tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post2624557712406042344..comments2024-02-20T17:48:55.571-05:00Comments on Freedom Through Truth: Is "True Life in God" of God or of the devil?Michael Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-24285558501010575622012-06-29T21:45:18.526-04:002012-06-29T21:45:18.526-04:00David:
I understand where you are coming from, an...David:<br /><br />I understand where you are coming from, and it is difficult to put the joy we receive and fell into words.<br /><br />I remember when I encountered Jesus personally, and from that encounter I could relate to my "born again" Protestant brothers and sisters. However, the encounter that True Life in God engenders in us is a deeper love of the mystical, the mystical Body of Christ in the Eucharist, and in our fellow man.<br /><br />When I first encountered Jesus personally, I wept for joy that I was loved, forgiven and not abandoned to my own sinfulness.<br /><br />As my encounter with Him has deepened through TLIG, I continue to marvel at His Majesty, His Mercy, and His Abundant Love for me and for all of mankind.<br /><br />Where in my first experiences of Him, I felt that I was hit with a fire hose full on, it now feels that I am being hit with the entirety of the ocean, and yet I am not afraid, just washed incredibly clean, and filled with His love. <br /><br />Mere words cannot explain. They are just too inadequate to describe the heart.<br /><br />God Bless You and your Family.<br /><br />Michael Brandon<br />London OntarioMichael Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-61709603483288227772012-06-29T19:30:18.790-04:002012-06-29T19:30:18.790-04:00I have been reading the "True life in God&quo...I have been reading the "True life in God" messages since 2003 and I can only say what a complete joy it has been for me and my entire family. It has been a spiritual journey that has awakened my soul as a Roman Catholic and brought me so much closer to the Father, Son and Holy spirit. I always wondered what the Protestants meant when they said they had a close personal relationship with Jesus and now I know what that feels like. I know how it feels to go the Eucharist Adoration and I know how important the Eucharist is because of the intimacy I feel when i receive the divine presence. I just wish my Protestant brethren understood that aspect of Jesus. <br />The messages have had a big impact on my 4 daughters and my wife. All of them have had been reading the material and last year my daughter Meghan (now 22) entered the Fransican Sisters Minor convent in Ft Wayne, Indiana. She read all the messages at age 16 and knew then that she wanted to be a religious. What better fruit than this? <br />God is so good, please open your heart and pray to understand what he is saying to us now in these messages. <br />David Cesar, Buflo., NYDavid Cesarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-22171913047916492082012-06-27T21:23:45.198-04:002012-06-27T21:23:45.198-04:00Father Terry
I have read the 1995 document, and...Father Terry<br /><br /> I have read the 1995 document, and also the Levada document from 2007, as well as the CDF's similar report on Saint Faustina. The CDF is not infallible, obviously.<br /><br />The CDF must be prudent, and must take time.<br /><br />If TLIG is of God, then the CDF cannot stop it. If it is not of God, then it will fall down pretty much on its own.<br /><br />God Bless You<br /><br />Michael BrandonMichael Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557797099650457723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-72452617754836882852012-06-27T20:58:46.991-04:002012-06-27T20:58:46.991-04:00PS
I meant to apologise for the translation - cred...PS<br />I meant to apologise for the translation - credit and/or blame Googleeditorhttp://www.catholicanada.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248478318892426116.post-68912317804449408582012-06-27T20:54:56.062-04:002012-06-27T20:54:56.062-04:00Hi Michael
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/cong...Hi Michael<br /><br />http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19951006_ryden_fr.html<br /><br />This was the authoritative document I was trying to find on Google unsucessfully<br /><br />Went right to the source this time<br /><br />Unless she has expressly corrected her errors, the date has no bearing<br /><br />Note the signatures<br /><br />So as I said - be careful and examine both sides<br /><br />God bless<br /><br />Fr Terry<br /><br /><br /> CONGREGATION FOR DOCTRINE FAITH<br /><br />NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE WRITINGS AND ACTIVITIES <br />OF MRS VASSULA RYDEN *<br /><br />Many bishops, priests, religious and laity are addressed to the Congregation for an authoritative pronouncement on the activity of Mrs. Vassula Ryden, a Greek Orthodox residing in Switzerland, spreading in Catholic circles throughout the world, by his words and his writings, messes ages attributed to alleged heavenly revelations.<br /><br />A calm, attentive examination of the whole issue, undertaken by this Congregation and to " éprou worm the spirits to see whether they are of God " (cf. 1 Jn 4, 1), revealed - in addition to positive aspects - a set of basic elements that must be considered negative in the light of Catholic doctrine.<br /><br />Having identified the suspect nature of the source terms of these alleged revelations, we must still underscore several doctrinal errors they contain.<br /><br />They're involved in things with ambiguous language of Persons the BlessedTrinity point of confusing the specific names and functions of the divine Persons. It was announced in these alleged revelations, an imminent period of supremacy of the Antichrist in the Church. We prophesy in a millenarian, a final glorious intervention of God; ins taurerait on earth, even before Christ's definitive coming, an era of peace and universal well-being. It was announced over the imminent arrival of a Church which is a kind of community panchrétienne, contrary to Catholic doctrine.<br /><br />The fact that, in the writings of Mrs Ryden, the first insurers listed above no longer appear, is the sign that the alleged " heavenly messages " are merely the result of private meditations.<br /><br />In addition, Ryden, participating usual ment for the sacraments of the Catholic Church while being Greek Orthodox, aroused great surprise ment in various circles of the Catholic Church seems to be above all ecclesiastical jurisdiction and every canonical norm , it creates is an ecumenical disorder that irritates many authorities, ministers and faithful of his Church, by placing themselves outside the ecclesiastical discipline of it.<br /><br />Whereas, despite some positive aspects, the effect of the activities of Mrs. Vassula Ryden was born NEGATIVE, this Congregation requests the intervention of the bishops so that they adequately inform their followers, and they do not see a place in their Dioceses for the dissemination of his ideas. It also invites all the faithful not to regard as supernatural rels the writings and speeches of Mrs. Vassula Ryden and to preserve the purity of faith that the Lord has entrusted to his Church.<br /><br />Of Citythe Vatican, 6 October 1995.<br /><br />JOSEPH + Card. Ratzinger Prefect<br /><br /> <br /><br />+ Tarcisio Bertone, SDB <br />Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli <br />Secretary<br /><br /><br />* AAS 88 (1996), 956-957.editorhttp://www.catholicanada.comnoreply@blogger.com