Rome - Prohibiting Prayer for Others
The hypocrisy of the Catholic Church and it's false "love" for other people can be seen in an August memorandum from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio.
To recap, at a joint prayer meeting on June 3, the local Roman bishop, Anthony Pilla, signed 'A Covenant' with the local Lutheran and Episcopalian bishops where they will, "Work toward the day when there will be no obstacles to our union in the tradition of the apostles."
And now, the Cleveland diocese is encouraging it's priests to offer prayers for, "other Churches and ecclesial Communities...during the litanies and other invocations of the liturgical service, BUT NOT (emphasis mine) during the Eucharistic Anaphora."
This "BUT NOT" indicates that Lutherans and Episcopalians aren't good enough yet to be prayed for in all parts of the Roman Mass! Isn't Rome's love wonderful?
This is not a local dictate, but one from on high as the memorandum quotes from the March, 1993, Vatican, 'Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms of Ecumenism,' #121, "ecclesiological tradition permits mention in the Eucharistic Anaphora (Prayer/Canon) only the names of persons who are in full communion with the Church."
As a bible-believing, born again Christian, I can pray for Catholics all the time, but according to the Vatican, the Catholic cannot pray for me all the time.
What kind of a clergy can claim to have the power to shut the doors to God? Answer - the Roman clergy!
May Catholics realize that their church is filled with such foolish and man-made rules; this is the heart of Romanism - that a priest controls access to God. But the BIBLE says in Hebrews 4:16, "LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY UNTO THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY, AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED."
Catholics can experience the joy of coming to "THE THRONE OF GRACE" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, no Roman priest needed, only if they repent of the sin of Romanism, forsake the Catholic church, and receive Christ by faith ALONE.
To recap, at a joint prayer meeting on June 3, the local Roman bishop, Anthony Pilla, signed 'A Covenant' with the local Lutheran and Episcopalian bishops where they will, "Work toward the day when there will be no obstacles to our union in the tradition of the apostles."
And now, the Cleveland diocese is encouraging it's priests to offer prayers for, "other Churches and ecclesial Communities...during the litanies and other invocations of the liturgical service, BUT NOT (emphasis mine) during the Eucharistic Anaphora."
This "BUT NOT" indicates that Lutherans and Episcopalians aren't good enough yet to be prayed for in all parts of the Roman Mass! Isn't Rome's love wonderful?
This is not a local dictate, but one from on high as the memorandum quotes from the March, 1993, Vatican, 'Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms of Ecumenism,' #121, "ecclesiological tradition permits mention in the Eucharistic Anaphora (Prayer/Canon) only the names of persons who are in full communion with the Church."
As a bible-believing, born again Christian, I can pray for Catholics all the time, but according to the Vatican, the Catholic cannot pray for me all the time.
What kind of a clergy can claim to have the power to shut the doors to God? Answer - the Roman clergy!
May Catholics realize that their church is filled with such foolish and man-made rules; this is the heart of Romanism - that a priest controls access to God. But the BIBLE says in Hebrews 4:16, "LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY UNTO THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY, AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED."
Catholics can experience the joy of coming to "THE THRONE OF GRACE" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, no Roman priest needed, only if they repent of the sin of Romanism, forsake the Catholic church, and receive Christ by faith ALONE.
posted by Robt. B. at 6:12 AM
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