tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post2676915824040138898..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: Satan, The Last Best Excuse For Failed Strategycolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-20360739647624365362009-04-30T08:24:00.000-06:002009-04-30T08:24:00.000-06:00Butterfly, iyou bring up a great point with St. Th...Butterfly, iyou bring up a great point with St. Theresa of Avila.<br /><br />I would say that after a person reaches a certain point you realise the lower levels have no more power than you give them. One begins to see they only reflect back at you your own issues of powerlessness and abandonment.<br /><br />Once one accepts that they have no more power to influence one and you can actually reach a point where you can approach this energy with love and gratitude. They too have a place in God's creation, which is why I constantly refer to the book of Job.<br /><br />Satan is not God's or Jesus's enemy, he is man's adversary. That's a whole different ballgame and has everything to do with free choice.<br /><br />Carl you wrote: "All one has to do is to look at their record and one has all of the proof of the truth of this premise that is needed."<br /><br />Failure is the hallmark of low level energy. Couple failure with fear and hate rhetoric, and it's pretty easy to see love is not the energy which is running the show.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-33518366462325742372009-04-29T23:59:00.000-06:002009-04-29T23:59:00.000-06:00Carl, I am highlighting this now because of so man...Carl, I am highlighting this now because of so many young people that have bought Satan's deception - "He and so many others are leading the unsuspecting along a path that guarantees that they will suffer unnecessarily."<br /><br />They will suffer for it Carl. In wasting their energy in negative energy and spewing it out into the world they will be draining their life away to an existence of one battle and fear after the other and no relief - and misery loves company so they'll be looking to make plenty of others miserable. And until maybe one day they finally reach out and beg Jesus for Peace and to forgive them and ask Him to give them a new heart, new vision and new hearing from the Holy Spirit. One would hope and pray that they would do so sooner rather than later. <br /><br />Colleen, from what I can gather they are going into such a battle with not much but fear. They seem to be all about fear. In St Theresa of Avila's writing The Interior Castle she speaks about the low levels in that castle that are filled with snakes and one becomes fearful. As one progresses into the other rooms in time and process of faith, if one goes back into the lower chambers where the snakes and scary stuff are, one begins to learn to laugh at the fear. Too bad the Church is not teaching about the Interior Castle in a way that would actually help people meet the loving God within instead of the rant given by Bishop Finn in which he essentially denounces everyone as being Satanic if they don't agree with him. He's teaching people to become fearful instead of aiding them to be healed by the presence of Jesus Christ in their lives. He wants people to bow down to him and what he says and what he wants, instead of bringing people closer to Jesus Christ and His healing love.butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-78516047909370657992009-04-29T19:40:00.000-06:002009-04-29T19:40:00.000-06:00Here is an interesting question to ponder, a quest...Here is an interesting question to ponder, a question of faith: <br /><br />Where is ones faith? <br /><br />If one believes in Satan, if one believes that Satan has any power at all, then that is where one has placed their faith. The context of Finn's rhetoric is proof that he and others with him have not placed their faith in God, but have placed their faith in Satan. <br /><br />That is the god that they now serve, the god that they have served all along. All one has to do is to look at their record and one has all of the proof of the truth of this premise that is needed. <br /><br />He and so many others are leading the unsuspecting along a path that guarantees that they will suffer unnecessarily.<br /><br />What the bishops are doing here is satanic. AND, I believe that they know exactly what they are doing. Authoritarian demands failed, their abortion rhetoric failed, their attacks on Obama have failed, ... this is simply one more futile attempt to regain their "lost" power over the laity.<br /><br />One of the most wonderful quotes from Frank Herbert's "Dune" is "fear is the mind killer - I will face my fear and it will pass through me" or something like that.<br /><br />I had to face that today at work. One of the coworkers came in with the flu and took the workstation next to mine. It took almost an hour for me to work through the panic and fear and reconnect with my source in an attitude of faith. It was a very uncomfortable, but very enlightening and edifying experience. I gained a couple of valuable insights from the experience.<br /><br />First, I realized that I had a hidden faith in the power of disease rather than in the power of the Holy Spirit within me. (oops!)<br /><br />Second, after I reconnected my faith, I realized that in that hour, it never once occurred to me to pray for a healing for the coworker. (double oops!) <br /><br />As soon as I did, the change in her was almost immediate and truly amazing. The symptoms disappeared, her color returned, her demeanor improved as well. <br /><br />But most important of all, I was at peace again, reconnected with the Holy Spirit, and breezed through the rest of the day.COL55https://www.blogger.com/profile/07057765287988790129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-55240876266752606992009-04-29T18:05:00.000-06:002009-04-29T18:05:00.000-06:00Absolutely right butterfly. He's leading them int...Absolutely right butterfly. He's leading them into a battle in which they "know not what they do."<br /><br />Go into any such battle with fear and you lose.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-50739288202716220452009-04-29T14:04:00.000-06:002009-04-29T14:04:00.000-06:00"Actually, it's Jesus who holds all that power and..."Actually, it's Jesus who holds all that power and through Him any baptised person who believes in Jesus."<br /><br />So right Colleen! Jesus is the one who holds all that power. He is the armor of our Faith. We are under His protection when we have Faith in Him.<br /><br />So often He would say: "Your Faith has saved you."<br /><br />If only Bishop Finn had such Faith in Jesus Christ and would teach about Him and bring His light into the world instead of casting the shadow of Satan upon the world. He is misleading many into a battle in which "they know not what they do."butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.com