Truth Of Catholic Christianity - The Catholic Pacific Northwest

A Catholic Christian Millennial Renaissance
Establishing a Christian Culture in the Pacific Northwest
Through God's Divine Grace and Divine Will in the Eternal Light of Jesus Christ:
Divine Love and Divine Mercy of God

The Truth Of Catholic Christianity
The Lord Our Redeeming Savior
What God The Father Has Done For Man
Through HisSon Jesus Christ

The Divine Love and Divine Mercy Of God
Man's Salvation And Eternal Life
Through God's Grace And According to His Divine Will

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A Program In The 21st Century Of The New Millenium
For A Pacific Northwest Temple "Basilica" Shrine,
A Christian Ecumenical Evangelization,
A Call To Greater Holiness And Sanctification
Realized Through Prayer, Intercession,
and The Work Of The Holy Spirit -
God Will Provide The Way

A CALL TO HOLINESS
REVERENCE AND DEVOTION BEFORE THE LORD

The Church is for Mystics and Missionaries. To live as a Mystic in personal contemplative holiness with God and with His Covenant Family, and To live as a ecumenical Missionary presenting Jesus to all nations of the world for a holy evangelization to sanctify all peoples of the earth.

  PURPOSES OF WEB SITE:
1.   Present to the Pacific Northwest community the beauty of the Catholic Christian Faith and by what beliefs, standards and convictions a person of the Catholic Church lives by and for.
6.   Provide an Internet location of information on Catholic Christian beliefs, doctrine, tradition, and culture in the Pacific Northwest, on the Catholic community, and on ecumenical means to help people of the community understand catholism and enter into full communion in the Roman Catholic Church.
7.   Present basic Catholic Christian informtion to provide souls in spiritual journey to the fullness of faith of the Catholic Church, to the Blessed Eucharistic Sacrament and God's Divine Love and Divine Mercy, and to the glory of God and His kingdom.
8.   Convert souls through the fullness of faith of the Catholic Church, the Blessed Eucharistic Sacrament and God's Divine Love and Divine Mercy to the glory of God and His kingdom.

St. Ignatius of Antioch (bishop, martyred for his faith around 107), was the first to use the term "Catholic Church" as a collective name for Christians. During his trip to Rome, Ignatius did not stop his work for God. He wrote a total of seven letters, instructing in the faith, encouraging holiness and warning against heretical doctrines. Five of these letters were sent to parishes in Asia Minor, one was sent to his successor St. Polycarp, and one was sent to the Christian community in Rome to warn them of his pending execution and to keep them from trying to intervene with the plan God chose for him. Ignatius was thrown to the lions at the Coliseum in Rome as entertainment for the crowds, and there he died.

Personal Devotion and Mystagogy:
THIS SITE IS FOR PERSONAL USE - - This site is the author's personal Journal for the continuing conversion journey deeper into Catholicism from Protestantism, into the supernatural and mystical, the spiritual. A mystical theology of a personal relationship with Jesus, a deep rich spirituality with God. Through the infusion of the Holy Spirit one may journey deeper and deeper into their soul knowing Jesus. "Come to Me. For I am with you always, unto the end of the world, even unto Eternity."
This is a reference library of Catholic thought and theology set in a Garden oasis, an Eden of devotion and reverence to My Lord and My God, and for Our Lady. Those entering here are welcome to also journey along a personal path of continuing religious and spiritual conversion while witnessing and testifying to God's Divine Love and Mercy, to His Divine and Eternal Wisdom and His Divine Will.
Salvation and redemption is through God's Grace and Mercy Alone, and brought to our understanding through the indwelling Holy Spirit, the Divine Third Person of the Godhead;
Lord Jesus Christ. And He said, "And, who do you say I am?" You are the Son of the Living God, The Divine Second Person in the Trinity.
O Lord, I will worship and adore You in holiness and on bended knee.

The great human need is to know who we are,
We gain that knowledge through our spiritual life and devotion to our faith,
We are all on a journey with destination and goal in Jesus Christ,
Our path is to take us through Our Lord’s crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension to eternal life in Him,
We must always have our eyes, heart, and soul fixed on God through Jesus, providing service to His own in His kingdom as we journey through this life to our goal and destination.

CATHOLIC EXPRESSION
The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression in Christendom and Christology, and is totally and faithfully Christ-centric to reveal the divine manifestation of God having come in human flesh to destroy and eliminate incarnate error revealed as original sin.

The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression of Christ’s teaching given by the apostles, retained and developed by the early Fathers of the Church, and faithfully protected and carried through the centuries.

The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression of the church revealed by Christ to His apostles and disciples during His time on earth and at the time of His Assumption that has been faithfully carried down through the centuries.

The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression of the tradition and orthodoxy of the Jewish messianic faith developed, magnified and intensified in the Christian revelation carried in the Spirit as the Sect and lineage of the faith brought on by Christ.

The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression of God’s Love on earth for His people faithfully reflected in His Covenant fulfilled by Christ and embodied in His Eucharistic presence and in man’s reception of it through the Sacraments; Love coming from God to man, and man to man, and man back to God through time and eternity.

The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression of the mystery of the Word of God where God becomes flesh and takes on humanity for our redemption revealed through the unfolding scripture of the Old Testament and fulfilled, made present and magnified by the scripture of the New Testament, and faithfully retained through human history.

The Catholic Church is the truest and fullest expression of God’s salvation history given in God’s promise to eternal Man in the Garden through Adam and Eve, made complete by God entering into time and space in His Son, and brought back to God and eternity as the Body of Christ prepared and sanctified by His continuing presence though the Royalty of Jesus and Mary.

We are a visual people and look to see the beauty in God's presence. When we approach a Cathedral whether from afar or near, we begin to feel and know God's Presence. To see a Catherdral in shimmering white 'jewel' light excites us and gives us joyful knowing that we are in the presence of Our Lord. Then, to come onto the Cathedral grounds and enter into His Sanctuary we fall on our knees in praise and in worship of His love and divine mercy. To have this is to have the heritage given us through the Catholic fullness of faith.

CATHOLIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOAL AND PURPOSE:

       GOAL Link
       MISSION Link
       PURPOSES OF WEB SITE Link
       MAP OF THE CATHOLIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST Link
       BEING CATHOLIC IN A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN CULTURE Link
       THE PURPOSE OF THE CATHOLIC LIFE - WHO WE ARE - WHY GOD MADE US Link
       WHO IS A CATHOLIC? - WHAT DOES A CATHOLIC BELIEVE? - WHAT DEFINES A CATHOLIC CULTURE Link
       THE NICENE CREED Link
       WHAT IS THEOLOGY Link

BEING CATHOLIC IN A CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN CULTURE - A Summary:
To be Catholic, to be a member of the Christian Family, the Lord's body, is indeed a privilege. The privilege of being, in a special way, one of God's people. Being Catholic, and being chosen by the Lord to do his work, brings with it major responsibilities. Our primary task is to worship God and to share His good news of Jesus Christ. This is the way to the Father for all spiritual travelers, a journey which will bring us to salvation and eternal life.

Being Catholic is to be in the fullness of the Christian faith. To be in the "Real Presence" of Our Lord Jesus Christ to partake of His Body and Blood daily or weekly as demanded by Our Lord to gain eternal life (John 6); and as taught us by His Apostles and the early Church Fathers; as shown us by the priest of the most high God, Melchizedek, king of Salem; as prophesied by His prophet, Malachi, that we might be Christ-bearers with His Body and Blood within our heart and soul and diffused throughout our members.
Thus, it is we become partakers of divine nature in the "Divine Mystery," the sacrifice of Christ "in time" and in the daily reenactment of, participation in, and rememberance of that one sacrifice, which is ever present before God and the Church as an eternal event (Rev 5:6), the priest spoken "this is my Body" continues to provide Christ"s Body, the flesh we adore in the Blessed Sacrament, to the Church down to this day.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CATHOLIC LIFE - WHO WE ARE - WHY GOD MADE US:
God made us to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next;
As a member of His family we have God our Father, Jesus as His Son is our brother, and love Blessed Mary in that she being Jesus' mother she is our mother and is the mother of the Church, the essence of the Christian family;

We are transformed in the spirit into Christ’s Body through the Eucharist where we receive the glorified, divinized humanity of Jesus Christ, the perfect manifestation of the Father’s love, to become God’s temple by which means we dwell in the Trinity;
We live in God’s house, the Church built upon rock, called by His Name, partaking of the Lord’s Table, sharing in His flesh and blood, making us all members of the family of the Father, living steadfast lives of faith, becoming a new creation, with our origin and destiny in God.

WHO IS A CATHOLIC? - WHAT DOES A CATHOLIC BELIEVE? -
WHAT DEFINES A CATHOLIC CULTURE?
Culture is defined as: "The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought typical of a population or community at a given time." The culture of an area, such as the Pacific Northwest, is collectively what the people believe, think, and do in both their public and private lives. If they live a moralless, baseless life of debauchery, then that is what the culture will be of the community. If they live a godly life following God's laws and principles, then that will be the community's culture. In order for the people to receive God's Divine Mercy they must live accordingly, being responsible, and follow a standard such as is taught in Catholism and the Christian teachings.
A Catholic Christian believes in and lives by the following:

A Catholic believes in God, our loving Father, and understands that He made us to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next. This loving Father has made us brothers and sisters to everyone who has ever lived. Moreover, he has sent us his Son, Jesus Christ, who won for us our salvation, and gave us eternal life.

A Catholic believes that Our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, perpetually stands in the Heavenly sanctuary before the altar of God the Father as the Lamb of God, as though slain, offering His body, blood, soul and divinity to the Father as full payment for our sins, the sins of the world, those of all mankind. Simultaniously, all Catholic priests, "persona Christi," stand in the earthly sanctuary offering Christ's body and blood, in the form of concecrated bread and wine, to the Father for the "Heavenly meal" of His sons and daughters living in His Earthly Kingdom, until they can for all eternity be fed by our Lord at His marriage banquet in Heaven.

A Catholic believes that God revealed Himself and His plan to Israel and the nations gradually over time throughout Old Testament history culminating in Jesus Christ, and carrying over into the life of the Church with the purpose of facilitating our salvation and to welcome us into His Holy Family, and through revelation we more clearly see Him and desire His love and mercy.

A Catholic believes that God has spoken to Israel, the nations, and the Church through Divine Revelation; "In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days He has spoken to us by a Son" (Heb. 1:1-2); As a divine Person, Christ is uniquely qualified to be God's perfect "mediator" where He alone unites God and man. (I Tim. 2:5)

A Catholic believes that God has offered Himself to Israel, the nations, and the Church, His people, and expects us to embrace Him and give full assent to His plan through nothing less than "obedience of faith" (Rom. 1:5,16:26) with heartfelt love and gratitude; to receive His rewards in heaven and have eternal life, our full acceptance to living a pious, reverent, responsible life oriented to and directed by His grace, mercy, and truth is required; and to reject this will subject us to God's just punishment.

A Catholic acknowledges the Trinity of the Almighty God, Creator of heaven and earth; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; and the Grace, Love and Mercy of God, the Great and Holy "I AM", Blessed Be Jesus.

A Catholic acknowledges the divinity of Jesus Christ, God's Son, Our Lord and Savior, and the personification and reflectance of God's Divine Love and Divine Mercy.

A Catholic believes in the Holy Spirit and the Spirit's powerful presence in the Church and in the world. A Catholic accepts and uses the many gifts the Spirit showers on us. It is the Holy Spirit who enables a Catholic to accept Jesus into his or her life, and to lead us along the path to piety and holiness.

A Catholic believes they are to live their life following Jesus and using Him as their example and to be responsible to Him in their life; to seek holiness and saintliness in living their daily life in Christ; to be detached from the material possessions and wealth of this world in order to overcome their controlling influence; they are in this world enjoying the many blessing given them by God.

A Catholic believes in, and attempts to live in harmony with, Jesus' teaching: loving and adoring God above all things; loving neighbor as oneself; forgiving enemies; extending special care to the poor, lonely, and the outcast.

A Catholic believes that from Adam's side, in his deep sleep, God removed his rib to form his bride, Eve;
that from Jesus' side, in His deep sleep of death, came His blood and water, the sacraments of Eucharist and Baptism, to form His Bride, the Church and the new Eve for all Ages;
that, at the foot of His cross in presence of and as part of His Sacramental Body, Blood and Water, He gave His Blessed Mother Mary to the Apostle John to be his mother, and He gave John to Mary as her son, making Mary the Mother of the Church and our mother in Christ and the Church;
that, as she is the mother of Jesus The Christ, she is the Mother of God in the Second Personage of the Trinity, the spouse of the Holy Spirit in the Third Personage of the Trinity, and the daughter-handmaid of the Lord God in the First Personage of the Trinity, that she in our veneration becomes the Queen of Heaven, the Queen of Revelation;
that, as the Immaculate vessel bringing Divinity into the world, Blessed Mary is the Immaculate Conception, the new Arch of the Covenent, made truly pure by God.

A Catholic is devoted to, and venerates, Blessed Mary, the Mother of God the Son and the Mother of the Church, and esteems the saints as models of how to live the Christian life.

A Catholic commemorates the paschal mystery by living a sacramental life; through and belief in THE SACRAMENTS (Outward sign instituted by Christ for giving Grace):
        INITIATION - Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist;
        HEALING - Reconciliation (Penance), Anointing of the Sick;
        SERVICE - Matrimony, Holy Orders.
This includes, for an example, recognizing a need for forgiveness through the celebration of the sacrament of reconciliation. Moreover, a Catholic cherishes the eucharist (body and blood of Christ) as a special sign of God's nourishing love, a way to encounter the living Lord Jesus. A 'true' Catholic remains free from grave sin through periodic observance of the Rite of Reconciliation and participates fully in the eucharistic celebration each week (if not daily).

A Catholic believes in the existence of sin, in "original sin," and that sin comes from the Evil One; and strives to rise above sin by living a sinless Christ-like life. A Catholic knows that capital sins are deadly sins that are moral faults which, if habitual, give rise to many more sins; and that these sins are pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth. A Catholic counters these sins by living a virtuous life of humility, liberality, chastity, meekness, temperance, brotherly love and diligence. A Catholic believes in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and undertakes this Rite frequently, and prior to receiving Holy Eucharist while "being in sin," through confession to a priest who is "persona Christi" before the Altar of God in the Heavenly sanctuary.

A Catholic makes time to develop a daily prayer life because prayer leads to an intimate friendship and relationship with Our Lord.

A Catholic reveres and reads the Bible daily, the Holy Scripture, the divine word of God.

A Catholic proclaims the Lord's gospel, thus publicly acknowledging Jesus Christ and his church. A Catholic is willing to stand up to ridicule and suffering in the service of the gospel truth.

A Catholic is a Christian who belongs to a faith community which shares Jesus' vision and responds to His presence in our midst.

A Catholic works for peace and justice, thus helping the Lord promote the spread of his reign on earth as it is in heaven.

A Catholic loves each member of this community and uses his or her unique talents to contribute to it in a positive way.

A Catholic acknowledges the role of proper authority in the church, for example, by seeking guidance for moral decisions from the church's official teachers, the Pope, the bishops, and the priets in communion with him. A Catholic believes in the Apostalic tradition that the Church, the Pope and the bishops descend from the apostles who were given their authority directly from Jesus when He established the early church. A Catholic is faithful to the Magesterium and Traditions of the Roman Catholic Faith.

A Catholic serves others by imitating Jesus who washed the feet of his disciples and commanded us to do the same.

A Catholic is fiercely committed to the protection of life, especially in our present age. In a special way, a Catholic defends innocent human life by fighting abortion. Likewise he or she combats euthanasia, assisted suicide, and other contemporary assaults on human life like prejudice, economic policies that exploit the poor, crime and its causes, and the like.

A Catholic belongs to Jesus Christ, His church, and to the world to which they come to proclaim in word and deed the good news of our gracious, loving Savior.

A Catholic believes that the Roman Catholic Church and Catholicism is the truest and fullest expression of Christianity because it best presents and explains Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of all revelation and as the focal point and subject of Judaeo-Christian Theology. Christ is the author and our redemptive subject through all time from the Adam and Eve's original sin and expulsion from the Garden of Eden, through His people and the His covenants, the kings and the Davidic Kingdom, the prophets, to the establishment and developing traditions of Jesus' Church. If best explains the revealing of the Messiah, His crucifixion and resurection, and His abiding presence with us until the end of the time. It best explains God's Plan for Man's Redemption, the reason for our redemptive suffering, and the means He has envoked to bring us back into full relationship with Him as His Children in the Eternal Kingdom.

A Catholic believes in and proclaims the principles and docrines set down in the following NICENE CREED:
THE NICENE CREED -
was based upon the earliest Apostles' Creed and was accepted by the whole Catholic Church attending the Council of Nicaea. The Creed is universally accepted as the standard of orthodoxy and the statement of the faith of the Church. It is recited every Sunday in every Catholic Mass celebrated around the world. The Catholic Church continues faithfully to teach the ancient, apostalic doctrines of the primitive Church, expressiblely stated simply and succinctly in the Creed.

        We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
        We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.
        For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary (Bow), and become man.
        For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died and was buried.
        On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
        He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
        We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
        With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.
        He has spoken through the Prophets.
        We believe in one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
        We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
        We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. "

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MISSION:
" Establishing and Regenerating the Divine and Sacredness of Catholic Tradition and Heritage in the Pacific Northwest;
Revitalizing the Moral Absolutes of Catholic Christian Culture in the Community;
Renovating and Renewing Cathedrals and Churches of the Pacific Northwest to Radiate Christ's Divine Light and Establishing and Reinforcing Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Eucharistic Sacrament;
and Constructing a Basilica of the Pacific Northwest - a Temple and Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament and of Jesus Divine Mercy."

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Having Belief in God's Saving Grace, in the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and in The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church

Acknowledgment and Appreciation In the name of Our Lord, Our Lady, Our Holy Church:
Thanks and appreciation is given to all sites on the Internet and to other sources for their contributions and their dedication to spreading Our Lord's, Our Blessed Mother's, and Our Church's message.

All the information on this site is faithful to the Magesterium and Traditions of the Roman Catholic Faith.
This site is presented with the intent as stated in the Mission Statement above;
It is not intended as criticism of anyone especially the Catholic Church, the Church hierachy, or the Catholic Tradition.

Where criticism is directed, when it is, is at the secular world of the last century, and at the secular cults it bore:
Those of science and technology, ecology and evolution, sports and entertainment, commercialism and money, and human secularism and cultural socialism.
Those who might be the offended are those having a liberal bent and those wanting to modernize the Church and rid our faith of the Divine Jesus and the symbologies that enforce and reenforce our faith and love for God, His Christ, the Blessed Mother Mary, all the Angels and Saints, the Sacraments of the Church, the very Church as the one, true, Catholic, and apostolic historical Church.

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