRIST IS ALSO SHARED ON THOSE WHO LIVED IN HOLINESS AND FIDELITY TO GOD:
Colosians 1:18 [KJV] "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
ILAN SA MGA EXAMPLES SA BIBLIA AY ANG MGA SUMUSUNOD:
ReplyDelete1. Enoch
Genesis 5:24 "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him."
HINDI NAAGNAS ANG KATAWAN NI ENOCH DAHIL INIAKYAT NA SIYA SA LANGIT.
2. PROPHET ELIJAH
2 Kings 2:11 [KJV] "And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven."
GAYON DIN SI ELIJAH. HINDI NABULOK ANG BANGKAY DAHIL INAKYAT NA SA LANGIT.
3. MOSES
Jude 1:9 [KJV] "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee."
THE DEVIL WANTED TO TAKE THE BODY OF MOSES. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? THE DEVIL WANTS TO DEFILE HIS BODY WITH THE EFFECTS OF SIN, i.e., CORRUPTION AND DECAY. GOD DIDN'T ALLOW IT AND LET THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL PROTECT HIS BODY.
SOME OF THESE HOLY PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT TO HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY LIKE ENOCH AND ELIJAH, AND ULTIMATELY JESUS AND MARY, BUT SOME WERE ONLY GIVEN PROTECTION FROM THE CORRUPTING INFLUENCE BY THE DEVIL AS IN THE CASE OF MOSES.
SO, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BY SPECIAL GRACE OF GOD ARE PROTECTED FROM CORRUPTION AND DECAY WHICH IS THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL AS EFFECTS OF OUR SINFULNESS. AS ST. PAUL SAID:
1 Corinthians 2:9 [KJV] "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."
THIS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT THE GLORIFICATION OF THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN. BUT, IT IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO THE GLORY OF HEAVEN. IT ALSO REFERS SECONDARILY TO THE POWER OF THE SAINTS TO PERFORM MIRACLES, TO SPEAK VARIOUS LANGUAGES, SUCCESS IN MISSIONARY GOALS AND EVANGELIZATION EFFORTS AND EVEN MIRACULOUS INCORRUPTION AFTER DEATH OR FOR SOME RELEASING ROSE LIKE PERFUMES FROM THE DEAD SAINTS' BODY EVEN YEARS OR DECADES AFTER HIS OR HER DEATH.
[ lahat ba ng tao na di naagnas ay pwedeng matawag natin na isang santo gaya ni Inday Potenciana ng Bohol,]
SIEMPRE HINDI LAHAT. THE CHURCH MUST INVESTIGATE FIRST THEOLOGICALLY AND SCIENTIFICALLY IF THE INCORRUPTION IS MIRACULOUS. HALIMBAWA, NABAON SA YELO SIEMPRE HINDI MIRACULOUS YON. HE, HE, HE...
THE MIRACLE OF INCORRUPTION MUST FIRST BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CHURCH. ALSO, THE CHURCH MUST INVESTIGATE THE STATE OF SANCTITY OF THE PERSON AND IF IT IS PROVEN THAT THE PERSON HAS LIVED HOLINESS OF LIFE IN A HEROIC DEGREE THEN THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS INDEED DUE TO THE DIVINE INTERVENTION.
KAYA NGA IF ONE IS FOUND TO BE INCORRUPT AND IS KNOWN IN THE AREA AS A HOLY PERSON THE PARISH PRIEST MUST REPORT TO THE BISHOP AND THE BISHOP MUST FORM AN INVESTIGATING TEAM COMPOSED OF THEOLOGIANS AND DOCTORS.
IF THE PERSON DIDN'T LIVE A HOLY LIFE DURING HIS OR HER LIFETIME, THEN FORGET IT.
[ she's being revered by some of the people there especially during friday.]
WE MUST BE VERY CAUTIOUS. WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REVERE ANY INCORRUPT BODY OF THE DEAD. O NO, NO, NO... FIRST, HER CASE SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE BISHOP.
IF THE PEOPLE REALLY WANTS TO VENERATE HER AND ARE CONVINCED OF HER SANCTITY THEN THEY SHOULD FORMALLY PETITION THE BISHOP OR IF IN CEBU - THE ARCHBISHOP OF CEBU. THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING LOVE AND RESPECT ACCORDED HER BY THE PEOPLE IS FAVORABLE TO HER CAUSE. BUT HER HOLINESS DURING HER LIFETIME MUST BE ESTABLISHED BY DOCUMENTS AND CONCRETE TESTIMONIES NOT JUST BY HEARSAYS. HER SO-CALLED MIRACLES BY GOD'S GRACE MUST BE PROVEN UNEXPLAINABLE BY SCIENCE.
nakalulungkot talaga na may mga umaalis ng Catholic church para mapagbigyan ang imoralidad nila, IPAGDASAL PO NATIN SILA TWING ALAS TRES AT ARAW ARAW!!!
ReplyDeleteYES. THANK YOU SO.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Chinese New year. eh dapat bang paniwalaan ang mga gawain ng mga chinese like mga good luck charms, swerte, paniniwala sa mga year ng kung ano-anong hayop.. magkakasala ba ako pagtinangkilik ko mga iyon ayon sa biblia and sa catholic faith? ano ang masasabi ng simbahang katolika dito?
ReplyDeleteCATHOLICS REJECTS HOROSCOPES WHETHER WESTERN OR CHINESE HOROSCOPES... WE REJECT SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS AND THE SO-CALLED CHARMS. THESE ARE CONTRARY TO THE COMMANDMENT NO. 1 AS EXPLAINED BY THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH:
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2111 Superstition is the deviation of religious feeling and of the practices this feeling imposes. It can even affect the worship we offer the true God, e.g., when one attributes an importance in some way magical to certain practices otherwise lawful or necessary. To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition.41
Divination and magic
2115 God can reveal the future to his prophets or to other saints. Still, a sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future, and giving up all unhealthy curiosity about it. Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility.
2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the dead or other practices falsely supposed to "unveil" the future.48 Consulting horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, interpretation of omens and lots, the phenomena of clairvoyance, and recourse to mediums all conceal a desire for power over time, history, and, in the last analysis, other human beings, as well as a wish to conciliate hidden powers. They contradict the honor, respect, and loving fear that we owe to God alone.
2117 All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion. These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons. Wearing charms is also reprehensible. Spiritism often implies divination or magical practices; the Church for her part warns the faithful against it. Recourse to so-called traditional cures does not justify either the invocation of evil powers or the exploitation of another's credulity.