tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post115194600861350871..comments2024-03-18T01:51:28.177-05:00Comments on A Catholic Life: St. Thomas the ApostleMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1151975909449496662006-07-03T20:18:00.000-05:002006-07-03T20:18:00.000-05:00Darrell,I completely agree. With the Sacraments o...Darrell,<BR/><BR/>I completely agree. With the Sacraments of Confession and the Eucharist, I will remain in the Catholic faith until I leave this earth. I would never leave the truth. I would never leave the joy that I feel now in the Catholic Church.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1151959197553851042006-07-03T15:39:00.000-05:002006-07-03T15:39:00.000-05:00It's so sad that the pseudo-gospel of Thomas has b...It's so sad that the pseudo-gospel of Thomas has become so popular. Again. They've come into and faded out of fashion again and again so many times over the past 2000 years. Once again, they're "all the rage." I suppose people will always look for ways to consider themselves "Christians" without actually having to try to live like a Christian.<BR/><BR/><I>I highly encourage you to experience the greatest source of forgiveness on this earth in the confessional</I><BR/><BR/>It's an amazing sacrament. The sad thing is that there's simply no way to convey to a non-Catholic how amazing it is, how you can feel it working and feel the spiritual healing. Before my confirmation I was apprehensive about making confession... but now that I've made confessions and understand how it works, I absolutely love the sacrament. Yes, sometimes it is very painful and difficult... but that's because <I>sin</I> is painful and difficult. Reconciliation <B>relieves</B> that pain in a way that was never possible... for me, at least... in any form of Protestant faith. If I had to point to one reason alone as to why I don't believe I could ever leave the Church and go back to trying to live as a protestant, it would be the sacrament of confession. It heals me, it inspires me, and it honestly makes it easier for me to get just a little closer every day to living without sin.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464995125248198751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-1151954046576420642006-07-03T14:14:00.000-05:002006-07-03T14:14:00.000-05:00But, that is not part of Sacred Scripture. The Ch...But, that is not part of Sacred Scripture. The Church did not approve of it; it is not divinely inspired. If you read the Gospel of Thomas, you can see how Gnosticism is such a large part of it. Gnosticism is a heresy, so I would not endorse believing any part of the Gospel of Thomas without consulting the other Gospels.<BR/><BR/>I suggest you look at this site:<BR/><BR/>http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gnostics.htmlMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.com