Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Fatima Prayer, Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Fatima Prayer (Basic Catholic Prayer):
O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins,
save us from the fire of hell,
lead all souls to heaven,
especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy.

What do you think of the Fatima Prayer?
Is the Fatima Prayer a good prayer?
Is the Fatima Prayer scriptural?

Scripture (RSV-Catholic): 
* And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." - Luke 7: 48
* he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. - Revelation 9: 2
* and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."- Revelation 21: 3-4
* While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man -- though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.- Romans 5: 6-8

Is the Bible correct?
Are these passages true?
Are these passages of the Bible important?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church:
1848 As St. Paul affirms, "Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more." But to do its work grace must uncover sin so as to convert our hearts and bestow on us "righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Like a physician who probes the wound before treating it, God, by his Word and by his Spirit, casts a living light on sin: Conversion requires convincing of sin; it includes the interior judgment of conscience, and this, being a proof of the action of the Spirit of truth in man's inmost being, becomes at the same time the start of a new grant of grace and love: "Receive the Holy Spirit." Thus in this "convincing concerning sin" we discover a double gift: the gift of the truth of conscience and the gift of the certainty of redemption. The Spirit of truth is the Consoler.

Is this true?

pax tecum

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