An der Grabstätte von Kronprinzessin Cecilie
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Monday, August 10, 2009
August 10 — St. Lawrence
In August 258, Roman soldiers discovered. Pope Sixtus and his deacons conducting a Mass in the catacomb of Callistus. The Emperor Valerian had begun a persecution aimed particularly at the hierarchy of the Church. Pope and deacons were beheaded, except for the deacon Lawrence, who was ordered by the prefect of Rome to produce the treasures of the church some days later. At that time, deacons were responsible for charitable distributions of the church and for administration of temporal goods. The account of his death says that he quickly distributed as much as he could to the needy and assembled a group of the poor and told the prefect, "Here are the treasures of the church." The prefect then ordered his execution, which the tradition says took place on a large grill over a fire, and his remains were buried on August 10. The Basilica of St. Lawrence was built over his gravesite and became a popular destination for pilgrims.
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After reading, something popped into my head that I meant to ask you ages ago...
Considering that Catholicism is technically monotheistic (as long as u consider the trinity as one being) how can you exalt and pray to 10,000+ saints...
I cant quote the source, I believe I heard it on Religulous, but a Vatican report said Jesus was fourth on a list christian figures that people pray to in a time of need. Three ahead of him were saints... Now, being a reformed catholic myself, I know the church just bullshits its way through an explination, but I want to know your take on it... Doesn't Catholicism wreak of polytheism, one in fact that would put greek mythology to shame?
@ Randy — thanks for commentig. No, I can't agree with you that Catholicism reeks of polytheism. The Church is clear that there is a communion of saints in the Church on earth, in purgatory, and in heaven. Just as we on earth can pray for others, the saints in heaven can pray for us. And we can ask them to do so.
THe most popular prayer to a saint, the "Hail Mary" asks her only to pray for us. And so it is with every saint: the Church says not more than that they can pray to God for us and that their prayers are especially effective because of their closeness to God.
It is unfortunately true that among some people who have not been adequately catechized, there may be some idea that they are capable of doing something for us on their own. But that is clearly a misunderstanding. St. Anthony, for example, does not find lost objects. He only asks God to help us find them
Dear John, your explanation was indeed most clear.
Maybe you should know this message I just got: "Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: naturgesetz@comcast.net". Hope you have a good day.
@ Martin — Thanks for your comment and for the alert about message you got. I had to other side of the coin when I got home from Mass and found a message that sad "Email currently unavailable" and suggested that I contact Comcast and refer to "error code 400." I closed the window and reopened it and everything was fine.
The same sort of thing happens sometimes with my "regular" e-mail account, although I don't get the error message — it's just the e-mail can't get through. I'm not sure if the problem is with my router or with the provider, but it usually does not last long.
It was good of you to alert me, in case I was unaware that there was a problem.
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