Dear
Fr. Abe,
Ave Maria!
First of all, I want to introduce myself. I am Bro. Alvin Keith S. De Perio, I am from Novaliches, Quezon City and presently studying Physical Therapy in Our Lady of Fatima University-Lagro and an active member of the Campus Ministry in our university. I am also a member of the Franciscan Tertiaries of the Immaculate, a lay branch of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, and a good friend and fellow confreres of Bro. Rafael Vicho, a DFF Member. Actually, I just heard this blog from him and when I visited your site, I found out that your blog has a very excellent and marvelous commentaries and answers regarding our faith based on our well-founded and strong doctrines of our Catholic faith that our Lord Jesus Christ has left us 2000 years ago. Our doctrines alone can refute against the illogical and baseless accusations by some Fundamentalists, Saksi ni Batman, Iglesia ni Manalo, Quibolistas, Lutherans and among others. Since the day I read your blog for the first time, I already become a good fan of yours and my day will not be complete without reading your latest blogs for that particular day. Your answers to them is definitely a big help for everybody, especially for those Catholics who are about to leave the Church to rethink and for all Catholics to know and defend their faith against all baseless accusations and a good resource item for lay people, catechists and even priests and religious. There are even times that I have to laugh hardly because of your funny and strong answers to some Born Again people regarding their baseless dogmas. Although your answers are mixed with some good sense of humor, it is very informative and helpful for everybody…
I also want to share some personal experiences regarding argumentations on faith. Actually, it happens a week ago. I have visited a good friend of mine in her stall near our campus and incidentally, she introduced me to her friend whom she regarded ‘God-fearing’ and a ‘biblical enthusiast’ which at that moment visited their carinderia stall of my friend. After he learned that I was a Catholic, he started out to state that the Catholic church is not from the Sacred Scriptures…..But I replied firmly that in the contrary, the Sacred Scriptures came from the Catholic church because the scriptures was been compiled in order to defend our doctrines from heresies during that time…..and the argumentation went on……Finally, after we passed on different topics about the papacy and rupture which I strongly but politely answer and refute his statements, the Catholic church emerged. I hope he is converted right now. Thanks be to God, to our Mother Mary, and to you…..Because I read your blog regularly and I learn a lot from it. I thank God that he uses you and your humble blog in order to educate and to train Catholics about their faith and how to defend it in such a way that is strong but charitable and polite. Your site is very accessible all especially to young people like me.
Lastly, I want to learn more about the Catholic faith and to know it better.. Despite that we have lectures on Franciscan spirituality and on our Catholic faith, I yearn to learn even more and better. I want to explore the faith that our ancestors has left us and strengthen them during their lifetime.. Do you have any seminars or lectures on a regular basis so that I can learn more? I hope that I can attend those seminars in the near future and if God wills it, I could meet you in person. Please continue this blog…..it is very helpful and informative, not to mention some good sense of humor and some funny explanations and keep up the good work. I will recommend this blog to all my friends who want to know about our Catholic faith. Rest assured, my prayers will be with you and to your team. Again, please accept my greetings to you and to Bro. Marwill Llasos, OP and May the Hearts of Jesus and Mary may guide you and your humble work. God bless you!
Yours in Jesus and Mary,
Alvin Keith S. De Perio
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father how does it feel to see the fruits of your labor:)
ReplyDeleteMay you always continue your Holy War against the various heresies of today!
IM IN CLOUD NINE OF COURSE BRO. GREGOR. ACTUALLY, I HAVE RECEIVED MANY MESSAGES OF THIS KIND. INCLUDING YOURS. I COLLECTED THEM BUT ONLY NOW DID I DECIDE TO POST IT. SABI KO PARA MAINSPIRE DIN ANG IBA.
ReplyDeletePRAISE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS ALLELUIA.
"After he learned that I was a Catholic, he started out to state that the Catholic church is not from the Sacred Scriptures…..But I replied firmly that in the contrary, the Sacred Scriptures came from the Catholic church because the scriptures was been compiled in order to defend our doctrines from heresies during that time…..'
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the problems with some non-Catholics, they just spew out that the Catholic Church is not scriptural. This statement is base only from the words of their preachers who lack knowledge about the historical background on how and why the Epistles and the Gospels were written. They think that the bible existed in the 1st century as we have it right now. The proclamation of the kingdom of God made present by our Lord Jesus Christ did not depend on writing. The early church, the 1st generations of Christians were strongly eschatological. They thought that our Lord will return soon in their lifetime.
The Epistles were written to answer immediate and pressing problems of the early church. These letters or Epistles were a means or form of communication. The Pauline letters stressed different aspects of our faith according to the need of the community he was addressing; depending on the particular problem of that community. Though these letters were addressed to particular communities, they have a universal or catholic, or permanent tone.
As a matter of fact some of these Epistles were largely due to the claims of the heretics and the response of the Church to these claims. Back then there were different Epistles going around and people cannot differentiate which is which. For example Marcion made his own canon, Catherine Gunsaluz Gonzalez in her book Heretics for the Armchair theologian said that Marcion is the first to make a list of books that should be the scriptures of his church.
'Because Marcion had form a canon- a list of scriptures deemed “scriptures” for the church-which differed from the books that the church catholic was using, the church now began creating its own canon. Probably this would have happened eventually, but Marcion was the goad for the process and may have increased the church’s attention to Paul. By the end of the second century, the basic shape of the Christian Scriptures was complete.'
If non-Catholics will only read Christian history and try to understand the problems that the heretics posed against the early church and how the church countered them, and understand the writings and the Early Church Fathers, they will understand the reason why we have the Apostles Creed, the New Testament and the doctrines that we have.
All Catholics doctrines have biblical basis, after all the bible is a product of the Church that Jesus founded. The bible is the Tradition of the Church in written form. That Tradition has a history and one ought to know that history to properly interpret it.
Well said Bro. Ferdinand
ReplyDeleteHi Fr. Abe...
ReplyDeleteTanong lang po...Bakit maraming affected doon sa comment ni Mommy Deonisia to depend his son kesa Sen.Marriam?!? na LIAR na at BRENDA pa... sorry po medyo brutal yata pagkasabi ko sa senadora..pero yon naman kasi ang naging tatak nya...eh?
Salamat po!
Hi Fr. Abe,
ReplyDeleteGood Day po...
Question lang po?
When God created Adam... sa Paradise of Eden po ba o sa mundong kinatatayuan natin ngayon?
Kasi curious lang po ako doon evolution of man na nangaling daw sa APE?
Thank You! and God Bless!
Ang sama talaga ng RH Bill, other Christian denominations and atheist are using this opportunity as a smear campaign against the Catholic Church.. nakakainis
ReplyDeleteBwal po ba talgang kumain ng pork ang mga Kristiyano ayon sa mga SDA?
ReplyDeleteParehas kami ni Alvin Keith ng masasabi d2 sa website ni Father Abe! Totoo ngang sobrang laki ng tulong at sobrang matatawa ka sa mga jokes ni Father laban sa mga heretics. Hahaha!
ReplyDeleteNatawa din ako sa letter ni Alvin nung nabanggit nia ung "Saksi ni Batman" HAHAHA!
ipag-enroll mo kaya sila father sa maryhill school of theology (alma mater ko yan).
ReplyDeleteBwal po ba talgang kumain ng pork ang mga Kristiyano ayon sa mga SDA?
ReplyDeleteITANONG MO NA LANG YAN SA KANILA. HE HE HE
Alvin tama ka marami ang natutu dahil sa blog na ito. Sanay magpatuloy pa ang blog na ito maktulong ng marami pang ibang nasa delemma ng kanilang pananmpalatay.
ReplyDeleteFr. Abe isa ka talagang alamat hehehe biro lang pads.
Papuri sa iyo oh Panginoon, Amen!
PURIHIN ANG PANGINOONG JESUS ANONYMOUS... MABUHAY ANG MAHAL NA BIRHEN.
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA... FEELING KO TULOY E AKO SI PANDAY.
[Ang sama talaga ng RH Bill, other Christian denominations and atheist are using this opportunity as a smear campaign against the Catholic Church.. nakakainis]
ReplyDeleteNAGTUTULONG TULONG ANG MGA HALIMAW AT MGA KAMPON NG KADILIMAN LABAN SA SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA. LET US UNITE TO FIGHT AND DEFEAT THEM. LABAN MGA CATOLICO. MANINDIGAN NA.
[Hi Fr. Abe,]
ReplyDeleteHELLO ESL.
[Good Day po...]
GOOD DAY DIN SA IYO.
[Question lang po?
When God created Adam... sa Paradise of Eden po ba o sa mundong kinatatayuan natin ngayon?]
UNANG UNA, DAPAT MONG TIGNAN NA WALANG SINABI ANG BIBLIA NA ANG PARADISE CALLED EDEN AY WALA SA MUNDONG KINATATAYUAN NATIN NGAYON. VERY CLEAR ANG BOOK OF GENESIS NA ANG PARAISO NG EDEN AY NAPAPALIBUTAN NG 4 NA ILOG AT MAY MGA HALAMAN. SIGURO NAMAN ALAM MO NA WALANG ILOG SA BUWAN AT WALANG HALAMANAN SA MARS. HE HE HE...
NILIKHA NG DIOS ANG TAO MULA SA ALABOK AT INILAGAY SA DAIGDIG NA NILIKHA NIYA:
Gen 1:28 At sila'y binasbasan ng Dios, at sa kanila'y sinabi ng Dios, Kayo'y magpalaanakin, at magpakarami, at kalatan ninyo ang lupa, at inyong supilin; at magkaroon kayo ng kapangyarihan sa mga isda sa dagat, at sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa bawa't hayop na gumagalaw sa ibabaw ng lupa.
Gen 1:29 At sinabi ng Dios, Narito, ibinigay ko sa inyo ang bawa't pananim na nagkakabinhi, na nasa ibabaw ng balat ng lupa, at ang bawa't punong kahoy na may bunga ng punong kahoy na nagkakabinhi; sa inyo'y magiging pagkain:
Gen 1:30 At sa bawa't hayop sa lupa, at sa bawa't ibon sa himpapawid; at sa bawa't nagsisiusad sa ibabaw ng lupa na may buhay ay ibinigay ko ang lahat na pananim na sariwa na pinakapagkain; at nagkagayon
KAYA, IMPOSIBLE NA ANG PARAISO NG EDEN AY WALA SA DAIGDIG NA ITO.
WELL, YUNG LUPANG KINATATAYUAN NATIN NGAYON SIEMPRE E HINDI NA EXACTO NA TINUNGTUNGAN NI EBA AT ADAN SUBALIT ITO PA RIN ANG EARTH NA TINIRHAN NILA.
[Kasi curious lang po ako doon evolution of man na nangaling daw sa APE?]
YANG ARAL NA GALING DAW ANG TAO SA APE AY THEORY LANG. HINDI PA IYAN NAPATUNAYAN. ACTUALLY, HINDI SILA MAKAPAGPAKITA NG UNGGOY NA NAGING TAO. KASI ANG TAO GALING SA TAO, ANG UNGGOY GALING SA UNGGOY. KAYA HINDI PA NAPAPATUNAYAN ANG SCIENTIFIC OPINION NA IYAN.
[Thank You! and God Bless!]
WELCOME PO. GOD BLESS YOU DIN.
Tanong lang po...Bakit maraming affected doon sa comment ni Mommy Deonisia to depend his son kesa Sen.Marriam?!? na LIAR na at BRENDA pa... sorry po medyo brutal yata pagkasabi ko sa senadora..pero yon naman kasi ang naging tatak nya...eh?
ReplyDeleteGALIT SILA KAY MOMMY DIONESIA KASI SI MOMMY AY ISANG MAHIRAP NA BABAE NA NAGSIKAP ITAGUYOD ANG KANYANG MGA ANAK GAMIT LANG ANG SIPAG AT TIYAGA, HINDI CONDOM AT PILLS.
NAPAHIYA SI BRENDA OR BRAIN DAMAGED KASI BINASTOS NIYA SI PACQUIO TAPOS TUMULONG SI MOMMY DIONESIA.
di ba may anak si meriam na nag-suicide?
ReplyDeleteOO. MAY ANAK SI MIRRIAM NA NAG-SUICIDE. PERO SI MOMMY DIONESIA WALA. MAS MAGALING NA INA SI MOMMY DIONESIA KESA KE BRENDA.
ReplyDeleteI thank God that he uses you and your humble blog in order to educate and to train Catholics about their faith and how to defend it in such a way that is strong but charitable and polite.
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