Hi Catherine what a great treat it was for me to listen this music and when listened in conjunction with the words it was very powerful. I particularly liked the simple things because it reminded me of something. (My brother wanting to sell a painting to a relative and me wanting to give it to them for free.) Also the unusual psalm of threats on the shadows. I must read that psalm. I'm beginning to see why Catholicism is popular being from the time if jesus and full of truth while other traditions are more opinion and younger. I'd like to ask about salvation is baptism necessary and how to people get to be saved. Wouldn't it be sad if you were saved and a loved relative wasn't. Also I'd like to ask your opinion on near death experiences. Have you watched any on RUclips. Thank you Catherine. I know I always ask a lot but your so talented and your music makes me feel closer to God and the love of jesus.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and appreciated the (perhaps) more prayerful presentation. I find it nice to have longer videos with visual and intellectual content that's more explicitly directed towards prayer, so I'm glad it was fruitful for you too (: Again, you have raised some excellent questions, so I will do my best to answer as I'm able though of course very limited given the medium of communication. Before doing so, however, you may find it quite helpful to have access to the Catechism of the Catholic Church since it answers many foundational questions in a quite full and beautiful way, and includes lots of scriptural citations and such. Perhaps you have already looked here but, just in case, here is a link if you would like to take a look www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/ (USCCB stands for United States College of Catholic Bishops, but it's the same catechism that's used by the Catholic Church universally). Regarding your first question - is baptism necessary for salvation? The shortest answer is to say that baptism is the "normal" means by which someone is saved. This is primarily based on Jesus' explicit command to the disciples to go and baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. However, the Church also holds that God himself is not limited by the sacrament of baptism though he gave it to us as a gift. Two particular circumstances are outlined by the Church as exceptions to typical baptism. 1) If someone dies for the faith, this is usually called a baptism by blood and is recognized as a non-typical but efficacious form of baptism. 2) If someone truly desires baptism but is unable to receive for whatever reason before they die. This is usually called a baptism of desire and again is non-typical but efficacious. If you're interested in learning a bit more in depth, I'd look at the catechism starting on page 312 (or paragraph number 1213). For the second question - How to people get saved? This is an excellent question because it is so foundational to the "why?" and "how?" of the faith. This makes it also one that is worth more exploration than I'm going to be able to give here. The shortest answer, one is saved by Jesus Christ, is the foundational belief that makes a person a Christian. But what does that actually mean...? Perhaps it is most succinct to say that Christ's incarnation - his taking and uniting to himself a human nature - and Death and Resurrection, opens up for us the possibility of literally sharing his divine life with him. God himself as Trinity is an eternal exchange of love. That is who he is, what he is, and what he does for all eternity. Because God is the very foundation of all creation's existence (the fact that we 'are' rather than 'are not'), God as love is also the very essence of life. Sin, at its core, is our choice to live outside of or apart from this source of life. That is the very reason it leads to death, as God says in the garden of Eden. Death is not the punishment for sin but the natural consequence of separating ourselves from life itself. In Jesus' Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection, this chasm between God and humanity is bridged over, you could say, because all of creation is taken up into the divine life of Jesus and brought back into this communion of the Trinity's perfect love. Again, if you'd like to understand this in far more depth and from additional aspects maybe take a look at sections starting on pages 146, 164 , 97 of the catechism. One additional thing to note about these questions particularly in response to your comment about a relative not being saved. There is a tension here since God desires that all be saved yet he does not offer salvation by forcing it upon us. In order for salvation to truly be a gift and an act of love, our acceptance of it must be free and therefore not violate the free will God has given us. That is to say that God does not close the doors to heaven to anyone yet there are some who do not desire and do not choose to enter the door that as open. Now, judgments regarding who is saved and who is not while on earth, Jesus explicitly tells us we are not to judge that for only God sees with absolute clarity and truth, the heart of each one of us. Page 431 might be a nice spot to look at in the catechism. Regarding near death experiences, I haven't watch but one or two on RUclips. I find them fascinating but for myself I find it also a good practice to not take them as absolute truth claims. My primary reason for this is simply because each of us interprets our own experiences and while there is typically at least some truth in our interpretations, there's also going to be limitations to our interpretations. I recognize also that these near death experiences are going to be quite personal and so for me to take them as a universal truth seems like a bad idea. I hope this helps a bit Geoffrey! Again, these are great questions so they deserve much more than I'm able to speak to here, but I will continue to pray for you and hope this helps a little on your journey. God bless!
Thank you so much for your answer and the catechism Web site it is so interesting so il be looking into it a lot. I was also thinking of buying a catholic bible as I think I'd like to read some of the things not in the anglican bible. In church this week the sermon was about the narrow path and the wide path. Let's pray I'm on the narrow path. Once again thank you. Your explanations really do make me look at things in a different way. Your music and your knowledge I value very much. Prayers to you that you'll continue to be such an influence on other Christians.
I am so grateful to be, even in a small way, a part of your journey and thank God for all his gifts in these little exchanges. You are also welcome to reach out via email (enfoldedheartmusic@gmail.com) if that would be a better avenue to voice your thoughts or questions. Of course, I'm also happy to continue to receive them via comments, if you prefer. A heart-felt thank you also for your prayers! I am very grateful for them and will certainly join your prayer that you (and I!) are on the narrow path. By God's merciful and abundant grace (: Looking forward to hearing how the catechism and/or Catholic bible goes for you.
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Woke up at 6AM, this is perfect to start your day with..
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Wonderful! So glad it was a fitting start to your morning (:
Hi Catherine what a great treat it was for me to listen this music and when listened in conjunction with the words it was very powerful. I particularly liked the simple things because it reminded me of something. (My brother wanting to sell a painting to a relative and me wanting to give it to them for free.) Also the unusual psalm of threats on the shadows. I must read that psalm. I'm beginning to see why Catholicism is popular being from the time if jesus and full of truth while other traditions are more opinion and younger. I'd like to ask about salvation is baptism necessary and how to people get to be saved. Wouldn't it be sad if you were saved and a loved relative wasn't. Also I'd like to ask your opinion on near death experiences. Have you watched any on RUclips. Thank you Catherine. I know I always ask a lot but your so talented and your music makes me feel closer to God and the love of jesus.
I'm glad you enjoyed it and appreciated the (perhaps) more prayerful presentation. I find it nice to have longer videos with visual and intellectual content that's more explicitly directed towards prayer, so I'm glad it was fruitful for you too (:
Again, you have raised some excellent questions, so I will do my best to answer as I'm able though of course very limited given the medium of communication. Before doing so, however, you may find it quite helpful to have access to the Catechism of the Catholic Church since it answers many foundational questions in a quite full and beautiful way, and includes lots of scriptural citations and such. Perhaps you have already looked here but, just in case, here is a link if you would like to take a look www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/ (USCCB stands for United States College of Catholic Bishops, but it's the same catechism that's used by the Catholic Church universally).
Regarding your first question - is baptism necessary for salvation? The shortest answer is to say that baptism is the "normal" means by which someone is saved. This is primarily based on Jesus' explicit command to the disciples to go and baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. However, the Church also holds that God himself is not limited by the sacrament of baptism though he gave it to us as a gift. Two particular circumstances are outlined by the Church as exceptions to typical baptism. 1) If someone dies for the faith, this is usually called a baptism by blood and is recognized as a non-typical but efficacious form of baptism. 2) If someone truly desires baptism but is unable to receive for whatever reason before they die. This is usually called a baptism of desire and again is non-typical but efficacious. If you're interested in learning a bit more in depth, I'd look at the catechism starting on page 312 (or paragraph number 1213).
For the second question - How to people get saved? This is an excellent question because it is so foundational to the "why?" and "how?" of the faith. This makes it also one that is worth more exploration than I'm going to be able to give here. The shortest answer, one is saved by Jesus Christ, is the foundational belief that makes a person a Christian. But what does that actually mean...? Perhaps it is most succinct to say that Christ's incarnation - his taking and uniting to himself a human nature - and Death and Resurrection, opens up for us the possibility of literally sharing his divine life with him. God himself as Trinity is an eternal exchange of love. That is who he is, what he is, and what he does for all eternity. Because God is the very foundation of all creation's existence (the fact that we 'are' rather than 'are not'), God as love is also the very essence of life. Sin, at its core, is our choice to live outside of or apart from this source of life. That is the very reason it leads to death, as God says in the garden of Eden. Death is not the punishment for sin but the natural consequence of separating ourselves from life itself. In Jesus' Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection, this chasm between God and humanity is bridged over, you could say, because all of creation is taken up into the divine life of Jesus and brought back into this communion of the Trinity's perfect love. Again, if you'd like to understand this in far more depth and from additional aspects maybe take a look at sections starting on pages 146, 164 , 97 of the catechism.
One additional thing to note about these questions particularly in response to your comment about a relative not being saved. There is a tension here since God desires that all be saved yet he does not offer salvation by forcing it upon us. In order for salvation to truly be a gift and an act of love, our acceptance of it must be free and therefore not violate the free will God has given us. That is to say that God does not close the doors to heaven to anyone yet there are some who do not desire and do not choose to enter the door that as open. Now, judgments regarding who is saved and who is not while on earth, Jesus explicitly tells us we are not to judge that for only God sees with absolute clarity and truth, the heart of each one of us. Page 431 might be a nice spot to look at in the catechism.
Regarding near death experiences, I haven't watch but one or two on RUclips. I find them fascinating but for myself I find it also a good practice to not take them as absolute truth claims. My primary reason for this is simply because each of us interprets our own experiences and while there is typically at least some truth in our interpretations, there's also going to be limitations to our interpretations. I recognize also that these near death experiences are going to be quite personal and so for me to take them as a universal truth seems like a bad idea.
I hope this helps a bit Geoffrey! Again, these are great questions so they deserve much more than I'm able to speak to here, but I will continue to pray for you and hope this helps a little on your journey. God bless!
Thank you so much for your answer and the catechism Web site it is so interesting so il be looking into it a lot. I was also thinking of buying a catholic bible as I think I'd like to read some of the things not in the anglican bible. In church this week the sermon was about the narrow path and the wide path. Let's pray I'm on the narrow path. Once again thank you. Your explanations really do make me look at things in a different way. Your music and your knowledge I value very much. Prayers to you that you'll continue to be such an influence on other Christians.
I am so grateful to be, even in a small way, a part of your journey and thank God for all his gifts in these little exchanges. You are also welcome to reach out via email (enfoldedheartmusic@gmail.com) if that would be a better avenue to voice your thoughts or questions. Of course, I'm also happy to continue to receive them via comments, if you prefer.
A heart-felt thank you also for your prayers! I am very grateful for them and will certainly join your prayer that you (and I!) are on the narrow path. By God's merciful and abundant grace (:
Looking forward to hearing how the catechism and/or Catholic bible goes for you.