Excerpt from Ephesians 6

...for our struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

- Saint Paul 

Reference:

NRSVUE 

Lots of virtue signaling

Our current society seems to do a great deal of virtue signaling. Yes, there seems to be a whole lot of self-righteous finger-pointing lately. The thing is that all this virtue signaling these days is being done by people who think they are good but are far from perfect towards people who are also far from perfect. The Judeo-Christian Scriptures has something to say about this.

 

1 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”

                They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;

                 there is no one who does good.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind

                 to see if there are any who are wise,

                  who seek after God.

3 They have all gone astray; they are all alike perverse;

                 there is no one who does good,

                no, not one.

- Psalm 14: 1-3, NRSVUE

 

Psalm 53: 2-3 repeats the foregoing message found in Psalm 14 once again. Moreover, in Roman 3:10-12, Saint Paul repeats it in the New Testament. If one is too self-righteous for Scriptures, I suppose the behavior will not stop. However, I must say that when one points a finger there are three other fingers pointing back in one’s own hand. I will keep this brief and stop here. Blessings!

 

 

Reference:

Bible, NRSVUE Version

Apologies for not posting

Apologies for not posting in May. Back in 2021, I gave a reason whenever that happens in a post. See the following link at Arango's Apologetics Page: On new posts

On new posts

Reference:

https://arangoapologeticspage.blogspot.com/2021/10/on-new-posts.html?m=0

Sharing Reexamining the Papacy

Pope Francis passed away last week. In fact, his funeral is/was this weekend. I don’t really have any comments to make with relevance other than perhaps saying, Rest in Peace. In this post, I simply wanted to share a post from September 25, 2015, that was inspired by him. I hope you enjoy reading. Click on the link below to access.

Unifying the Faith: Reexamining the Papacy

Happy Easter!

He is risen!

An ecumenism perspective

I hope that everyone is doing well. In this post which I decided to title An ecumenism perspective I am simply sharing a video from PatristicNectarFilms on YouTube. This is an ecumenism blog and perhaps it is good to share things on the subject. Before sharing the video, i want to say a couple of things. The following AI Overview from Google states:

The word "catholic" (lowercase "c") means "universal" or "general" and comes from the Greek "katholikos," meaning "according to the whole". When capitalized, "Catholic" refers to the Catholic Church, a specific Christian tradition.

The following link is also a related reference: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/what-does-catholic-mean.

 

With the foregoing being said, let’s go to the video, and I hope you enjoy watching.

(9) A Good Ecumenism - YouTube

References Used in Post:

AI Overview from Google

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/what-does-catholic-mean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnwfurtyn3M

Excerpt from Matthew 26

Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?” At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a rebel? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

- Matthew 26: 53-56, NRSVUE