@NathanM760LI@UcheMaryOkoli I like the way you study Catholicism and counter their believe. FYI, Catholics have no time to do this to the protestant community, they are focused in their own faith.
If you know that you want to enjoy the fullness of Christ on earth and go to Heaven after you have died, I highly recommend you become a Catholic.
You can NEVER experience the fullness of Jesus outside of His own church.
Catholics, here's a dangerous prayer you can pray against the forces of darkness. It's the exorcism prayers of St Benedict.
May the Holy Cross be my light!
May the dragon never be my guide
Begone, Satan!
Do not suggest vain things to me.
Evil is what you offer;
Drink your own poison!
Catholics, here's a dangerous prayer you can pray against the forces of darkness. It's the exorcism prayers of St Benedict.
May the Holy Cross be my light!
May the dragon never be my guide
Begone, Satan!
Do not suggest vain things to me.
Evil is what you offer;
Drink your own poison!
The Pope of Our Lady of Fatima
On May 13, 1981, in St. Peter's Square, exactly 64 years after the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal; Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca took aim at the Pope with a handgun (circled at left, above).
Four bullets hit John Paul II, two of them lodging in his lower intestine, the others hitting his left hand and right arm.The bullet missed his central aorta by a few millimetres — had it not missed this, the Holy Father would have been killed instantly. The Pope, who lost nearly three-quarters of his blood and suffered shock from blood loss, underwent five hours of emergency intestinal surgery at the hospital.
While he was in the hospital, Pope John Paul reviewed the Church’s documentation of Fatima and the Third Secret of Fatima. He was convinced that Our Lady of Fatima had saved his life. Later that year, he had a mosaic of the Virgin Mary (Mater Ecclesiae — Mother of the Church) installed on St. Peter’s Square. He went three times afterwards to the shrine of Fatima in Portugal (1982, 1991 and 2000) — to thank the Virgin Mary.
On March 25, 1984, to fulfill the request of Our Lady of Fatima, the Pope consecrated the world — including Russia — to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Communism collapsed soon afterward.
On Dec. 27, 1983, when Pope John Paul II visited Mehmet Ali Agca, his would-be killer in jail, the man asked him: “Why didn’t you die? I know that my aim was true and I know that the bullet was very powerful and mortal.” The Pope responded: "One hand fired the shot. Another (the hand of the Virgin Mary) guided it.”
As a measure of his gratitude, John Paul gave the bullet that was extracted from his abdomen to the shrine; the bullet today forms part of the crown of the statue of the Virgin of Fatima.
During John Paul's 2000 visit to Fatima, the third part of the message the Virgin gave to the three children in 1917 was revealed; it was a description of the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul: the “bishop clothed in white” who prays for all the faithful is the Pope.
As he makes his way with great effort towards the Cross amid the corpses of those who were martyred (bishops, priests, men and women religious and many lay persons), he too falls to the ground, apparently dead, under a burst of gunfire.
- The Source of Miracle- Divine Mercy Miracles.
Let us #PrayTogether that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and to ensure that everyone has access to quality food. #PrayerIntention@clicktopray_en https://t.co/S3TtsnBEer
Why Catholics Believe in the Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
At the Last Supper, Jesus took bread, blessed it, and said: “This IS my body” - and “This IS my blood of the covenant” (Mt 26:26-28; see also Lk 22:19-20; 1 Cor 11:23-25).
He didn’t say “This represents” or “This symbolizes.” He said IS. And in the powerful Bread of Life discourse (John 6), He doubled down; “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world IS MY FLESH” (Jn 6:51). When many disciples found this “hard saying” and walked away (Jn 6:60, 66), Jesus did not call them back to soften His words. He let them go - because He meant exactly what He said.
The Catholic Church has always believed this. By the power of the Holy Spirit working through the words of the priest at Mass, the WHOLE SUBSTANCE of the bread and wine is changed into the WHOLE SUBSTANCE of Christ’s Body and Blood, while the appearances (taste, texture, etc.) remain. This marvelous change is fittingly called TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
As the Council of Trent solemnly defined;
“By the consecration of the bread and of the wine, a conversion is made of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord, and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of His blood; which conversion is, properly called Transubstantiation.” (Session XIII, Chapter IV)
The Catechism of the Catholic Church echoes this: “By the consecration the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is brought about. Under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity.” (CCC 1413; cf. 1376)
This isn’t a medieval invention. The early Church already believed it:
- St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110 AD): “They abstain from the Eucharist, because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ.”
- St. Justin Martyr (c. 150 AD): “The food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic prayer, is both the flesh and the blood of that incarnated Jesus.”
The Eucharist is not a mere memorial or symbol. It is the SOURCE AND SUMMIT of our faith - the same sacrifice of Calvary made present, where we receive the living Christ Himself, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. This is why we adore the Blessed Sacrament. This is why Holy Communion transforms us into what we receive.
Protestant brothers and sisters, we love you and respect your zeal for Scripture. But if Jesus’ words are to be taken seriously, and if the Church He founded has consistently taught this from the beginning, why not consider the fullness of this gift?
Catholics, next time you’re at Mass, remember - it’s not bread you’re about to receive. It’s Jesus. Fall in love with the Eucharist all over again.
@ednyoka People going through very difficult circumstances in their lives, freedom from forefathers sins, and
Deliverance of all the souls in purgatory