tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post115468040883904673..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Knock WoodSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1154806028561282682006-08-05T12:27:00.000-07:002006-08-05T12:27:00.000-07:00You're welcome. Maybe you've heard of limbo. It wa...You're welcome. Maybe you've heard of limbo. It was a famous dance.Sister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1154793670828290222006-08-05T09:01:00.000-07:002006-08-05T09:01:00.000-07:00Thank you so much. I had never heard about this "...Thank you so much. I had never heard about this "limbo" until I read your blog. I do recall reading about it earlier here. I didn't know if it applied to babies. My mother says never assume anything so I try not to.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593267908097480964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1154753515075559692006-08-04T21:51:00.000-07:002006-08-04T21:51:00.000-07:00There are two morals to the story of Zacchaeus, Ch...There are two morals to the story of Zacchaeus, Christopher. The first is that perseverence is rewarded. Zacchaeus (a dyslexic's nightmare)was really short and didn't let that stop him from seeing Jesus. He climbed a tree.<BR/>This impressed the pants off of Jesus. Or it would have is Jesus wore pants. He decided to have Zacchaeus host Himself and the Apostles. (Sort of like if you go to a Tupperware party, the grand prize is that you have to throw the next Tupperware party.)<BR/><BR/>The second moral to the story is not to confuse the sin with the sinner, unless you are talking about Mel Gibson where they are one in the same.Sister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1154745735804709882006-08-04T19:42:00.000-07:002006-08-04T19:42:00.000-07:00An "all religion" day over at my top 5, http://top...An "all religion" day over at my top 5, http://top5daily.blogspot.com got me thinking about my years at catholic school and a wee little man named Zacchaeus in a sycamore tree. I can't figure it out. Why did that midget have to serve Jesus tea?Christopher Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17740012744429265381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1154727741375985002006-08-04T14:42:00.000-07:002006-08-04T14:42:00.000-07:00No one puts unbaptized babies into hell. Unbaptize...No one puts unbaptized babies into hell. Unbaptized babies used to go to limbo. I have discussed this somewhere in the blog, but here goes.<BR/><BR/>Before Jesus died for your sins, everyone who died went to limbo. That was called the limbo of the fathers While Jesus was dead he went and opened up limbo and let everyone out (it's in the Creed:"he descended into hell: actually means, limbo). so limbo closed.<BR/><BR/>Then we got to thinking about the little unbaptized babies, procrastinators like your mother, and the like and we reopened limbo for the little unbaptized babie and the aborigines.<BR/><BR/>But then at Vatican II we decided that babies and aborigines go straight to heaven, so limbo closed for good, like the Neverland Ranch.<BR/><BR/>So you would have rolled right into heaven.<BR/><BR/>Don't think it's that easy after the age of reason (age seven).<BR/>sistermarymarthaSister Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1154695530700440252006-08-04T05:45:00.000-07:002006-08-04T05:45:00.000-07:00Dearest Sister Mary Martha,I am finding your posts...Dearest Sister Mary Martha,<BR/><BR/>I am finding your posts very enlightning. I have a pretty pink bling bling rosary and have no clue how to even use it. <BR/><BR/>I have several questions for you but I will start with this one since it starts at my beginning.<BR/><BR/>When I was a baby, before the invention of car seats, my parents rolled me in a blanket and laid me in the back seat of their car. Due to a near miss accident, my father had to hit the brakes and I went flying onto the floor. My mother was mortified because if I was dead she'd have to explain to my grandmother why I was not baptized yet. Fortunately for her I lived.<BR/><BR/>Now my question is, why would God put an infant into hell if the parents procrastinated on getting them baptised?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593267908097480964noreply@blogger.com