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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    Do you suppose one will see yoga exercises in heaven, in the Kingdom of God? Reflect for awhile on this petition in the Our Father: Shall we pray for His Kingdom to come - now - and pray that His will be done - now - as it is in heaven; meanwhile feeling at liberty to be doing what we have...
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    DOES THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF THE POPE AND BISHOPS MATTER?

    Dear Michie, my post above was truly not intended to ignore or hi-jack the OP, but to address the symptom-problem with the larger problem. A broader still address to that larger problem is recently addressed by Bp. Strickland here: When Wolves Wear Vestments
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    DOES THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF THE POPE AND BISHOPS MATTER?

    I have known several truly holy priests in my life, who have been entrusted with suffering, deep suffering, at the hands of others consecrated outwardly but one must conclude not internally. Jesus showed us this ugly possibility - the outwardly religious living a lie. He made this clear to us...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    Does that not concern you? It did St. Paul, very much.
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    How do you know that the poses have nothing to do with the demonic? Would you say that the choreographed gestures and movements of the Liturgy of the Mass have nothing to do with our God? All those movements and physical gestures have nothing to do with God? One yoga devotee wrote: "Yoga is...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    Just because the Church does not order us to not do something, is far from an endorsement to do it. Do you hear God telling you that you ought to do it? Did Jesus teach His disciples to do yoga? I am reminded of the question in scripture about eating foods sacrificed to idols. Paul wrote...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    Yes, dying to self is rare! And it is TRUE. We are not called to follow what is easier, but what (who) is true. We must follow what is true - not what is popular, or what seems easier, or what fits with all the "cool kids" in academia, or in my ring of friends, or anything more attractive for...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    When I first realized that Jesus is truly God, and became also Man to dwell among us to - HimSelf! - teach and do what is pleasing to God, and which is also our vocation - by His intention to follow and live - then I can't see how any mere human ideas or conclusions or experiences that are not...
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    Thoughts of centering prayer

    It seems to me that any digression into our imaginations is a detour to emptiness. We need the fullness that only God knows, because it is a participation in Him, the Holy Trinity. We do better to listen, and listen again, and listen again until we hear. Faith comes through hearing, and...
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    What is Church teaching on yoga and reiki?

    The following are the first 6 website summaries to the search: “What is the spiritual background or meaning of yoga?” The spiritual roots of yoga offer a rich tapestry of wisdom and practices designed to unite the body, mind, and spirit. By understanding and embracing these roots, practitioners...
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    AT LEAST 20 GIRLS MISSING FROM CHRISTIAN CAMP AFTER SEVERE FLOODING IN TEXAS

    Thank you "Hermit", but .... We'll need more than coffee, even "caffeinated", to wake up.
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    AT LEAST 20 GIRLS MISSING FROM CHRISTIAN CAMP AFTER SEVERE FLOODING IN TEXAS

    And note that the river is the Guadalupe River, the camp is Camp Mystic, the "atmosphere" is "Christian", the loss is "girls". What is God saying to us? (On the 4th of July, in America?)
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    Has anyone else read these ? Seriously worrying!

    Agreed; a careful reading, listening and hearing the several last-days descriptions of Jesus would suffice. And the Book of Revelation. So much is in Scripture - but typically much "overlooked" meaning seldom noticed in many parishes. Also gravely lacking is rightful attentiveness to our...
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    But What If My Loved Ones Are in Hell?

    Jn 3 - the nighttime encounter of Nicodemus with Jesus, God Incarnate, is read by many but understood by few. Nic is illustrating for us all, the truism at the foundation of this encounter: "What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit," Nic, limited to his...
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    But What If My Loved Ones Are in Hell?

    We have a blessed opportunity in the time we are given in this life, on this earth, to be radically transformed. There is great, supernatural power in the Word - the written Word, the living Word, the inspired Spirit-begotten words of the Holy Scripture! The parables of Jesus are so very rich...
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    But What If My Loved Ones Are in Hell?

    The writer's argument is certainly sound, and as solid as Thomas Aquinas. It almost makes me dizzy to try to follow the reasoning, however. I am satisfied by a simpler logic, that shown in a dialogue in John's Gospel: We seek what we hunger for; Judgment Day separates those who sought Truth...
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    Teilhard de Chardin’s Ideas Find Resonance Inside the Vatican 70 Years After His Death

    I have found "our rationality" just as fragile and corruptible as "our faith tradition" - such is the brokenness and sinfulness of our poor and needy souls.
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    God pursues us like a lover, with all the suffering that entails

    There is much Truth pointed to in this article, so I thank the author, John S. Bergsma, for writing it, and Michie for posting it here. I'm compelled to write a comment, however, to say that much more than pointing to 'much Truth' is needed by the Church in these dangerous and dark times. One...
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    Stuck in a rut

    Your post - esp. the Litany of Humility - is excellent and true, joymercy. Please forgive me for "awarding" you - or burdening you - with a "winner" medal. Such acclaim contradicts the spirit of your post, which is a true and righteous prayer of deliverance from all praise except that known...
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    Has anyone ever known a protestant who defended the Catholic faith and later converted?

    Maybe this link to the Coming Home Network - which has several websites - could help. This ministry, begun by Marcus Grodi, a former Presbyterial minister who converted, helps others who have been trained as non-Catholics, but whose growing in Christ led them to the Catholic Truth. There are...
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