tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post5870306250029590745..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: St. Rock and His DogSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-53969096139599136772013-11-01T14:22:52.416-07:002013-11-01T14:22:52.416-07:00I've been a Catholic convert for a few years a...I've been a Catholic convert for a few years and love St. Roche. Of course, living with a pack of dogs probably has something to do with it. <br /><br />When I read about this saint, it said he was the saint for dogs, knee problems, and infections. Since I was dealing one way or another with all three, I figured I'd hit a triple-header with him. He remains a favorite saint and I'm pretty sure he helped me during the last year or so when I was caring for my elderly mom and she was suffering from derlerium due to infections.Vikk @ Being Catholic Day by Dayhttp://www.beingcatholicdaybyday.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-54112057302515889062013-05-02T10:05:02.164-07:002013-05-02T10:05:02.164-07:00Well said, Sister! It is hard to fathom that peopl...Well said, Sister! It is hard to fathom that people are so attached to things that they fail to attach themselves to the all-encompassing God, in whom all joy is rooted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-52186975697515109162013-03-25T03:42:58.555-07:002013-03-25T03:42:58.555-07:00I am right there with you. Thank you for your post...I am right there with you. Thank you for your post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-81504852090127686452013-03-25T03:41:32.248-07:002013-03-25T03:41:32.248-07:00I see that no one ever answers how it is known tha...I see that no one ever answers how it is known that animals have no souls. That is because YOU DON'T KNOW. This is one of the many arrogant invented 'truths' that is pointed to that has nothing whatsoever to back it up. They just don't have souls cuz we say so. The Bible doesn't specifically say one way or another, so how can you? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-52372290441079136492013-01-20T01:17:43.821-08:002013-01-20T01:17:43.821-08:00I like yours best n am laughing myself silly now.I like yours best n am laughing myself silly now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-51682463943592808442013-01-04T10:03:53.445-08:002013-01-04T10:03:53.445-08:00They are there, I believe it. Love is not sappy or...They are there, I believe it. Love is not sappy or stupid, Love is more <br />essential to salvation than wisdom, theology, prophecy, and even more <br />essential than FAITH itself. <br />1 Corinthians said so. <br /><br />Concerning the Rainbow Bridge, I like to see it reflected in God's covenant with Noah and All Living Creatures, which took the form of a Rainbow. <br /><br />Pets in Heaven is more scriptual than pets not in heaven.<br />For those who only respect Catholic views on this, check for books by <br />Jack Wintz OFM, and Susi Pittman. <br /><br />Of course, there will always be those whom will wait for the Pope to officially dogmatize pets/animals in heaven (no pun intended).. which cannot happen for many reasons.<br />Remember, animals did not eat of the Forbidden Fruit. Their state as fallen beings is only because Man was given dominion over them, Original Sin extends to them <br />from the transgression of Adam and Eve. Before that, they did not kill, did not eat flesh. Isaiah says they will be "there", so does the Apocalypse of John, and other <br />scriptures. Jesus said "Ask and you will receive".. there is nothing wrong in asking for something (your loving pet) which is Good. Animals were ordained by God as "Good". Yes, we are worth "so many sparrows", but not one sparrow falls to the ground without the Father knowing, and making a place for it. <br />There is nothing wrong with believing and thinking with your heart. God wants us <br />to do that. Thinking as a little child thinks is what helps us to Heaven, according to His Own Words. <br />If you took a poll of little children who just lost their loving pet, I'd say 100% would <br />desire to see that pet again in Heaven WITH Jesus.<br />Who would dare to say Jesus would respond to the child, "sorry, Bobby, no dice, the rules say I can't/won't do that".. I don't think so. As a matter of fact, neither does God. <br />Jesus said it was better to save a sheep from falling into a pit than <br />to blindly follow "rules" (keeping the Sabbath). Now, you may say the sheep is only a metaphor for a human soul, but He did not say a neighbor was falling into the pit.<br />He did not say a cartload of silver was falling in the pit. <br />He said a SHEEP, and that sheep was worth saving more than rote rules or rote understanding.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1638895711725269362012-04-10T09:06:20.715-07:002012-04-10T09:06:20.715-07:00Your blatant assumptions are heartbreaking, Sister...Your blatant assumptions are heartbreaking, Sister...<br />God in his infinite wisdom created every living thing and Jesus died for all of creation, not just humans... God cares for the whole of his work, not just us, especially for the ultimate innocents like animals, who do not have the capacity to do evil for selfish purposes.<br />Reading your post has made my heart shrink in pain and brought tears to my eyes. I will pray to God to take these horrible thoughts from your post out of my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-71868287362853536432011-06-19T03:54:01.648-07:002011-06-19T03:54:01.648-07:00Jesus died to redeem all of creation, not just man...Jesus died to redeem all of creation, not just man. Do not underestimate the power of this sacrifice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-66385566310415615782011-04-18T21:28:25.870-07:002011-04-18T21:28:25.870-07:00If God does not want animals in heaven, why would ...If God does not want animals in heaven, why would he have created them? If he did not want animals in heaven, then why was Noah asked to get the animals on his ark? Animals are important. God loves everyone...even the sinners who have turned away from him. He cannot abandon anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-3476219437284863442011-03-18T09:40:52.425-07:002011-03-18T09:40:52.425-07:00You seem pretty sure of yourself even though you h...You seem pretty sure of yourself even though you have never visited Heaven, or even seen the vacation video of it, and are just relying on the writings of a bunch of dead guys who also never saw Heaven. But you also have never seen God, not even on YouTube, but you are still devoting your entire life to this mythical being.<br /><br />So if you can do that, who is to say that I can't expect to meet all my pets in heaven? I know that they for sure will have earned their way there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-65272560783776996372011-02-16T18:48:04.504-08:002011-02-16T18:48:04.504-08:00WOW! I was searching for inspiration, with the hop...WOW! I was searching for inspiration, with the hope of one day being able to wholeheartedly embrace Catholicism. I read this article and was completly turned off. It is self-righteous and egotistic to believe you know first hand that animals are exempt from the Kingdom of Heaven and to believe you are so much better than every other living creature on this earth, that they are doomed to live only this life and YOU will live forever. People want their pets to join them in Heaven because they love them, not because they are "simple minded" (as you say). Do you not wish to meet up with your parents, or siblings, or friends in the afterlife? We want our pets to be there because not only do we love the people in our lives, we love the animals too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-68388130293606631952010-08-19T23:31:14.189-07:002010-08-19T23:31:14.189-07:00why bother about animalas in heavan? why asks for ...why bother about animalas in heavan? why asks for dogs and other pets to be our companions in heaven if we seeks for companion, God is already in heaven... why look for other things. It is only God that our hearts long to be with and not animals....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-69737743427688988262010-07-04T20:21:15.742-07:002010-07-04T20:21:15.742-07:00nephesh: Hebrew, "soul"
psuche: Greek,...nephesh: Hebrew, "soul"<br />psuche: Greek, "soul"<br /><br />"And God created great whales, and every living creature (nephesh, psuche) that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good" (Gen. 1:21). <br /><br />ruach: Hebrew, "spirit"<br />neshamah: Hebrew, "spirit"<br />pneuma: Greek, "spirit"<br />pnoe: Greek, "spirit"<br /><br />"And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath (ruach, pneuma) of life" (Gen. 7:15). <br /><br />"All in whose nostrils was the breath (neshamah, pnoe) of life, of all that was in the dry land, died" (Gen. 7:22). <br /><br />"So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. . . . Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath (ruach, pneuma), they die, and return to their dust. Thou sendest forth thy spirit (ruach, pneuma), they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth" (Ps. 104:25, 29, 30). <br /><br />"For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath (ruach, pneuma); so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit (ruach, pneuma) of man that goeth upward, and the spirit (ruach, pneuma) of the beast that goeth downward to the earth" (Eccl. 3:19-21).Dennishttp://www.ourpassover.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-907447494279769262010-07-04T14:01:02.751-07:002010-07-04T14:01:02.751-07:00I'm sorry, guys... but animals hove both Soul...I'm sorry, guys... but animals hove both Souls AND Spirits. It's a no-brainer to find this in the Bible (but, oh, yeh, you Catholics don't READ the bible). As far as "salvation" goes, animals don't NEED it. THEY NEVER SINNED. They just got caught in the wake of Adams sin. Look, it's real simple: Animals have spirits, spirits are eternal. Anybody who is trying to tell you otherwise is just trying hard to find some way to "prove" that Man is higher than the animals, and the only criteria they can come up with is to say "Man has a soul, therefore animals must not"Dennishttp://www.ourpassover.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1030805427351333472009-11-05T16:41:02.645-08:002009-11-05T16:41:02.645-08:00The Book of Revelation says that we "saints&q...The Book of Revelation says that we "saints" will be returning to earth, with the Lord Jesus, to reign with Him during the Millenium. We'll ALL be riding on white horses!! So . . . if we know that there are horses in heaven, we must reason that dogs and cats are hanging around the stables. Personally, I'm looking forward to not only seeing my beloved pets, but also rolling around with lions and tigers. There are SO many scriptures that mention God's love for his animals . . . I can't believe there are folks who think He wouldn't have them in eternity for us to enjoy also. It's not like He doesn't have enough room out there among the millions of galaxies! Of course, the first face I long to see is that of Jesus, but I have no doubt that our beloved animals will be with us too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-85862789942871126412008-11-11T14:26:00.000-08:002008-11-11T14:26:00.000-08:00Well Sister, as with so many nuns of my acquaintan...Well Sister, as with so many nuns of my acquaintance over 50 years, your piety is admirable and your theology more than a little fuzzy. Of course you can see your dog in heaven--not a hologram, not a phony reproduction, but your own pet that you loved in life. God created that dog, and He can allow him into heaven if that will help to fulfill the ecstatic experience of the soul. There are so many reasons why you're wrong, I won't go into them here. But Msgr. Ronald Knox thought dogs go to heaven (not on their own merits, of course, but as fulfillment of the heavenly experience of a soul) and Ronnie Knox was a better theologian than you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-86935085218158509722008-09-13T19:21:00.000-07:002008-09-13T19:21:00.000-07:00The Bible says that, "Gpd saves Man and Animal ali...The Bible says that, "Gpd saves Man and Animal alike". My minister says that dogs DO go to Heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-1147191471134134612007-10-27T17:02:00.000-07:002007-10-27T17:02:00.000-07:00I am sorry for you. I now remember why I gave up C...I am sorry for you. I now remember why I gave up Catholicism.DOOM AND GLOOM, subjugation by intimidation and threats from a loving GOD. I didn't give up on GOD just the Catholic religionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-13117811135819673642007-09-17T21:07:00.000-07:002007-09-17T21:07:00.000-07:00If God can raise up children of abraham from 'thes...If God can raise up children of abraham from 'these very rocks' surely he can, when the new heavens and earth are created... stock it with a few ressurected critters we knew and loved. I'd not put it past himl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-78822787951190351322007-09-07T21:21:00.000-07:002007-09-07T21:21:00.000-07:00Animals have souls, just like trees and other livi...Animals have souls, just like trees and other living creatures. They just don't have immortal souls. <BR/><BR/>I remember Sister Agnes Edwina (if I recall correctly) talking to us about animals not going to Heaven. Christ didn't die to save them, she said. But on a happier note, she pointed out that our dogs and cats were incapable of sinning. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-71042571470975348252007-09-07T14:12:00.000-07:002007-09-07T14:12:00.000-07:00"If my pet isn't in heaven, then I ain't going eit..."If my pet isn't in heaven, then I ain't going either"<BR/><BR/>Oh, dear. Would this count as idolatry -- considering your pet to be more important than God?Arkanabar Ilarsadinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098504849466846551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-88031844095205738772007-09-03T16:19:00.000-07:002007-09-03T16:19:00.000-07:00It seems to me that animals have souls. However, t...It seems to me that animals have souls. However, they are not under the same rules as for humans. That is, they are neither able nor required to choose Heaven. How was it proven that animals don't have souls? However, bottom line is that ALL that matters in heaven is GOD.seeking_somethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11295360210232758085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-8263632700150671642007-09-03T14:41:00.000-07:002007-09-03T14:41:00.000-07:00Sister Mary.I love your blog, and your brilliant h...Sister Mary.<BR/>I love your blog, and your brilliant humour. I have been awarded a "Nice Matters Award" and am able to pass it on to 7 other bloggers, so I decided it would be nice to pass it on to you.<BR/>I believe you just need to copy and paste the award onto your blog, and then pass it on to some other Nice Matters bloggers.<BR/>Many blessings Sister.<BR/>Mags<BR/>http://mags-catholic.blogspot.comMagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151951597027932540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-56432531496105236512007-09-03T14:39:00.000-07:002007-09-03T14:39:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Magshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151951597027932540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-20519108407836176482007-09-02T11:22:00.000-07:002007-09-02T11:22:00.000-07:00i love your blog!!!! i also like your humour siste...i love your blog!!!! i also like your humour sister:)Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550875376593955659noreply@blogger.com