Me: I would have to say that i am an honest and
faithful person with a great heart.
Not exact matches
Develop relationships
with the
people on the ground; who knows the friends and professional partnerships you make now may just become long serving and
faithful customers in the future!
Research that I have done over the past decade suggests that a chemical messenger called oxytocin accounts for why some
people give freely of themselves and others are coldhearted louts, why some
people cheat and steal and others you can trust
with your life, why some husbands are more
faithful than others, and why women tend to be nicer and more generous than men.
America is not inherently Christian, nor is Christianity inherently American — it might surprise many
people, but there are
faithful Christians around the world and across the centuries who had nothing to do
with our modern style of Christmas celebration.
You hit the nail squarely on the head for indeed so, biblical truths are «written on our heart» by way of the Presence of Christ's Indwelt Spirit Who is ever
faithful to «guide you into all truth» and «show (us) things to come» (John 16:13) but the problem is (as is woefully evident
with this Article \ s Author), too many
people (believers) choose to eschew or disregard «sound doctrine» (2 Timothy 4:3) promulgating John 14:17 ignorance of the Doctrine of The Holy Spirit whose inevitable product is a darkened understanding (such as is evidenced by the Article's Author --RRB-.
I'm the wrong
person to represent the
faithful, but I have a feeling they would disagree
with your definition of faith.
So that the delusional
people in each parish can find a sense of relief when the CC comes a runnin»
with an exorcist to cast out their self - created demons??? Having an exorcist in each parish will just help to add more delusion to the
faithful (which would of course benefit the CC as a whole as a means of psychologically wrestling their believers further under their proverbial thumb).
(n. 29) «Therefore, the priest's life ought to radiate this spousal character which demands that he be a witness to Christ's spousal love, and thus be capable of loving
people with a heart which is new, generous and pure,
with genuine self - detachment,
with full, constant and
faithful dedication and at the same time
with a kind of «divine jealousy» (cf. 2 Cor 11:2)-- and even
with a kind of maternal tenderness, capable of bearing the «pangs of birth» until «Christ be formed» in thefaithful (cf. Gal 4:19).
It turned out to be essentially a continuation of what had already been revealed — a plea for prayer and penance, but
with an added series of images: a ruined city, a rugged Cross, a Pope shot at
with arrows, bishops, clergy and
faithful people martyred.
be a witness to Christ's spousal love, and thus be capable of loving
people with a heart which is new, generous and pure,
with genuine self - detachment,
with full, constant and
faithful dedication and at the same time
with a kind of «divine jealousy» (cf. 2 Cor 11:2)-- and even
with a kind of maternal tenderness, capable of bearing the «pangs of birth» until «Christ be formed» in the
faithful (cf. Gal 4:19).
On the one hand I want to be
faithful to all the good teaching I've had about listening, about empathy, and about the «unconditional positive regard»
with which I am to receive the
person seeking counsel.
Instead of simply stating the law and reacting in panic when it is widely broken, those concerned for traditional moral wisdom would do much better to affirm the high possibility of the life of
faithful love, and to understand
with love what is happening to
people in ghettoes, in college campuses, in the life of the family today.
A communal spirit blooms where
people are deeply in touch
with one another, thriving because of the
faithful interaction
with one another.
The vision of millions of the
faithful thrilled to bits
with vernacular Mass facing the
people smacks of wishful thinking in the face of widespread liturgical deformation and the continuous decline in Mass attendance.
And why should I, as a
faithful lay member of the Church, have to disagree
with the Church as represented by its shepherds when I make judgments of fact and feasibility, judgments on which
people of goodwill may disagree?
A
faithful person finds himself in a situation where some part of his thick faith seems to conflict
with other evidence.
We need to say that it is possible for an individual to have
faithful reasons for hanging on to substantial wealth: if, for instance, that
person uses ownership in a business to pursue policies
with important benefits to society, or is able to provide jobs for
people that no one else would hire, or is able because of keeping their wealth to accomplish some unique and valuable good that at least equals the good that could be realized if this wealth were wisely given away.
But those
faithful persons who have left us
with the Genesis stories traveled on a completely different road.
R. R. Reno has written eloquently: «By clarifying what God has done in the
person of Mary, the Church raises our eyes toward the highest goals, teaching the
faithful that human flesh is capable of remarkable feats of holiness — even to the point of sinless perfection and fellowship
with God in our flesh.»
Some Christians believe that the Holy Spirit is leading his Church into a truth which we have not been able to take in until now — that the Church's teaching that sex is for a committed,
faithful, lifelong, exclusive relationship
with one other
person, should be widened to include gay
people.
I think most of us are familiar
with the concept of praying for other
people, and so I will not belabor the point, other than to say that the primary prayer requests of Jesus for others is that they would remain
faithful to God, and in unity
with one another.
Once we know,
with Luther, what we can not and do not know — for example: God directly; or anything that contributes to our own justification or salvation — then what must we know to live our lives as
faithful people?
According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they [the laity] possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian
faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals,
with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of
persons.
He is also fond of stereotyped expressions such as «a great voice» (twenty times), «the kings of the earth» (ten times), the Lord God, the Almighty» (nine times), the adjective «true» («alethinos»)
with «
faithful», «holy», or «righteous» (nine times), «tribe and language and
people and nation» (six times; cf. Dan.
«A better, wiser
person than me may have been able to deal
with this more successfully, to have remained
faithful to Christ while leading a political party in the current environment.
The improvement of moral character individually and collectively requires each
person to be treated
with and to treat others
with dignity and to have enough to be able to become functioning members of the communion of the
faithful.
With this in mind, preachers of the «good news» needs always to remember that in their proclamation of that which in Christ God has «determined, dared, and done» (in Christopher Smart's compelling words) they are speaking not just for the contemporary Church but for the whole body of
faithful people.
«Together
with the Synod, I earnestly call upon pastors and the whole community of the
faithful to help the divorced, and
with solicitous care to make sure that they do not consider themselves as separated from the Church, for as baptized
persons they can, and indeed must, share in her life.
A There are
people in media
with faith, but I do think there's a big gap in worldview between left and right,
faithful and unfaithful.
Thus all those who compose the one
People of God, both pastors and the general
faithful, can engage in dialogue
with ever - abounding fruitfulness.
The use of your religious criteria is the central problem
with all organized religions, ESPECIALLY evangelical fundamentalist — either Christian, Muslim, or Scientology (all banes to any society)-- where some allegedly «religiously educated and therefore holy»
person gets to command the suggestible
faithful, usually to the direct benefit of the alleged «religiously educated»
person.
When in 169 one of the contestants, Menelaus, was returned to the office, Antiochus, who had already incurred the bitter resentment of
faithful Jews by his interference, sought to correct his financial plight by entering the Temple himself and stripping it of its considerable movable wealth.31 Antiochus became at once the object of Judaism's bitterest hate; and no doubt in part in retaliation but also as an expression of this ardent Hellenist's frustration
with a
people slow to change, he effected an otherwise quite unprovoked attack on Jerusalem in 168.
But the main stress in the sacrament is found not so much in that kind of talk (which may be appropriate enough for an adult) but in the simple words
with which the minister of baptism signs the baptized
person with the sign of the cross as he or she is «received into the congregation of Christ's flock»: that «hereafter he [or she] shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's
faithful soldier and servant unto his [her] life's end.»
We may interpret the biblical record as God seeking to further this aim first
with all mankind, then
with his chosen
people Israel, then
with the
faithful remnant, finally
with that individual
person willing to embody in his own life the meaning, hopes, and mission God has entrusted to Israel.
As I read Rabbi Shaul's / Paul's instructions, in the letter to the church in Rome, about how to live out life, I see him encouraging believers to provoke others, especially the Jewish
people we encounter, to envy — to live a life that challenges them to desire a closer walk
with the Lord, to live a life of more
faithful obedience to His Word.
The Jewish
people, more
faithful than any similar group in the keeping of the moral laws they share
with the Christians, more assiduous in the practice of repentance, more diligent in forgiveness, have indeed survived to this day and so demonstrated in a fashion the social relevance of their faith; but it would be difficult to describe the sort of existence the Jewish race has enjoyed as «fullness of life.»
Preachers who understand that the Word seeks dialogue
with the body of the
faithful, even in the preparation and delivery of the sermon, will so restructure their sermon preparation regimen and alter their rhetorical strategies that they make room for the whole
people of God in the pulpit.
Landry serves as catalyst for an interface of his
people with the
people who sat by the waters of Babylon and wept, or
with the band of
faithful who were shipwrecked, stoned, and imprisoned on behalf of the gospel.
Those who have been directly impacted by the silence and even malice of the Church have asked the
faithful to engage in dialogue
with First Nations
peoples and to repudiate colonial attitudes and concepts.
But we shall not engage
persons in the prophetic and political tasks before us until we engage the power of death
with all the resources of
faithful community.
Inasmuch as the entire
people of God partakes in the search for and the unfolding of the truth of God's word, all the charisms and services are involved according to their station: the theologians by means of their research activities, the
faithful by means of their preserving fidelity and piety, the ecclesial ministries and especially the college of bishops
with its function of making binding doctrinal decisions.
If you are at all interested in learning more about how and why
people who love Jesus — why long time
faithful disciples who have a high view of Scripture
with a deeply Christian ethic around sexuality — are arriving at this conclusion, I would commend to you a season of bible study and theological reading and prayer in company
with the Holy Spirit and the body of Christ.
They are a testimony to God's leading and care and his demand for righteousness, and to Israel's sense of being a divinely chosen
people with a great destiny if they would be
faithful.
Christian
people will not tamp down our
faithful hope: We will, instead, declare it
with our lives.
Also, I am to support Israel no matter what they do — even if they pervert justice, I am supposed to ignore that and just accept it because, well, you know — they are God's chosen
people and if I mess
with them, God will strike even me — his chosen and
faithful servant.
Especially in Jesus» time, under foreign rule, most of the rich
people compromised
with the pagan rulers and became worldly and irreligious, while the poor more often remained
faithful.
All theistic religions have concepts of gods which directly seek out their
faithful, pursue relationships
with the
people they are believed to have created, and take direct, proactive interest in the lives and fortunes of their
people.
Sometimes it is a
faithful union
with a
person of the same sex.
Most of the
people I meet as I travel around the country are
people who grew up in Church and who long,
with every ounce of their being, to remain
faithful to the Church and to Scripture as they work through these difficult issues.
I am so grateful — for all these opportunities, of course, but mostly for the kindness of other
people: the reader who shoved a $ 50 Starbucks card into my pocket at a signing; the flight attendant who gently patted my arm; Dad's idea to make my favorite comfort food for dinner and Mom's
faithful execution of pork loin, rice, and fried apples; Marvin and Brandon at Belk; Dan's shoulder; a call from my sister; readers who pile into minvans and drive many miles just to talk, friends who understood why,
with all this good publicity, I would just need a good, long cry.