Talk:Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God
Upcoming topics
Deus Propicius Esto: the battle for our souls
Deus Propicius Esto a medieval prayer for God's protection in the "the dreadful judgment" perhaps originating from St. Augustine was common in Medieval "psalters," or books of prayer popular music / popular culture how do we Christians approach music and lyrics that celebrate sin? Bromley has a story about asking his Confessor for permission to see the Rolling Stones -- why ask the question in the first place? Why did the priest find it okay to attend the concert?
There is a much larger topic here about how to live in a fallen world
When we sin, Jesus suffers; When we suffer, Jesus suffers
The Cross.
St. Jean Vianney said, "When you confess your sins, you take the nails out of Jesus.” (https://www.ncregister.com/blog/st-john-vianney-confession)
> Jesus died for every sin ever committed and that will ever be committed. > he also suffers with us >> not like a mother suffering when a child suffers >> not like Mary at the Cross, "a sword piercing her heart" > no, he actually suffers what we suffer.
Imaging that God is experiencing your life in real time.
Book of Revelation
Revelation = singular
authorship context > historical > Church history > theological > anagogically
Senses of Scripture
Literal Allegorical Moral Anagogical
Sin
definition nature effect concupiscence