Zone1 Remember Your Death

[Carl in Michigan]

Why celebrate death?

Celebrate life.

Reflecting on your death keeps you grounded on the important things. Live life as though it will not come for you is not wise. Enjoy the life God has given you and be thankful

 

[skye]

Reflecting on your death keeps you grounded on the important things. Live life as though it will not come for you is not wise. Enjoy the life God has given you and be thankful

It's life that I thank Our Father daily

Not death.

 

[luiza]

how can you remember something that hasnt happened?....

Past incarnations .
You have your Soul unto Eternity .
Some youngsters occasionally remember their past life beyond doubt .
Even when and where verified , the memories
are soon extinguished .
Odd that Universe “allows” such rare exceptions .

 

[forkintheroad7]

It's life that I thank Our Father daily

Not death.

"Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies, it remains but a seed" Jesus said.

We have to die in order to truly live. This world is not our home. It is often Hell, in fact.

 

[forkintheroad7]

how can you remember something that hasnt happened?....

you remember that you will die
something that WILL indeed happen

 

[forkintheroad7]

Yes the great questions that will be asked: Did we learn? Did we have fun?

This life is not for having fun. We suffer all the time and only the (true) Catholic religion teaches what that suffering means or can mean (if we seek and find). Only the Church Christ founded has the answers on suffering, even though it is still a mystery to most or all humans as to why there has to be SO much of it. Well, when we get that Q in our heads, maybe it's time to look at a Crucifix...

something most non-Catholics rarely do...

If God allowed Jesus (Himself, actually) to suffer like that, who are we to think we should not?

Remember the story of Job... He didn't deserve what happened to him either..


(and no, I am NOT representing the Vatican, which is totally of the devil... I represent TRUE Catholicism, which is no longer there)

 

[BackAgain]

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This is a picture of St. Francis of Assisi contemplating a skull. While remembering your death was a philosophy as early as Socrates and Plato, it became a common practice/meditation of early Christians. How often do people today, pause and reflect on this: Remember your death.

What are your thoughts on this?

I don’t recall having lived previously; so I don’t know how I can remember having died.

And if it refers to this lifetime, I can’t remember something that hasn’t happened yet. Can you tell us what that phrase even means?

 

[forkintheroad7]

I don’t recall having lived previously; so I don’t know how I can remember having died.

And if it refers to this lifetime, I can’t remember something that hasn’t happened yet. Can you tell us what that phrase even means?

It means

you should remember that you will die--

something that WILL indeed happen

 

[Harry Dresden]

you remember that you will die
something that WILL indeed happen

but the question was remember your death.....like it already happened....

 

[BreezeWood]

We suffer all the time and only the (true) Catholic religion teaches what that suffering means or can mean ...

the 1st century events are the repudiation of what is written in the 4th century christian bible as well the other desert bibles w/ the same prologue written inside all three ... those forgeries and fallacies are in no way reflective of mans destiny as meant by the heavens.

 

[BackAgain]

It means

you should remember that you will die--

something that WILL indeed happen

I see. But why “remember” the inevitability of death? I would guess that most of us are already well aware of the fact that we are mortal.

And I have no control over whether there is an “afterlife” or there is simply nothing of my consciousness left after my departure.

I’d have to assume that the underlying message is predicated on the belief that there will be an afterlife, so we best mind our P’s and Q’s while we are still amongst the living.

So, for those who have (say) a belief in life after death, I do see what was meant. Thanks.

 

[forkintheroad7]

I see. But why “remember” the inevitability of death? I would guess that most of us are already well aware of the fact that we are mortal.

And I have no control over whether there is an “afterlife” or there is simply nothing of my consciousness left after my departure.

I’d have to assume that the underlying message is predicated on the belief that there will be an afterlife, so we best mind our P’s and Q’s while we are still amongst the living.

So, for those who have (say) a belief in life after death, I do see what was meant. Thanks.

Well, I fear for people's souls because 1) Jesus said most people do not find the narrow way to heaven (Mt 7:14?) and 2) the Catholic Church he founded is hated by most people, proving 1)..

The Catholic Church has always taught (again, I do not refer to the Vatican, where the CC is no longer..) that there is no salvation outside of it, which again, stands to reason since that is the Church Christ founded and there is no other, as He saw no need to start 40,000 (or however many non-Catholic "churches" there are in the world today..)

So yeh, those who hate the CC are not going to make it... and it won't be God's fault of course, since He shows people the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith...

If they do not listen, that is on them..

 

[BackAgain]

Well, I fear for people's souls because 1) Jesus said most people do not find the narrow way to heaven (Mt 7:14?) and 2) the Catholic Church he founded is hated by most people, proving 1)..

The Catholic Church has always taught (again, I do not refer to the Vatican, where the CC is no longer..) that there is no salvation outside of it, which again, stands to reason since that is the Church Christ founded and there is no other, as He saw no need to start 40,000 (or however many non-Catholic "churches" there are in the world today..)

So yeh, those who hate the CC are not going to make it... and it won't be God's fault of course, since He shows people the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith...

If they do not listen, that is on them..

So it is a religious reminder to and for Christians. And that’s fine.

 

[forkintheroad7]

So it is a religious reminder to and for Christians. And that’s fine.

Well, I myself write for everyone because if the person reading is not Catholic or any other kind of "Christian" he or she still needs the Church. Jesus founded a Church for everyone... The word Catholic is Greek for "universal" and that is likely why it was called Catholic (at least as early as the year 107 AD): it is for everyone...

As the Bible says (somewhere) God is no respecter of persons. He wants everyone saved..

 

[BackAgain]

Well, I myself write for everyone because if the person reading is not Catholic or any other kind of "Christian" he or she still needs the Church. Jesus founded a Church for everyone... The word Catholic is Greek for "universal" and that is likely why it was called Catholic (at least as early as the year 107 AD): it is for everyone...

Understood. But your belief doesn’t make it so.

For instance, I believe in God. I also find the words of Jesus Christ to be brilliant.

But I have major hurdles in believing that life after death results in eternal pain and suffering for those who aren’t able to accept that Jesus was the Son of God.

Even if hell doesn’t mean pain and suffering fr all time, but is merely eternal loneliness, I don’t believe in Hell.

No sense it makes to me.

 

[forkintheroad7]

Correction to something I just wrote:

The Mass of All Times was codified at the Council of Trent. But I had written that the Douay Rheims Bible was also codified at that Council. On 2nd thought, I am at this time not entirely sure of that.

The DR Bible was begun at the time of the Council of Trent, but either the Old or the New Testament was finished shortly after Trent ended...

In any case, it is very important that the Mass was codified at that Council... What we have in the V2 sect (Vatican) is not that codified version. Therefore, it can be presumed logically that the "new Mass" is not valid...

Maybe Jesus consecrates the hosts in some of the NO churches anyway (?)... giving us His Real Presence.

I say this because the Real Presence of Christ is there just the same, at least in some Churches I've been to... God can over-write his own laws...

Even so... You don't presume on God... and you don't change what the CHURCH codifies at a valid Council...

Trent was valid

Vatican II was FAR from valid.

 

[forkintheroad7]

Understood. But your belief doesn’t make it so.

For instance, I believe in God. I also find the words of Jesus Christ to be brilliant.

But I have major hurdles in believing that life after death results in eternal pain and suffering for those who aren’t able to accept that Jesus was the Son of God.

Even if hell doesn’t mean pain and suffering fr all time, but is merely eternal loneliness, I don’t believe in Hell.

No sense it makes to me.

Well, you are not God so why are you trusting in yourself and not Him?

I'm sure you will say that all the religions are bad and off and etc.... etc... but you can't prove the bible is not true... can't prove Catholicism is wrong.. and what if YOU are wrong?

As the saints have said

Most people in Hell didn't believe in Hell

 

[forkintheroad7]

For those who don't believe in Hell

There is a video on YouTube called "Man shot, saw Hell"

a gang member was shot by another member and ... went to a horrible place.. was revived by medical staff..

 

[BackAgain]

Well, you are not God so why are you trusting in yourself and not Him?

I trust in me because I see no evidence that God wants it any other way. Being the Creator of all that is does not necessarily mean that He wants me to be a Christian or a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Muslim etc., etc., etc.

I'm sure you will say that all the religions are bad and off and etc.... etc... but you can't prove the bible is not true... can't prove Catholicism is wrong.. and what if YOU are wrong?

I never said or suggest that all religions are “bad.” Indeed, I don’t believe that to be true.

And I have no obligation to prove that the Bible is isn’t true. In many ways, I’m convinced that it is. In other respects, I have good reason to question it.

As the saints have said

Most people in Hell didn't believe in Hell

I would assume that anyone in Hell, if there is such a place, would have no difficulty in believing in Hell.

 

[Dekster]

Genealogy is one of my hobbies, so I remember a lot of names. What I don't remember--or know much about--are the people behind the names.

Look around. Someone else may have done the lifting for you. One branch of my family has a documented history that runs back to William the conqueror days so there are some books and articles and things on some of the scallywags in that line that also includes some of the Mayflower folks.