Catholics Mark Ash Wednesday

To all Catholics, If somebody criticized your faith accompanied by evidence with are written in the Bible, don't get hurt nor get mad with that person, remember that criticism may bring you to perfection. Yes it's true that Catholics long existing but it doesn't mean it is in the truth.
Catholic claims, they are world wide or even universal and i agree with that, but try to read this in your Bible

MATEO 24:14
At ipangangaral ang evangeliong ito ng kaharian sa buong sanglibutan sa pagpapatotoo sa lahat ng mga bansa; at kung magkagayo’y darating ang wakas.

According to Bible, When the Gospel preached in the whole world then the end will come....

How many thousands of years do the Catholics exist? Bakit di pa dumarating ang wakas? Di kaya dahil hindi tama ang evanghelio na ipinangangaral ng Iglesia Katolika? THINK ABOUT THIS....

Just wonder ang daming mahihirap sa pilipinas and mabasa mo ito my question is where the money goes??????

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila, for example, owns more than 300 million shares of BPI and is the bank’s 4th largest owner. How much are these shares worth? As of May 2011, this is valued at more than P17 billion. Yes, that’s seventeen billion pesos, with a B.
Aside from banking, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila, together with its subsidiary hospitals and companies, is also invested in mining and construction.
As of March 31, 2011, it is the top 15th shareholder of Philex Mining Corporation (PX), the country’s biggest mining firm. It owns 3.2 million shares of PX currently worth more than P66 million.
(Update August 22, 2011: Catholic Church sold all its Philex shares to Manny Pangilinan?)
It is also a top investor of Concrete Aggregates Corp. (CA), a supplier of construction materials such as processed aggregates, ready mix concrete and crushed sand. Its investment in CA is currently valued at around P4.5 million.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila is not the only diocese invested in Philippine stocks. Other dioceses with millions of pesos worth of stock investments include:
Roman Catholic Bishop of Tuguegarao, Cagayan – owns 856,639 shares of SMC worth P94 million
Roman Catholic Bishop of Nueva Segovia de Vigan – owns 428,067 shares of SMC worth P47 million
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jaro, Iloilo – owns 491,385 shares of BPI worth a total of P28 million
Roman Catholic Bishop of Tuguegarao, Cagayan – owns 24,015 shares of Ayala Corp worth P9.3 million
Several affiliate Catholic groups apparently also have huge investments in Philippine companies. More than P500 million pesos worth of San Miguel Corp (SMC)‘s shares, for example, are owned by three (3) Catholic groups:

If you"re religion is right and is the true religion, why bash Catholicism? Hmmm... by the fruits you will know the tree.

1 Corinto 4:6
6 Ang mga bagay ngang ito, mga kapatid, ay inianyo ko sa halimbawa sa aking sarili at kay Apolos dahil sa inyo; upang sa amin ay mangatuto kayo na huwag magsihigit sa mga bagay na nangasusulat; upang ang sinoman sa inyo ay huwag magpalalo ang isa laban sa iba.

I'm a Christian since birth pero hindi ko makita ung sense ng Ash Wednesday...ung 3 days Lenten Season nmn kasi eh ndi talaga nagagawa ng mga so called "Devotees" kuno...makikita mo silang lahat sa mga tourist spots, they're drinking till get drunk, smoking and FLIRTING...ewan ko long talagang Christians sila o ginagalang talaga nila ung nasa Bible...peace!!!

The Bible NEVER mentioned anything about religion saving you. No Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, or even Christian religion will ever save you. It is never regarding religion in the first place. It is about our personal relationship with God. Many claims they are Catholics and Christian but don't know anything about God or what God wants in our lives. Let us stop this love/ hate thing about religion as it is not important. What is important is to know the Gospel and share it to other people. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. We all want to be saved, but we have to know how to be saved first, it is clear in the Bible that it is not by religion but by Gods grace. We are all sinners, and Jesus died for our sins, rose again on the 3rd day to conquer death. Surrender yourselves to Jesus and repent from your sins, walk away from your sins and follow what God wants you to do for Him. Jesus loves us and doesn't want any of us to perish, but if we do not have faith in Jesus then it is hell for you. Without God, there is no such place called heaven, and in heaven, sin is not allowed.

There is a sickening trend when it comes to news about religious activities or events:

People tend to impose their own belief system upon people of other faiths, mostly in the form of wishes for eternal damnation in a manner that is defensively described by the proponents of such malicious endeavors as "righteous indignation."

The terms "pagan," "devil," "reject," "Bible," "pray," "respect," and "truth" are brandished wantonly by zealots who profess that theirs is the correct faith, at the expense of common decency and sensibility.

Given that I am a non-participant in such ridiculous religious nonsense, my concern falls more on the long-term implications of a society that is SO divided by religious differences, differences that are products of belief systems that are actually dependent on the musings of delegated, charismatic leaders tasked to shepherd the masses of people who so feverishly rely on supernatural entity to provide divine guidance to solve their problems and (if a lifetime of merit entitles them for such) to ultimately receive them in a blissfully desired afterlife. If this trend continues, we are all bound to destroy ourselves.

Of the Abrahamic religions, let me just focus on Christianity (for the obvious reason that the article is about a Catholic tradition).

We have a lot of Christians criticizing other Christians such as Catholics, whom the former actually exclude from the term 'Christian' entirely, claiming it as their sole right. The Catholics on the other hand, demand respect but they too have the tendency to impose their views on other people as it goes against their own moral code (this is obvious in issues regarding contraception, divorce, et cetera).

In essence, all of you worship the same dead Jew that you claim rose from the grave and "seated on the right hand of his father." To an extent, you all call this person "Lord." Why fight over it?

Based on my observations on the comments in this article and all of the other religious articles in the past, the reason as to why blindly religious people could not set aside their nonsensical dogmatic differences is because of their own pride and fear: Pride in their own understanding of their own belief system (no matter how ludicrous their interpretation and their actual dogma is) and fear that they may actually be wrong.

I stepped away from religion when I realized (and eventually verified) that deities and the belief structures that support them are highly dependent on the number and presence of followers. "Evolve" from the belief system and the religion itself dies. Good examples would be the Classical Greek, Norse, and Egyptian religions. Sooner or later, people will wake up from this reverie and realize that we only have one life and it is not meant to be wasted in fond anticipation of an imaginary event precipitated by the proselytization of an authoritative figure.

We all live under the same sky. We receive the same sunshine and walk on the same planet. Why can't we all just get along and work hand-in-hand towards the advancement of human progress?

For God's sake, let us respect the tradition of the Catholics
if our "intentions" here are to make the other people wrong, is this God's will for us???????????

for God's sake, respect the Bible!!!! We are using it to fight each other.. we are hypocrites.

To my Fellow Catholics, accept the truth that some people hate us but here are the following to prevent them from destroying our faith:

1.Let's ignore them
2.Avoid them
3.Reject their verses
4.Don't react
5.Keep our faith strong
6.Continue praying
7.Ask the Blessed Mother to touch their hearts
8.Just don't say bad words to them because the situation will be worsen
9.Respond them about the apparitions and messages of Mary
10.Tell them that Pagans are the unbelievers of God
11.The true Idol worshipers are the believers of Feng shui

NOW REACT! BATO BATO SA LANGIT!!

ito yung paraan ng pag alala ng mga katoliko na yung mga tao'y ay galing sa ash or alikabok at dun tayo lahat papunta Catholic ka man, muslim, iglesia ni kristo, ect..

Respeto na lang po siguro sa paniniwala namin mga katoliko, hindi namin inaapakan yung paniniwala ng ibang relihiyon sa gingawa namin. wala naman po siguro perpektong relihiyon at relihiyon na nakasisiguro na sa langit ang punta.

In the end, iisa lang ang huhusga sa atin.

To all my brod & sis..we must remember that in Lenten season is a reminder to us for God so love the world and He gave his son Jesus and died on the cross for us sinners. It is also a reminder to us that in the bible it said, ''Remember man, thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return'' (Genesis 3:19) or with a challenge: ''Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel'' (Mark 1:15).

ang hirap mag comment parte sa relihiyon kapag may inilalabas ako na katotohanan denedelete parati!!! ang laki siguro bayad sa writer na kahit freedom of expression ay tatanggalin... kala ko ba ang yahoo para sa lahat... bias na mga writers...

i'm a catholic and will die as a catholic. i love my religion and what i hate are those bishops and priests who kept on meddling with Philippines politics.

Hindi porke marami kang alam na verses sa Bible, righteous kana. Meron iba, maraming alam sa Bible pero tsismosa, maraming kaaway at kagalit.

Ano naman ang masasabi nyo sa mga sumasampa sa bus at nagpapahayag ng salita ng Diyos? Kapag ba hindi ako makikinig at hindi maghuhulog sa mga envelope nila, magkakasala na ako? Hindi na ako magkakatanggap ng blessings? Kalokohan. At kabobohan!

The Great Illuminati Stronghold. The Roman Catholic Church.

Jeremiah 51:45

"Come out, my people, flee from Babylon. Save yourselves! Run from the LORD's fierce anger."

GOD BLESS ALL CATHOLIC..

2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and HOLD THE TRADITIONS which ye have been taught, WHETHER BY WORD, OR BY OUR EPISTLE.

I THINK THE RIGHT MANNER to remember na galing tayo sa alikabok is to do good things! daming katoliko dyan na kahit lagyan pa ng ash ang buong katawan napaka baho pa rin ng ugali! MGA BANAL NA ASO.....SANTONG KABAYO,,,, he he he. he he he

HAPPY ASH WEDNESDAY PO SA MGA CATHOLIC :)

Before we argue about observance of strict compliance with what the bible speaks, why dont we slow down first and pause for a while..and ask first: who wrote the bible in the first place?did the bible came to us by facsimile from heaven?or is the bible written by man under divine inspiration,but through the writer's personalities within his time and his surroundings or society?
I am saying this not because I dont believe in what the bible speaks. In fact, I am a believer of the Christian faith. and that's why we have to be more aware of the very origin and foundation of our belief and faith. If we think of how the bible evolved though the centuries, then we may have a good understanding of our faith. So whether the bible is just a work of a mortal mind (just put urself on a situation that "there is no God") or is really a work of God, what is important is that,its content is so important,so guiding, so inspiring that everyone should read it, and we are very fortunate because we have this perfect book. So sad to think that some have been obsessed to it that they apply it literally, and word for word, and worse,they keep bashing and blasting the other faith, thereby forgetting the very message of the bible to men.+tirador

All of you Anti Catholics, this lent don't even try to avail our holiday vacation if you have delicadesa. Work in your offices, until you die don't go to Boracay. Prove to us that you love you're faith and willing to die for it. Also don't accept Xmas bonuses and work until new year. Dont tell me that its a goverment mandate because you have a choice. As you have said it's a Pagan Holiday.......