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Christ left us a very special Message in his Tomb

Why Did Christ Fold Up the Linen Shroud After His Resurrection?

The Gospel of John tells us that the Shroud, which was placed over Jesus’ face, was not lying together with the linen cloths.

The Bible devotes an entire verse to tell us that the Shroud was folded up, and that it was placed apart from the other linen cloths (maybe where He had laid).

On Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and found that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

She ran and met with Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved. She said to them: “They have taken away the body of the Lord, and I know not where they have laid him!”

Peter and the other disciple ran toward the tomb of Jesus. The other disciple arrived before Peter. He stopped and looked inside and saw the linen lying on the floor, but he did not enter.

Then Simon Peter arrived and went in. He also noticed the linen lying on the floor, while the shroud that had been over Jesus’ face was folded up and placed aside.

Was that important? Of course! Is it still very important today? Absolutely!

To understand the meaning of the folded napkin, it is necessary to first know a little about the Hebrew Tradition of that time.

The folded napkin had to do with the Master and the Servant, and every Jewish child knew that Tradition.

When the servant set the table for the dinner of the Master, he made sure to do it in the exact way that the Master wanted.

Once the table was perfectly decorated, the servant waited, out of sight, until the Master had finished eating. The servant did not dare to touch the table until the Master had finished.

If the Master had finished eating, he would get up from the table; clean his fingers, mouth, and beard, knot the napkin and place it on the table.

This is how the servant knew it was time to clean the table, because in those days, the knotted napkin meant, “I have finished eating.”

But if the Master got up from the table, folded up the napkin and placed it next to his plate, the servant would not dare to touch the table, because the folded napkin meant…

“I WILL BE BACK!”

How amazing! How beautiful!

Christ left us a message in His tomb to say He is coming back…

“Devastated, Heartbroken, Outraged”: Planned Parenthood, the Merchants of Death, Mourn the Defeat of Hillary Clinton

The words of the President of the abortion giant, which has provided funding for the failed campaign of Hillary Clinton, show the disappointment of the multinational company, which is furious for having lost such enormous amounts of money and afraid because of the possible closing of its doors.

The reaction of Planned Parenthood, the abortion multinational in the United States which funded Hillary’s failed electoral campaign, was immediately unleashed. On the morning of last Wednesday, the President of the company sent an email in which she showed her displeasure due to the “inconceivable” election results.

“Devastated, Angry, Heartbroken, Outraged, Shocked, Sad, Disgusted, Ashamed, Discouraged, Exhausted, Shattered.” This is how the email of the president of Planned Parenthood started, which is the multinational that traffics body parts of aborted babies and make profits with public funds.

“And now, four more words – the most important ones: THESE DOORS STAY OPEN. I know that you and I can’t possibly have enough words to describe our feelings about what happened in this election and what lies ahead,” thus lamented the woman who has become one of the main disciples of the Democrat candidate.

“If you want to stay in bed or hide from the world, I can’t blame you. But I hope you won’t. Instead, I hope you’ll join me in focusing on those important four words: These Doors Stay Open. These doors will stay open because our voices get louder. We will continue to stand and fight for health care, reproductive services, and abortion,” promised Richards to her employees and clients.

“Together, we have made history, helping the first female presidential candidate to get very close to the White House. We were so close. And that day will come,” assured Cecile Richards, who funded Hillary Clinton’s campaign with millions of dollars.

“The fight begins now. The work begins today. Your support will help us one more time,” concluded the President of Planned Parenthood, whose words full of shock and dismay, show the disappointment of the multinational, furious for having lost such enormous amounts of money and afraid because of the possible closing of its doors.

Clinton, Advocate for Abortion

Let us remember that Hillary Clinton has become one of the main advocates of this business in the United States. Instead of condemning the fact of making a profit with tissues and organs of the unborn children, Clinton stated that “it is regrettable” that Planned Parenthood has been the subject of “an attack that was prepared for so many years.”

The Democrat has targeted repeatedly pro-life associations, which according to her, have been planning for years an attack against the abortion giant. It should be noted that Planned Parenthood performs more than 320,000 abortions in the U.S. every year, a practice that it is financed with about 554 million dollars coming from taxpayers.

Almúdena Martínez-Bordiú

Source: Infovaticana

Prayer reminder for the thirteenth day of each month

We remind you that today, as every 13th day of each month, we will join together in prayer for five minutes, for the intentions that are explained in the following link: http://www.catholicityblog.com/2016/01/appeal-to-our-friendsreaders.html

The Church Infallibly Condemned Martin Luther: Bishop Athanasius Schneider

“To put on the same level the religion of divine origin and the religions invented by men is the blasphemy which calls down chastisement on society far more than the sins of individuals and families.”

Désiré Felicien Francois Joseph Cardinal Mercier (1851-1926).

Are the blasphemies of Luther spiritual gifts? His heresies against the Divine Revelation are theological gifts? Did Luther find God while being an apostate of the true Church? Why does Pope Francis contradicts everything that the Church has infallibly taught us about the errors of this heresiarch? Why does he celebrate the anniversary of Luther’s rebellion in a Lutheran temple with false “bishops” and “women bishops” who are supportive of homosexuality, and who are the most distant from the Gospel, the most liberal and the least representative of Lutheranism, because they are rejected by all the other Lutherans who are less liberal?

Padre Pio also claimed that Luther had been condemned, how is it possible then to celebrate what they called the “Reform”, which really was a whole deformation of the Catholic doctrine carried out by the heresiarch whose errors, as Bishop Schneider points out, were condemned ex cathedra by the Church, that is, infallibly and irrevocably?

Biblical Foundations of Purgatory

The doctrine of the Church on purgatory is based on the Bible, when it is correctly interpreted:

The text of 2 Maccabees 12, 43-46, assumes that there is purification after death.

Judah Maccabee organized a collection among his soldiers… in order to offer a sacrifice for sin… They firmly believed in a valuable reward for those who died in the grace of God… He offered this sacrifice for the dead; so that they were forgiven for their sins.

Protestants do not recognize that this book is part of the Bible, because Luther removed it from his Bible precisely because he knew it referred to purgatory.

However, the New Testament makes a reference to 2 Maccabees. For example, in Hebrews 11, 35:

“Others were racked, not accepting deliverance, that they might find a better resurrection.”

The only ones in the Old Testament to whom this passage is applied are the martyrs of the Maccabees, who were tortured in order to attain resurrection (2 Maccabees 7:11, 14, 23, 29, 36).

Likewise the words of Our Lord:

“And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world, nor in the world to come.” (Mt. 12, 32).

“And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to he judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison. I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence until thou pay the very last mite.” (Lk. 12: 58-59).

In these passages, Jesus talks about a temporal punishment which cannot be Hell nor Heaven.

This conclusion follows from the letter of Saint Paul, 1 Corinthians 3, 12-13:

“For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay or straw, his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. And they, whose works cannot abide the fire, shall suffer loss; yet they themselves, having built upon the right foundation, shall be saved yet so as by fire; being liable to this punishment, by reason of the wood, hay, and stubble, which was mixed with their building.

Hence, there is a fire after death which, unlike that from Hell, is temporal. The soul that passes through it will be saved. We call this state of purgation “purgatory”.

1 Cor. 15, 29: “Otherwise, what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? Why are they then baptized for them?”

The word “baptism” is used here as a metaphor to express suffering or penance (Mk. 10, 38-39; Lk. 3, 16; 12, 50). Saint Paul writes about a practice among Christians, which consisted in being “baptized” for the dead. He does not condemn it, on the contrary, he praises it as valid because it shows faith in resurrection.

Compare 1 Cor. 15, 29 with Maccabees 12, 44 and you will see the similarity.