Susanna
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Hi, guys —
When we say the Our Father at Mass, the priest
inserts prayers and then we say for
thine is the Kingdom . . . etc.
There are also some parishioners that are
using this phrase after the Our Father outside of Mass, at the end of Bible study, prayer
groups, etc.
- Is this proper?
- and, if so, why or why not?
- Also, where is Scripture does it say that
if we do not admonish a sinner, that we
are held twice accountable?
Easter Blessings,
Susanna
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Is
saying this phrase outside of Mass or at our Bible
Study, proper and where is this in Scripture? }
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Mike
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Hi, Susanna —
This phrase: for thine is the
Kingdom, is no problem at all,
even outside of the Mass.
This
posting may help.
I'm not sure what Scripture you are
referring to when you said:
that
we are held twice accountable.
I think the Scripture passage you
are referring to is:
But avoid stupid controversies,
genealogies, dissensions, and
quarrels over the law, for they
are unprofitable and futile. As
for a man who is factious, after
admonishing him once or twice,
have nothing more to do with him,
knowing that such a person is
perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.
(Titus 3:9-11), or
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for you traverse sea
and land to make a single proselyte,
and when he becomes a proselyte,
you make him twice as much a child
of hell as yourselves.
(Matthew
23 :14-15) |
Maybe my colleagues can shed some
light on this.
Mike
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Eric
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Hi, Susanna —
You may be thinking of Ezekiel 3:18-20 and Ezekiel 33:6-8, but I'm not aware
of any passage in Scripture that
says you will be held twice accountable.
Also note that these verses are addressed
to Ezekiel, who was a prophet with
the specific mission of correcting
Israel.
It's unclear what responsibility
ordinary people have for correcting
others. It is a meritorious thing,
to be sure, and Scripture says elsewhere
we will be rewarded:
19 My brethren, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
(James 5:19-20) |
but it's not clear to me that you
and I will be held strictly accountable
for not telling the stranger on the
street that he's sinning.
Eric
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