He's well! Taking care of my mom and spending more time with the grandkids lately.

Every knee shall bow.. in the Catholic Church every knee does bow...

Or go to Mass and listen to the priest give the Homily.

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Instead of terrible taste they would be bewildered and wondering if people who seriously love Jesus care about understanding the Mass.

The concept of purgatory, a purification before entering heaven, is certainly biblical. Revelation 21:27 tells us that nothing unclean can enter Heaven, so if one is saved but dies with unrepented sin, how can one enter Heaven? The Church says, "All who die in God's grace and friendship but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven." CCC 1030. In Luke 12:41-48 Jesus outlines three possible judgments that the master in the parable doles out to his servants - eternal reward, eternal punishment, or temporary punishment, either light or severe. 1 Corinthians 3:13-15, Malachi 3:3, was thought by Church Fathers to be a description of purgatory, as well as Psalm 66:12, Isaiah 4:4, which describe a cleansing fire. Matthew 12:32 This verse indicates that there is a place where sins can be forgiven. Some translations use the word, ‘world’, instead of ‘age’ but the meaning is the same. In this age, means on Earth. “In the age to come”, cannot mean Heaven because nothing unclean can enter Heaven (Rev. 21:27) and it cannot mean hell, because sins cannot be forgiven in hell. Once you are in hell, you are there for good. It is between the particular and general judgments, then, that the soul is purified of the remaining consequences of sin: “I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper” (Luke 12:59). 1 Peter 3:18-20 Paul tells us that, when we are judged, each man’s work will be tried. And what happens if a righteous man’s work fails the test? “He will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire” (1 Corinthians 3:15). Now this loss, this penalty, cannot refer to being sent to hell, since no one is saved there; and it cannot be heaven, since there is no suffering (“fire”) there. The Catholic doctrine of purgatory alone explains this passage. David, though forgiven, was still punished for his sins. 2 Samuel 12:13-14 Matthew 18:21-35 Once again, you will pay back all that you owe in a place called purgatory. It cannot suffer torture in heaven because there is no suffering in heaven, and it cannot refer to hell, because no one gets out of hell. Atoned for the dead to free them from their sins. 2 Maccabees 12:44-46

The concept of purgatory, a purification before entering heaven, is certainly biblical. Revelation 21:27 tells us that nothing unclean can enter Heaven, so if one is saved but dies with unrepented sin, how can one enter Heaven? The Church says, "All who die in God's grace and friendship but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven." CCC 1030. In Luke 12:41-48 Jesus outlines three possible judgments that the master in the parable doles out to his servants - eternal reward, eternal punishment, or temporary punishment, either light or severe. 1 Corinthians 3:13-15, Malachi 3:3, was thought by Church Fathers to be a description of purgatory, as well as Psalm 66:12, Isaiah 4:4, which describe a cleansing fire. Matthew 12:32 This verse indicates that there is a place where sins can be forgiven. Some translations use the word, ‘world’, instead of ‘age’ but the meaning is the same. In this age, means on Earth. “In the age to come”, cannot mean Heaven because nothing unclean can enter Heaven (Rev. 21:27) and it cannot mean hell, because sins cannot be forgiven in hell. Once you are in hell, you are there for good. It is between the particular and general judgments, then, that the soul is purified of the remaining consequences of sin: “I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper” (Luke 12:59). 1 Peter 3:18-20 Paul tells us that, when we are judged, each man’s work will be tried. And what happens if a righteous man’s work fails the test? “He will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire” (1 Corinthians 3:15). Now this loss, this penalty, cannot refer to being sent to hell, since no one is saved there; and it cannot be heaven, since there is no suffering (“fire”) there. The Catholic doctrine of purgatory alone explains this passage. David, though forgiven, was still punished for his sins. 2 Samuel 12:13-14 Matthew 18:21-35 Once again, you will pay back all that you owe in a place called purgatory. It cannot suffer torture in heaven because there is no suffering in heaven, and it cannot refer to hell, because no one gets out of hell. Atoned for the dead to free them from their sins. 2 Maccabees 12:44-46