KoneWone2, A house divided against itself cannot stand, and last time I checked the Catholic Church always supports Life from conception til natural death, traditional marriage, no adoption by gays, no contraception, no women pastors, and we are more charitable to the poor, needy an infirm than all the protestant churches combined times 8. Who consistently serves the Lord Kone Wone and since...more

KoneWone2,

A house divided against itself cannot stand, and last time I checked the Catholic Church always supports Life from conception til natural death, traditional marriage, no adoption by gays, no contraception, no women pastors, and we are more charitable to the poor, needy an infirm than all the protestant churches combined times 8.

Who consistently serves the Lord Kone Wone and since the Apostles?less

As a former Reformed Minister, now Catholic, I am always amazed at how Protestant think their KJV is superior to what came before it. The Vatican as well as the Orthodox retain the oldest manuscripts of the Bible from the 1st and 2nd Centuries. These early manuscripts which the Catholic and Orthodox use as their original documents, the Protestants of the Reformation had NO ACCESS TO. So, how do...more

As a former Reformed Minister, now Catholic, I am always amazed at how Protestant think their KJV is superior to what came before it. The Vatican as well as the Orthodox retain the oldest manuscripts of the Bible from the 1st and 2nd Centuries.

These early manuscripts which the Catholic and Orthodox use as their original documents, the Protestants of the Reformation had NO ACCESS TO. So, how do you create a bible that is better than the original, you don't.less

I have to agree with you Believer. We have only one example who is Christ Jesus. God called Billy and Billy was faithful to His call. We should not be putting faith in another man like Billy arise from our ranks, but rather put faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit to ignite a new flame in all of us. You see we all are equal evangelizers in God's eyes and we must all use our gifts. Some do, some do...more

I have to agree with you Believer. We have only one example who is Christ Jesus.
God called Billy and Billy was faithful to His call. We should not be putting faith in another man like Billy arise from our ranks, but rather put faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit to ignite a new flame in all of us. You see we all are equal evangelizers in God's eyes and we must all use our gifts. Some do, some don't.

I encourage all Christians to take on the cross and follow him who calls you to serve. Whether you serve Him in little ways or great ways, be a shining light by living holy and constantly educating yourself on God's holy word.

"Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ" St. Jerome.less

theeevijuan, did not Jesus Christ throw out the money changers in the Temple and did Christ not throw chairs to show his holy righteous anger? I am simply pointing out error that will lead LakeShore Church to Gehenna.

Then Jesus took Peter back and empowered him to lead the Apostles.As Peter denied him three times, Jesus gave Peter the opportunity to tell him he loved him more than anyone else three times and Jesus gave Peter his flock to be the leader when He left. Jn 21:17-given Christ flock as Chief Shepherd, Lk 22:32 Peter's faith will strengthen his brethren

Actually hu6xxui6, you don't know law very well do you? All western societies like the US use a form of common law from England which is based on earlier codes of law that were actually developed by the Catholic Church. Canon law came thousands of years before our Constitution, English Common Law, Napoleanic Law and many others, but our Constitution has its architecture based on Catholic Canon law...more

Actually hu6xxui6, you don't know law very well do you? All western societies like the US use a form of common law from England which is based on earlier codes of law that were actually developed by the Catholic Church. Canon law came thousands of years before our Constitution, English Common Law, Napoleanic Law and many others, but our Constitution has its architecture based on Catholic Canon law.

Our civil law has its underpinnings based on Catholic Canon law, especially in areas of rights, property, self governing, law suits and equality.less

You wouldn't probably understand my answer based on your level of syntax and your inability to actually state a properly formed question. Could you show me in the bible for example, where I am compelled to use scripture to show you these exact terms. Enjoy that one! Where is the word Bible, Trinity, Incarnation, hypostatic union or Lakeshore Church for that matter? While the words may not be pr...more

You wouldn't probably understand my answer based on your level of syntax and your inability to actually state a properly formed question. Could you show me in the bible for example, where I am compelled to use scripture to show you these exact terms. Enjoy that one!

Where is the word Bible, Trinity, Incarnation, hypostatic union or Lakeshore Church for that matter? While the words may not be present, their truth is undeniable except for the last one.less

hu6xxui6, Those Catholic nuns are heretics, and the guidance they got from their priests was wrong. Yes, we must be guided by our conscience but it must be an informed conscience. These nuns are doing the opposite. They know how God feels about gay activity because of his Word of God and His Catholic Church that is against this immoral and dissordered behavior. They are choosing their own perso...more

hu6xxui6,

Those Catholic nuns are heretics, and the guidance they got from their priests was wrong. Yes, we must be guided by our conscience but it must be an informed conscience. These nuns are doing the opposite. They know how God feels about gay activity because of his Word of God and His Catholic Church that is against this immoral and dissordered behavior. They are choosing their own personal feelings over truth.

They will be judged. By the way, the last few nuns who went public about thier same feelings were excommunicated. You are either with God or against Him.less

1 Corinthians 6:9 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men

Stand firm Christians to the Gay onslaught. We must pray for them that God will turn their hearts and if their hearts won't turn then Lord please turn their Ankles so we will know them by their limp.

Natural Law is not a construct of the Catholic Church my friend. Your research is faulty. Aristotle is the Father of Natural Law, which is a long time before Christ and His Church. Three centuries later, the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero articulated the concept of natural law more forcibly. In his Laws, Cicero described "Law" as "the highest reason, implanted in Nature, which c...more

Natural Law is not a construct of the Catholic Church my friend. Your research is faulty. Aristotle is the Father of Natural Law, which is a long time before Christ and His Church. Three centuries later, the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero articulated the concept of natural law more forcibly. In his Laws, Cicero described "Law" as "the highest reason, implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite" In addition, Cicero noted that “right is based, not upon men's opinions, but upon Nature” Then the Catholic Church articulated Natural Law through one of its greatest philosophers, Thomas Acquinas. Much of what is known today about natural law was codified by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century.less

LakeshoreChurch, I think it is interesting you compare Mormons and Catholics. Mormons who are a non-Christian group started by Protestants and Catholics that were started by Jesus Christ and the Apostles. The Word of God that you love was written through Catholic men under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the 27 books were defined by the Catholic Church as inspired. God gave this church a...more

LakeshoreChurch,

I think it is interesting you compare Mormons and Catholics. Mormons who are a non-Christian group started by Protestants and Catholics that were started by Jesus Christ and the Apostles.

The Word of God that you love was written through Catholic men under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the 27 books were defined by the Catholic Church as inspired. God gave this church and this church alone His Authority to write it and define which books were inspired and which books were not. Moreover, the major doctrines of Christianity were all defined by the Catholic Church.

Saint Augustine once said,"I would not give credence to the Word of God if I were not swayed by the Authority of the Catholic Church who gave it to me."less

It's all about integrity. I accept 100% of what the church teaches. The Catholic church unlike other Christian Churches is not a democracy and is not swayed by public opinion. We have the infallibility of Jesus Christ given to the Apostles to guide His Church. Our positions on moral issues like marriage, sanctity of all human life, contraception, etc will never change. Never means never. I real...more

It's all about integrity. I accept 100% of what the church teaches. The Catholic church unlike other Christian Churches is not a democracy and is not swayed by public opinion. We have the infallibility of Jesus Christ given to the Apostles to guide His Church. Our positions on moral issues like marriage, sanctity of all human life, contraception, etc will never change. Never means never.

I realize relativism is alive in well in other churches, and we do have relativists in our church too. The difference is our church hiearchy tells them they are wrong. Sheep need Shepherding.

Also, your guess is far from even close on contraception. Do some research. It is all about integrity, so don't post a number if you don't know. The USCCB website has many polls that have been taken, and two or three polls suggest that 36-42% of Catholics in the last 40 years accept Holy Mother Church's teaching, which is certainly not the majority. Before the 60's it was 87% and before the 50's it was 97%. The last 40 years Liberals have infested our church as they have others. The difference is we keep on hitting home the correct teaching and thankfully many of them leave or repent.

Did you know all Christians, were against Contraception prior to 1930's? In fact, every bible christian was firmly against it until the 30's when the Anglicans allowed it for financial reasons and then the flood gates opened wide. The only Christian Church that stands firm and will never change her position on this is the Catholic Church. Truth is unchangeable since Christ is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.less

Such a sardonic response, with no scientific support. I always enjoy people who say science supports a certain view and yet have no scientific evidence to bulwark their position. Marriage is not a right in our Constitution. It is a law. So if the US wants gay marriage, they will have to vote it in. However, the vast majority of Catholics who attend Church and our evangelical friends will stand ...more

Such a sardonic response, with no scientific support. I always enjoy people who say science supports a certain view and yet have no scientific evidence to bulwark their position.

Marriage is not a right in our Constitution. It is a law. So if the US wants gay marriage, they will have to vote it in. However, the vast majority of Catholics who attend Church and our evangelical friends will stand against gay marriage every step of the way.less

Hey Sister, what is it like to be Catholic then when the Church says Homosexuality is a sin and a dissorder. It must be fun for you to be such a rebel and go against the Church, which is going against Christ. Dissenters like you are coming up to one real fact; the majority of you who feel this way are mostly 60 years and older and soon will be dying off. The vast majority of younger Catholics ...more

Hey Sister, what is it like to be Catholic then when the Church says Homosexuality is a sin and a dissorder. It must be fun for you to be such a rebel and go against the Church, which is going against Christ.

Dissenters like you are coming up to one real fact; the majority of you who feel this way are mostly 60 years and older and soon will be dying off. The vast majority of younger Catholics are orthodox and support the teachings of our Holy Mother Church.

If you do not agree with the Catholic Church, then please have the integrity to leave! Your views are like a cancer and the only way to get it out is to cut it out by the Truth of Jesus Christ. His Word is like a double edged sword cutting out heresy.less

JesusComeQuick, Not Lord Lord, but he WHO DOES the will of the Father(Mt 7:21 To Have Life, KEEP the Commandments(Mt 19:16-17 eternal life by PERSERVERANCE IN GOOD WORKS(Rom 2:2-8 Nothing counts but FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE(Gal 5:4-6 WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION with fear and trembling(Phil 2:12-13 These are just a few that say True faith has works that accompany it. By Grace we are justifi...more

JesusComeQuick,

Not Lord Lord, but he WHO DOES the will of the Father(Mt 7:21
To Have Life, KEEP the Commandments(Mt 19:16-17
eternal life by PERSERVERANCE IN GOOD WORKS(Rom 2:2-8
Nothing counts but FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE(Gal 5:4-6
WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION with fear and trembling(Phil 2:12-13

These are just a few that say True faith has works that accompany it. By Grace we are justified through faith. This faith is not an inactive faith, but an active one that is filled with good works. God creates the works to be done and we respond with His Grace.

Faith alone will not save you, for even the devils and demons believe in Jesus.less

Of the 28 Protestant/Evangelical prophets who predicted the end of the world, they all have one thing in common.....THEY WERE ALL WRONG! Stop predicting the end of the world. It is unbiblical and you look extremely foolish.

Of course this is what Piper said, because this will help his new book sell. These type of pastors are so terrible. They wait for any bad moment to capitalize on it with fear to sell books. There is nothing to fear when God is for you.

It is only possible to be a Chaste Christian with homosexual attraction. It is not possible to be a Christian who is active in the gay lifestyle. On the day of judgement, if your heart refuses the Truth of God's Holy Word and you subsist in seeking the flesh then you will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Unless your heart is converted to the Lord, you have no chance of salvation. Now, this do...more

It is only possible to be a Chaste Christian with homosexual attraction. It is not possible to be a Christian who is active in the gay lifestyle.

On the day of judgement, if your heart refuses the Truth of God's Holy Word and you subsist in seeking the flesh then you will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

Unless your heart is converted to the Lord, you have no chance of salvation. Now, this doesn't mean that you won't make errors or mistakes, but it will mean that your heart is truly seeking God's will and you know what you do is bad and you are trying to Change with God's grace. If you refuse His Grace, then you will not be saved.

REPENT< REPENTless

Why Ashes? The prophet Jeremiah, for example, calls for repentance this way: "O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, roll in the ashes" (Jer 6:26). The prophet Isaiah, on the other hand, critiques the use of sackcloth and ashes as inadequate to please God, but in the process he indicates that this practice was well-known in Israel: "Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day o...more

Why Ashes?
The prophet Jeremiah, for example, calls for repentance this way: "O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, roll in the ashes" (Jer 6:26).

The prophet Isaiah, on the other hand, critiques the use of sackcloth and ashes as inadequate to please God, but in the process he indicates that this practice was well-known in Israel: "Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance: that a man bow his head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?" (Is 58:5).

The prophet Daniel pleaded for God to rescue Israel with sackcloth and ashes as a sign of Israel's repentance: "I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes" (Dn 9:3).

Perhaps the best known example of repentance in the Old Testament also involves sackcloth and ashes. When the prophet Jonah finally obeyed God's command and preached in the great city of Nineveh, his preaching was amazingly effective. Word of his message was carried to the king of Nineveh. "When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes" (Jon 3:6).

In the book of Judith, we find acts of repentance that specify that the ashes were put on people's heads: "And all the Israelite men, women and children who lived in Jerusalem prostrated themselves in front of the temple building, with ashes strewn on their heads, displaying their sackcloth covering before the Lord" (Jdt 4:11; see also 4:15 and 9:1).

Just prior to the New Testament period, the rebels fighting for Jewish independence, the Maccabees, prepared for battle using ashes: "That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their clothes" (1 Mc 3:47; see also 4:39).

In the New Testament, Jesus refers to the use of sackcloth and ashes as signs of repentance: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes" (Mt 11:21, Lk 10:13).


Lent is traditionally known as the forty-days (not including Sundays) preceding Easter Sunday, the resurrection of our Lord, and the climactic feast day on the Christian calendar. The Scriptural basis of this season stems from Jesus’ own forty days of wandering in the desert, where He was tempted by the devil, and resisted three times.

As the traditional hymn goes:

Lord, Who throughout these forty days
For us didst fast and pray,
Teach us with Thee to mourn our sins
And close by Thee to stay.

In much the same way, Christians today are called to fast, to sacrificially donate money and time to those in need, and to make concerted efforts to grow in holiness, notably in increased prayer-times and learning through reading Scripture and Christian classics.less