As the season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Bishop of the Diocese of Roseau, His Lordship Gabriel Malzaire, has called on members of the Catholic community to take stock of their sins.
In a statement, he said the beginning of the 40 days journey with Jesus should be used by Catholics to reflect on their lives and relationship with God.
“Lent calls us to something specific, what it calls us to do is to reflect on the passion and the death of Jesus which is essentially to help us reflect on the cost of our sins, what our sins cause…,” he said. “Sin affects us, some lead us to hell. Lent is a time which causes us to take stock of that and to see how we can better the world in which we live.”
According to Bishop Malzaire Lent is also a time of renewal and conversion, pointing out, “We live in a world of tremendous division, we live in a world of tremendous pain, disunity, hatred, anger, jealousy, all the sins we can think of.”
The Lenten season is a period which lasts for six and a half weeks and traditional churches use it as a reminder of the forty days and forty nights that Jesus spent in the desert.
During that time, the Church spends time in fasting, prayer, deep reflection, giving alms in preparation for Easter, which is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ.
Who in Dominica told you to interrupt a religious service?
Is a Christian funeral a religious service?
I believe it is. You disagree? I am only an ordained minister in the largest evangelical demonination in Canada, and a Doctor of Divinity, so maybe I am wrong. Maybe things are different in Dominica. But here is how it is in Canada.
The Criminal Code of Canada says
(1) Anybody who stops and makes trouble for an ordained minister when he is enroute to perform a religious service OR disrupts a religious service in progress can be charged and if convicted can be sentenced to two years in prison.
The service need not be held in a church building.
Nobody is above the law.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
When we human beings have problems ,go under a tree sit down and talk to what ever God you serve,i say what ever God because religion is the cause of serious problems that we are going through in society now…human will deceive you, only a supreme being can help wash your problems and sins away,,,trust no man
The Bishop is just content to do his “JOB” and no more. I do not detect any love in his works and utterances. I am yet to see the Bishop adopt the call of Pope Francis to “smell like the sheep” and “stop living like princes.”
Jesus went into the marketplace and cause a ripple. He didn’t just preach in synagogues.
Its high time we put down religion and customs and start to move according to the word of God. These so call religious leaders distort the word of God, causing confusion in the minds of the people. Most of these religious leaders are just addicted to power and self glorification.
Agreed. Very true
Marry me malzaire
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Man was made to serve God not just 40day is that so that the same set of people who was jumping up in Canaval Monday and Tuesday if so Mr man you and your people miles away from reality gospel of Jesus Christ.
We are not to “take stock of our sins”! We need to REPENT of our sins, turn away from it (give it up) and turn to and accept the Lord Jesus Christ in a new way of life that transforms us from sinner to saint. Our sins are not to be laid down when it suits us and picked up again when we so desire. To live that way is only to continue fooling ourselves while mocking God in the process knowing (or choosing not to know) that all who continually participate in revelry and every other sin as a lifestyle WILL NOT inherit God’s kingdom (Galations 5:19-21). God’s way is one of holiness, righteousness & sacrifice (dying to the flesh and its lusts). Our God, the Holy One of Israel does not change and does not excuse now what he condemned in the times of the prophets (times of ignorance) but now commandeth ALL men everywhere to REPENT (Acts 17:30). We CHOOSE to either commit sin and pay the price (death) or CHOOSE God & reap the reward (life). Let not the words of men keep you in…
Well said!
I searched every scripture I could find in the Bible where it speaks of “confess” or confession; to see if I could find anywhere in God’s word where Jesus Christ, or his Father Jehovah told anyone to go to a priest in the Old Testament or in the New Testament, and confess their sin to any priest; all I found are in the following, and not once it said anybody should confess to any so called priest then and now! So, those two idiots and false believers who gave me the thumbs down, read the following, and then give God thumbs down!
Matthew 10:32 Jesus said “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my father which is in heaven.”
Philippians 2:11 “And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Leviticus 26:40 ” If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me:”
1 Kings 8:33 ” When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy because they have sinned against the, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:”
Psalms 32:5 ” I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Se’lah.”
Romans 10:9 ” That if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved.”
Romans 14:11 ” For it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another, that ye may be healed. the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
1 John 1:9 ” If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 4:15 “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.”
Finally in Revelation 3:5 we read: ” He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.”
there is no place in God’s word where he instructs Christians or any believer to go to another sinful man, some of them drunks and confess to any confession id from an individual to God.
So, you can go head mock God, and talk fart about your prayer to lent!
Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1st. John 1: 8-10
Confession takes the form of a declaration–which is what you have written in those Scriptures above, so then it is the same about sin, we must declare that we have sinned so to receive the forgiveness and cleansing by faith and through the Blood of Jesus the Son–there is no other way–but He tells us “go and sin no more”!
That command means that we must desire to die to the flesh and its lust. it does not happen overnight, it happens gradually, but it does happen –believe it or not!
For those of us who believe in the God of Heaven as the creator of mankind and the giver and sustainer of life and Jesus Christ (the Word made flesh) His son who was sent to redeem man to himself after the fall of Adam we MUST submit and accept the Holy Bible as the spoken Word of God and our manual for living a life pleasing to our Creator. If we do then we should also accept that the Gospel, in a nutshell, is REPENT (turn AWAY from sin/evil and turn TO God through His son, Jesus Christ). It is not a seasonal thing but a lifelong, ongoing way of life that requires us to shun not just evil, but even its mere appearance. Having done that and understanding that the wages of sin is death we no longer live to the flesh to satisfy its evil lusts but we live to God in holiness and righteousness, depending on His Holy Spirit to enable us to overcome. God’s goodness allows us to repent and every day we live is another opportunity to truly REPENT before it is eternally too late. Take Heed!
All of you who love carnival, but turn around and blast Lent, are Hypocrites. Carnival and Lent go Hand-in-Hand, so you either take both or leave both alone. There is no heritage culture in carnival; it is a feast ordained by the church to precede Lent. Our forefathers [Kalinagoes and Africans] did not bring carnival to Dominica. The Priests did! So, please eave carnival and Lent to the RC Church.
Prove your theory whoever you are!
I will avoid insulting you by calling you a nasty name, however, be informed, that the Black emancipated slaves are the originators and inventors of Carnival, and the created carnival in celebration of the emancipation of slavery!
Before some of you run off your mouth talking fart, know your history. If the priests brought carnival to Dominica, they must have brought it to Louisiana, and Brazil and elsewhere. How could this be when the objected to the celebration for as long as they are in the Caribbean?
Lent is a Pagan ritual of Babylon adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. It is vain observance.
“Lastly we need to confess our sins to a priest like in the old testament since Jesus did not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it and thus the confession is no longer merely a symbol but actual since he breathed on his apostles: “He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you.”
Now somebody who does not know what thus said the Lord might believe that crap in the quote which is a lie.
The Bible demands confession; however it is pertaining to God, and not to any so called priest: not even when Israel was under the law! We read in Romans 14:11, 12. “For it is written; As I live, saith the Lord every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. (12) So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
God words did not say to a Roman Catholic priest or any other!
Continue:
Again we read in Book of James 5:16 ” Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Confess our faults to one another, is like I offend someone when I discover I am wrong, I am suppose to go to that person I offended or sin against; and ask their forgiveness, God never told anybody to go into a booth, and kneel and say to any sinful man; bless me father for I have sinned.
Nobody in Old Testament day confess their sins to any man, priest, or other. They made offerings, they were told by the law when to take a calf, goat, a lamb for atonement for what was used for the atonement of a particular sin.
Conclusion:
They had to take the offerings to the Levities Priest, but when Jesus shed his blood on the cross of Calvary, the Law was abolished. For the author of that crap, be informed if you keep one part of the Old Testament law, you have to keep all of it; hence you would be living under the curse of the Law!
Being honest
I did not compose this Lenten Prayer.
Dear Lord,
As I make my Lenten journey with You,
Send me Your Spirit.
Help me to give of Myself,
And help me to turn away from sin.
Help me to fast and pray so that I may know You,
And serve You in a better way.
Let me be renewed through my journey
To share Your grace with the world.
Amen!
@Face the Facts February 11, 2016
In as much as that prayer above speaks words of sincerity –it is the thought of the writer–not of the rest of us.
Therefore that writer may have had the desire to become changed into a person whose attitude and conducts would put on display, the traits of Love, for the glory of God, the Lord; not to impress other people around him or her
Hence this changes person would have to display that traits of Love every minute of the day every day of his or her existence on Earth.
But the Lenten season of the Roman Catholic Church is a lasting for 40 days of the year–what happens to the rest of the year?
Thank you Bishop Malzaire. I am a Catholic residing in Toronto. My Catholic Faith is as strong as ever. I say this, thanks be to God for there are some who foolishly left the Catholic Faith and tried to influence me to leave it.
I do encourage them to also view EWTN-TV.
As I write this, I am listening to the 24/7 US Catholic Radio, an EWTN affiliate which transmits via Buffalo, NY. What a faith booster and builder! It certainly has enhanced my Catholic knowledge and spiritually. I told a few Catholics, no one should be without it.
Yes! Lent is a special time of prayer, penance and sacrifice. Throughout the year the Catholic Universal Church has many observations and reminders of Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Life, Passion, Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection. This is what Our Christian Catholic Church is all about. We have it all. If we practice our faith/devotions as we should, “A Pearl of Great Price, the Crown” awaits us in Heaven.
God bless you!
EWTN is one thing. the FARCE that is in Dominica is something else.
Oh God open the eyes of Mr. Mazaire and let him see THE CHRIST and CHRIST alone.
When Skerrit will fall I know he will blame many people for his downfall, but the church will be blamed more than anyone because, they did not help him, though he put them on his payroll as spiritual advisor, although we all knew it was his way of shutting them out because he knows they love money.
Clearly the man has no respect or regard for anyone one of them because he knows how he has used them and what he has used them to do. To show his disrespect for them, think of this statement he made “tonight I say to you they are traitors…and I want you to do the same as well. When you see them on the streets, in the supermarkets, at a funeral, on a plane or even in their cars shout out to every single one of them, ‘traitor.’”
Forget about streets, plane, supermarkets and cars and think on “At a Funeral.” Where funerals take place? At the church. Who preaches funerals? Pastors, priests, bishop. Who will be embarrassed? Those that condoning him in his wrong doings. He will call…
Some of you use every article on this Website to through mapwee. It seems this is all you are capable of doing and good at.
Did you not read the article? What has the PM got to do with this article?
Who is impressed by your comments and pay a mind to it? Not me!
You’re an ill-wind that blows nobody any good.
Stick to the article.
Shut up Facts, you make no sense!
“Forget about streets, plane, supermarkets and cars and think on “At a Funeral.” Where funerals take place? At the church. Who preaches funerals? Pastors, priests, bishop. Who will be embarrassed? Those that condoning him in his wrong doings. He will call…”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahah!
Mercy, mercy, mercy, me!
You made a very great comment, I never thought of it that way, you are so right, he have all of them in his deep pocket, they are all bought and paid for with the devils money eh!
You should not even say anything if you say you’re the Voice of God. Lennox Linton told Apostle Peter Augustine that he will clip his wings just because he prayed fro the Prime Minister, Lennox calls Skerritt all kinds of names and give him many negative labels yet he continues to take until he can’t take anymore. Skerritt is only human and i’m glad that he pointed Lennox as a traitor.
Who would soil Dominica name to the UN, WORLD BANK, QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND TO FRIENDLY NATIONS TELLING THEM TO WITHDRAW THEIR SUPPORT BECAUSE OF WHAT KIND OF PRIME MINISTER? Lennox repeatedly tried to soil Skerritt’s name INTERNATIONALLY and you all kicking up for something local.
GIMME A BREAK.
I once confessed all my sins and was told that a couple hail marys would wipe them out. However, I asked if the small goat I was going to take on my way back could also be included so as not to have a long list next time…
Always Assertive!
This is sad. Blasphemous!
You are proud of that? This is no joke.
You realize you made a mockery of God and His grace? You placed a curse on you.
Is this any reason why some of you have left the Church and you will go from good to bad?
Then you turn around and make derogatory comments about the Church in general?
Do not blame the Church for your faults. Your very thoughts and words did this.
Someday you will pay for your words.
lent is the time for fasting
Many of us, especially schoolchildren are already fasting, throughout the year because they cannot afford to buy healthy nourishing food on a regular basis. Ask our teachers how many of their pupils come to school without having had a breakfast?
The $400 you all paid for carnival costumes you should have used it to buy food instead. Not even going to mention the iphones and tablets….priotities
Mal whatever it is,stop being a hypocrite.
If you say you are a man of god,do the right thing. Why haven’t you condemn Skerit for inciting violence against people who do not agree with his corrupt practices.
We are still waiting.
Stop wasting your time and not be repetitive as a broken record. You are not even worth responding to. However, I will ask you, are you out of your mind or what? Do you not know the Bishop’s obligation?
At this time you could commence praying for yourself, for Dominica and other nationals. This would serve you and the country well.
At the same time examine your conscience about those you have ever hurt which you need to make penance, sacrifice and restitution.
church and state are one.
“In a statement, he said the beginning of the 40 days journey with Jesus should be used by Catholics to reflect on their lives and relationship with God.”
Bishop, you should also extend an invitation to Bobbles, Petter R, Bj and others, to join Catholics during the 40 days journey with Jesus, because althogh they might not have been in a carnival band, they too have badly lost their way.
Bobbles publicly lied to us about villas that he know nothing about. Like David, who kept committing sin after sin to cover his affair with Uriah’s wife, so too Bobbles keeps multiplying his sin to cover his villas lie.
BJ too is equally guilty because he was at court watching Bobbles swear by the bible to lie and he said nothing. In fact BJ signed the appeal. Is only after he and Bobbles fell out he said he knew bobbles was lying.
As for peter R, all I can say is, my God! With all the lies, deceptions and hypocrisies, Peter said Skerro is the wisest PM DA has ever had. He needs to go…
How some of you love to sway from the subject matter and the reality of it. You are avoiding the issue. Save your soul.
Hypocrite !!! you preach not the truth.
You did not call on your “Catholic” congregants to stay away from the just past Pagan festival “Carnival” As it is Written :
Romans 13:13 (NKJV)
Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy.
Your own version puts it as this:
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Ooops…i forget you use selective text and not the Whole Bible to fool people…- Case in point the 4th commandment… Exodus 20:8-11(KJV)
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Be careful of your words that you will not condemn yourself. It appears this is the path that you are on and you are ignorant of it. Stop pretending.
Admit your sins and confess them. Does God not know your sins which you cannot hide? He knows what a huge hypocrite you are. If He were not patient with you, He would strike you down immediately.
Some of you have your own version of Holy Scripture, distorting it according to your unenlightened mentality. Pray to God for enlightenment. While at it, ask Him for His blessing and graces that you will at least have a sense of comprehension of what the Bishop stated and that you will not wrongly twist and turn it to suit your ungodly mentality.
Once upon a time I use to have great respect for a bishop, a priest, a pastor, the evangelist and all those who spoke to us in the name of the lord. To me they were like God’s messengers and servants. Today however, I have lost all respect for these guys. In fact I more see them as enemies of God than any organization in the world.
Here is the bishop talking about 40 days journey and ashes and says absolutely nothing about righteousness which exalts a nation in the face of the evils that have visited our shores lately. I mean where is the voice of God that we heard from Jesus, John Baptist, Paul, Peter and others, who all condemned unrighteousness?
Just last week, the nation’s prime minister told nationals that it is alright to interrupt a church service (funeral), they themselves preaching, and call member of the opposition traitors. Yet neither the bishop, priest, pastor, evangelist and others, renounced it! These men are the reason for the mess DA is in and they will pay 4…
Those who speak ill of God’s consecrated people are possessed by the devil. The evil one who hates God, His Catholic Church, Its members and all others who work for God’s Kingdom is helping you along very well. By your words, you do not rank among the good but are helping Satan in his evil works of lack of love, division, disunity and lack of peace.
The problem with some of you, you have mentally lost it. You have also lost love for others and respect. You mind the business of others instead of minding yours. God knows you have much to mind and to make amends to Him for.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said: “I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, by your words you will be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned.” If you have any sense know what this means, the finality of it all with the power of the tongue and fingers.
St. Paul said: “This is why some of you are infirm and dying.”. As you age, you do not know what will happen to you; likewise when you die.
Why is this Bishop even speaking. He is afraid to address the real issues that is destroying the christian landscape. Then he come out of his hole every now and then to let people know that he still has breath.
Mr. Malzaire, i don’t want to hear you. Your words do not have any gravity anymore.
Some Dominicans have become godless. Is that what some D/cans as yourself have become? Yet you want all good things to happen to Dominica and to you? You are spiritually sick and digging your own grave. Examine yourself; your conscience.
You are not exempt. What are you doing for Dominica and nationals? What good have you done? Look to yourself.
God expects everyone will do their best and never criticize others for doing good. On that day everyone will be judged by their words and actions.
Do you even know me to call me Godless. Since when criticizing the power that be makes a person Godless. Take note! The Godless person is the one who is wayward enough to refer to the deity with a small “g.” If you call me Godless, then I join the ranks of Jeremiah, Amos, Isaiah, John the Baptist and Jesus. They all railed against the hypocrisy and apathy of the powers that be.
Always Assertive!
Why bring the Bishop into this? But God knows you are a sinner and how much you sin. Judge no one but yourself. People are responsible for themselves. God will judge each one. When you stand before Him, He will not ask you about anyone except if you have children and failed to nurture them appropriately which led them astray, even as adults. He will also ask you how you treat others. No one will stand before God for their judgment, disliking and hating others. Woe to those who die in that manner. You displease God. Therefore, see to it that you change your heart by prayers and penance. Otherwise. . . .
I am fed up with these so called politicians that are clothed in sheep clothing named religion, continue to mislead and deceive people. The bishop, some priests, most pastors, and the famous evangelist that gave up his anointing for a diplomatic passport and money. In fact the only reason the bishop can keep misleading people is because he knows the pastors and the evangelist, have all drunken from the same cup of corruption of Skerrit, and therefore none of them can use the bible to point out the lies and false teaching of the bishop.
The hypocrisies of the bishop sure contradicts the bible and I am prepared to give him more than the $500K Skerrit gave him, if could show me where in bible he got his lent teaching from. What 40 day journey is he talking about? God or Jesus is not asking for any 40 day journey but a life that is yielded to him 365 days a year.
Christians who accept the Bible as the inspired Word of God and believe it contains all we need do not in most cases celebrate Lent because it is not in the Bible.
However, any time is appropriate for you to deal with your sins if you have not already done so, and there is no better time than now.
The Bible says “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)
We can not save ourselves by doing good works, not even religious works. St. Paul wrote “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: Not of works lest ant man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8,9)
Christ by His sufferings, shed blood, and death paid the penalty in full for your salvation. The Bible says “…. Christ died for our sins…” ( 1 Corinthians 15:3) Those who believe, and trust in Christ need not worry about their sins! The scriptures tell us “…the blood of Jesus Christ (God’s) Son cleanseth us from ALL sin.” (1 John 1:7)…
@Rev. Donald Hill, your religious lesson has lost it’s meaning as people like yourself failed to stand up against the evil doings of Skerrit that was so blatant.
Using the bible to talk about religion and sin is pure hypocrisy, especially when you all know the blatant evils of Skerrit, but like the story of the ‘Good Samaritan’, everyone of you choose to stay far away and allow the evils to take roots in our society.
Gone a the days when the church stood up against all manner of evil! Gone a the days when it was impossible to attend a church service to not hear Pro. 14:34 “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Today you all have replaced it with money and prosperity.
Christians are willing to do anything to get money and will condone and partake in any evil, to get money, diplomatic passport etc. That’s what Skerrit is feeding on. He knows you all will clap even when he tells laborites to interrupt a funeral all you preaching and call…
Continuation.
This is why God has promised “… their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.” (Hebrews 10:17)
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” (Psalms 103:12)
We only have to BELIEVE this good news
“…believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” (Acts 16:31)
It is by believing that we receive this salvation. God did His part by giving His Son to be the sacrifice for our sins. We do our part by believing that the work is finished. This is how we accept the gift of salvation
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
The Holy Mass is the Source and Summit of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church is the only Church which has the full Deposit of Faith as given to us by Our Almighty Father, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Its devotions are approved by Our Lord Jesus Christ. They cannot be changed. Catholics are obligated to practice them. Those who do not believe in the Dogmas/Doctrine and religious teachings of the Catholic Church are heretics.
There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church. We know that no one will stand before God as a protestant, divided and in disunity. They will also not go before Him detesting the Catholic Church and Its devotions and expect to be saved.
For all what I know about the Catholic Church, I am so happy that I am a Christian Catholic. I pray to God that no one under the influence of the devil will sway me from It.
St. Paul said: “Nothing defiled will enter Heaven.”
So just what are you people stating? Your teaching is incorrect.
AMEN REV.
continue preaching that slave masters’ religion.
“The Holy Mass is the Source and Summit of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church is the only Church which has the full Deposit of Faith as given to us by Our Almighty Father, Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Face the Facts, you were born with a clean slate (mind) as everyone else, but somewhere in life your allow body mind and soul to be corrupted with the garbage of false religious teachings. Unless you repent (change you mind) from you false roman catholic teachings and doctrines, I worry you will find yourself burning in the lake of fire in hell.
Let me just say this here, I do not even know why I am going to say it, as it may appear irrelevant to your comment. Nevertheless, Jesus was in a place teaching, when he was told his mother and brother were on the outside looking for him.
What did he say and this is not a direct quote. However he said those who do the will of my father are my brothers and sisters, or in other words, his family.
It is the will of god and what he…
It is the will of God and what he said in his words found in the Bible that matters, and not the garbage you have stated in the above. Worship Malzaire, and the pope who uses cocaine, running around the place with an altered mind, and see if they will not take you to hell with them.
An you nor anyone can tell me your pope does not use cocaine: It was all over the news that when he was about to visit his birth place, he ensured he ordered his cocaine leaves before his arrival.
You had better read the word of God ad learn it, depend on God to give you the understanding of it than to be kissing the Butt of Malzaire and travel down into the pit of hell with him! The devil seems to be in your life leading you.
Unless you repent, and learn his words, and try to follow him and not Catholicism you are going to hell!
With all due respect Dr Hill you neither know the scriptures nor God. Jesus says in Matthew 7: 21- 15 “Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity. Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock, And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.”
St. Paul the apostle also said in his letter to the Philippians “Wherefore, my dearly beloved, (as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more now in my absence,) with fear and trembling work out your salvation.” And St. James also said, “What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? (James 2: 14). Do not deceive the people as the prophet Jeremiah said “This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. (Jeremiah 23:16) Getting to heaven is a false hope since Jesus and the apostles says so. (take up your cross daily – you think it is easy?).
Next lent is not explicitly found in scriptures, neither is the word “Trinity” to describe God. Do not pick and choose from the bible. Nowhere in the bible does it say that everything is found in the bible, again a half truth. The bible does say that “the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” (1 Timothy 3:15) It is by no means merely a symbol of the people of God since Jesus says “You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.” The church is a visible body. St. Paul in his second letter to the Thessalonians 2: 15 said “Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.”
Lent is one of those traditions. Jesus said “Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.” And he left us his example and the multitude of forty days and years examples in the Old Testament. And by the way the New Testament is not the written word but the action described in Matthew 26: 28 ‘For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.”
Lastly we need to confess our sins to a priest like in the old testament since Jesus did not come to abolish the law but to fulfil it and thus the confession is no longer merely a symbol but actual since he breathed on his apostles: “He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.” The only other time God “breathed” on a person was in Genesis when he breathed on the man and the man became a living soul.
I don’t have time to write more but hopefully this will suffice. Please do not be deceived and deceive but repent and believe the good news since if you continue to “harden your heart as at Meribah” you have to suffer the consequences. God bless you.
Samuel
They think they know the Bible but do not fully know it. All they can say is, they go by the Bible and do not fully practice at least what they know.
that I cannot wait for Judgment Day when God will judge all nations and people and we will surely know who was right and who was wrong. Non-Catholics are downright wrong.
They do not even know that the Catholic Church first got/had the Bible and when Luther left the Catholic Church, although he still kept some devotions and yes, even to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he took the Bible with him. Others as Henry VIII took it and dissected it and took off some chapters from it as the Book of Maccabees.
I have read much in the Bible to refute those non-Catholics who think they know it all and all they do is to quote from it.
St. Paul said they distort the words/teachings of the Holy Bible to suit their mentality.
As I write this, an excitement comes over me (the Holy spirit?)
Hell is also not found in the Holy Bible.
This is how these people are misleading in their teaching.
Our Lord spoke about Marriage and Divorce. They do not pay heed and teach and practice otherwise.
There are many chapters in Holy Scripture to refute those people who think they know better and more than the Catholic Church.
Those Catholics who allowed themselves to be influenced by those people who say they are saving souls and renounced their faith to join their church better think again and return to the Catholic Church and practice it fervently.
When I was once in D/ca, an elderly lady, once a practicing Catholic told me she is a Pentecostal. I said to her, “You are a baptized Catholic and you are still one.” She replied: “I am still a Catholic?” I told her, “Yes you are. Pray to God for enlightenment.”
St. Paul said, “There is only one baptism.” I am stating, no one has the power to annul and rescind this Catholic baptism; not even God for He blest it.
Do not attack Mr. Hill, because I do not believe he deserves that; though I think he is a little soft on that so called boy bishop. Most preachers don’t usually critique another preacher, they leave it to the rogue preacher to destroy themselves.
Nevertheless, there is a word in the Bible “Rebuke” and I think that is what he should have done in this case to Malzaire, the teachings of Gods word permits that!
Mr. Hill quotes the scriptures in order to authenticate, and verify his comments. If you are looking for perfection in the man you will not find it, because in the human flesh none of us are perfect: However in Malzaire case he is into religious doctrines, he is deliberate about it and those of us who reads the world of God, should rebuke him, and exposed him for his wrong, and especially prostituting himself to Roosevelt Skerrit!
“However in Malzaire case he is into religious doctrines, he is deliberate about”
That should read “However, in Malzaire case he is into false religious doctrines, and he is deliberate about it!
This is the problem with some of you who have your views which do not reflect Catholicism which Our Lord established 2,000 years ago. This is why these different churches were formed and pulled some down along with them.
Whatever you state against the Catholic Church has no clout – no power. They are only your mere words.
If you loved Our Lord Jesus Christ you would not make this statement. You would also have respect for the devotions of the Catholic Church.
Catholics are observing the forty days that Our Lord prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Imagine you rejecting this. You people have no devotions.
We Catholics also go by the Bible for the Holy Mass is therein, as contained in the Gospel of St. John, Our Lord took bread and wine, blest it, gave it to his disciples and said: “Do this in memory of Me.”
As the late US holy Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen stated: “Any church that was formed ten years after Our Lord resurrected, no power, no strength.”
I cannot wait for Judgment Day when God will judge all nations and people and we will surely know who was right and who was wrong. Non-Catholics are downright wrong.–@THE FACTS
And I cannot believe that you are using Holy Spirit as the reason your excitement while you ere writing that piece–you are saying that God will be Judge and we will know who is right and wrong –as you continue to your own judgment in the same breath.
I am sure that there many people in this world whom God has found favor in them to use as tool for His work of Salvation and Reconciliation to His chosen people–are you saying that those people are only Roman Catholics –when you decide that all non-Catholics are wrong?
Well I know the works of Holy Spirit in my personal Life–He indwelt me on September 3rd in 1998–that was a Thursday. And I am telling you right now– that your mentality is not from the feedings of Holy Spirit okay! Now it is time for you to start checking with your mind…
“This is the problem with some of you who have your views which do not reflect Catholicism which Our Lord established 2,000 years ago. This is why these different churches were formed and pulled some down along with them.”
You are truly crazy Facts, you need some psychiatric help. If God established the roman catholic church two thousand years ago, then you are professing that Our Lord established a false church!
Facts, more than two thousand years ago Churches were organized, however, they were none denominational, The word Church entails a body of believers, Consider the human body with all its organs and appendages it takes all together for the body to function I will leave you with that, sufficient to say Peter was no first pope of your crap, as they thought you, I know that’s where you going with that, those suckers, homosexuals taught me that as a kid, when I went into their building!
Notice I did not say Church!
My Bishop, your advice should be directed at Skeritt. During the lent season, please tell him to stop the alleged corruption, nepotism and preaching of violent in the country. He should also apologize to Mr. Linton, Miss Monell Williams, Mr. Fontaine and the supporters of the UWP for the traitor statement he made at a DLP political meeting.
Doc. Love:
Sorry to disappoint you.
But the Bishop’s job is to preach the gospel and oversee the churches.
It is not to mess with the politics of the country.
He spoke his seasonal message to the Catholic people of Dominica in a dignified way. You have a right to agree or disagree with the contents of that message. But please show respect for the messenger.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
Please pay respect to my opinion, it is different in Canada then Dominica. I believe your concern should be about your Canadian flock and leave our business to us. I hope you are not a supporter of Skeritt who is travelling on a road to hell with this country.
Messenger of who? certainly not the creator of Heaven and Earth
Come on bishop, leave it out! Why don’t you address the social issues tha ta re troubling our society? We all are sinners, we know that already. No need to remind us of that. Please, give us a more cheerful message of hope and behave like a real shepperd amongst your flock.
make a public call on de Prime Minister to guard his tongue. There are people out there carrying out his orders promoting disunity, hatred and anger.
sometimes i find it very difficult to take this thing serious….mere words!!!!!
when we calling for moral guidance against political onslaughts by de PM and a SC….silence.
Cat caught de elders tongue?
De elders have nothing worthwhile to teach anymore!!!!
Didn’t you listen to de PM speech at the st. Joseph meeting?????
you mean you NEVER HEARD DE PM SPEECH?????
SO SAD!!
If you read this make the sign of the cross on your head as you all do when people confronts you and call you out regarding your false teaching, and lies! God words are free to all, it takes no special individual to know the word of God, all one have to do is get a Bible, even a Roman Catholic Bible, and study it. The Roman Catholic Bible is absolutely the same as the Protestant King James version of the Bible, except the Roman Catholic Bible trails the King James version by a verse or two.
Rather than you all preach the word of God, you add your own philosophy, and doctrines which are of Satan, and has nothing to do with God! “All have sinned and fall short of the glory God. I hope you find the way to repent, and preach the word of God, and not the philosophy of the king of the Bull-poppers in Vatican you call holy father (in other words “papa).
Incase you did not know Malzaire “pope means papa!”
“As the season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Gabriel Malzaire, has called on members of the Catholic community to take stock of their sins.”(gabriel malzaire).
Another bunch of rubbish talk; if it is not of God, it has no value in the life’s of anyone. Take stock of what sin? In the first place Malzaire, when you decide to talk crap, and fairy tails, unless you have something from the Bible to substantiate your argument, keep your nonsense to yourself!
There is no such thing as “lent” there is no place in the Bible where God Jehovah, or his Son Jesus Christ speaks of ash Wednesday! If you want to burn some wood and cover you whole body like a fool in ashes, go ahead, that’s you, but don’t come here talking crap about ash Wednesday as if that has anything to do with the Salvation of anyone; Catholic believers, or anyone else. You are into the worship of paganism keep that to you; God will deal with you for the false doctrines, and lies youteach about him!
I wish the people who comment get their facts straight and use reasoning and logic before they publish balderdash.
What do you know? You always lack godly enlightenment. Your comment made me laugh.
If anyone took your advice and practiced it, a sure Hell for them. So you better watch your words. If you lead anyone astray you will first end up there.
What type of Christian are you? I bet you have a lot of penance, sacrifice and restitution to perform before God to appease Him.
How do you know what God will do or won’t do???
Judgemental Jackass!
“Lent calls us to something specific, what it calls us to do is to reflect on the passion and the death of Jesus which is essentially to help us reflect on the cost of our sins, what our sins cause…,” he said
During the Passion if I am not mistaken Jesus was at the market and threw items about at the level of bobol and corruption inflicted on the poor and deprived in society. Please represent Jesus in full and throw a wrath at this government who has inflicted poverty on the poor people of Dominica and wealth upon themselves and friends. We have to be practical now in this 2016.
Bishop these government guys are unholy in their practice and think not of the poor, but have then bow and subject to them for crumbs and money…what do they want in return…? They commit sins daily Bishop…please help us get rid of them.
“Sin affects us, some lead us to hell. Lent is a time which causes us to take stock of that and to see how we can better the world in which we live.”–News article
Mr. Bishop Sir, you are right to say that sin affects us–for that is the reason for Jesus’ crucifixion. But that line of yours pertaining to Lent is much overstated.
It is a good thing that you specifically mentioned the “Catholic community” because you are not speaking to the Christian Community
It is unfortunate that the “Cathollic Leaders” continue to do the things which they know have nothing to do with the Salvation of their congregation and they themselves, but they will not change their practice and doctrines
Lent has nothing to do with a relationship with God, through Jesus, the Christ; it is simply a RELIGIOUS practice–but Jesus died to eliminate the religious habits of man–including His own people, of ancient Israel, for He knew that they did not know what they were doing.
Before Jesus’ dying on the cross, He said to us, through His disciples @Matthew 5: 17— “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfil”
In other words. Christ in the Son, Jesus, humbled Himself to obey the Law on our behalf–for that is what we could not do–hence by His suffering and dying, Jesus paid the ransom for our sake, which overturned the verdict of God Almighty, Eternal Spirt –this verdict was destruction and eternal death for us, mankind. We could not have escaped that condemnation without the blood of Jesus Christ.
At chapter 19: 30 John tells us: “So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His Spirit”
Jesus’ saying: “It is finished” means that He had done the work, which the Father demanded from us, the world, that demand was that we should obey His laws and live or we disobey and we die–SPIRITUALLY!
Now that we know that Jesus took the blows on our behalf, what we need now, is faith and His Word, which is the food for the soul in its awakening–that is the theme of Jesus’ teaching in the Bible–that theme about faith, hope, and Love
It was because of the RELIGIOUS concepts of God’s people–the Israelites, the reason they could not accept Jesus–so then the religion of His own people killed Him
When are we, going to learn that God wants nothing to do with religion and its practice. Religion promotes no relationship with God–for He has turned against it in the first place
Life is in Love, for this Life is from God to us, by our faith and not by works.
But when we have that Life in us God will conduct His Love in and through us –once again, I am saying that religious practices like Lent will not bring us any where close to God, but that is what He wants to happen–that we might become reconciled to Him
So you think. The Catholic Church has the answer; not Its enemies.
The day you die you will find out. God will reveal it to you and all you deniers who preach against the Catholic Church and its devotions. However, do not wait until you die for it may be too late for you.
It will be worst for you who left the Catholic Church. You are not aware that it is a sin to leave the Catholic Church. Surely, if you are intelligent you should have known better. Our Lord Jesus Christ will reveal the truth to you as you are dying and when you die.
The Catholic Church prays consistently at Holy Mass for also those who left the Catholic Church that they may return. The laity is also called to do likewise when they privately pray.
Who knows? Our Lord may grace you with this truth while you are still alive or are sick.
@Face the Facts February 11, 2016
I assume that you are speaking to me–you have a habit of posting comments under that of others, it is had to know whom you are speaking to–how uncourteous!
For the 100th time, I say to you I did not leave the Roman Catholic Church–God removed me; and He took me to the Bible where He showed me how to become a Christian–I am sure that you know, in Dominica, Roman Catholics do not refer to themselves as Christians–they are the ones you see dancing up naked on the streets of carnival
I know now, why God removed from Dominica and placed me in Toronto; it was because of His plans for me –He needed my consent alone, being raise in a family of Catholics, that consent would have been too hard for me.
Now I suggest that you worry about your own Salvation; you know nothing about my relationship with God, neither do you know anything about Him–if you think that moving from one Church to the other is a sin.
Thinking about it, It just too bad that your relationship is with your church and it leaders–they themselves are in great need for wisdom, understanding, and knowledge of God, who is of Spirit and Truth–not the gods of sand and cement which is erected on the ground of their chirch houses
And so, you are a lost soul just like the rest of your church; your physical body is coffin for that dead soul of yours within–you are the one who need a revival; maybe Jesus will show you His mercy and compassion of Love–for you do not know what you are saying and doing.
Now in His name, I rebuke you rude judgment of me–you are not authorized to do so!
shocking!
What is the Jesuit Order?
The Jesuit logo, notice the occultic
Symbol of the Sun and the initials
IHS which stand for the Egyptian
Trinity Isis, Horus, Seb. The Cross
is also an occult symbol created
By Semiramis (mother of Nimrod)
in honor of her son Tammuz
(also known as Baal
The devil made you state that.
Be careful for one day you will pay for this, sooner than you expect.
The bishop is working for Babylon the grate; he is a disciple of the jesuits. The Jesuit Order or “Society of Jesus” is a Covert Military Organization founded by Ignatius of Loyola (a member of the Spanish Gnostic Sect, Los Alumbrados) in 1534. The Alumbrados (Spanish word for The Illuminated Ones) where a Secret Society of Gnostic (Religion that combines Eastern Mysticism with Monotheist Religions and Mystery Religions ) origins. The Alumbrados were a sect of people of Noble blood who believed that the Human Soul could evolve into a degree of “Perfection” in this present life and comprehend the “Mystery” of the trinity. They believe that when a person´s soul reaches this state of “Perfection” and “Union with God” they could commit any criminal, Immoral and sinful acts without staining their souls
I try to be as spiritual as i can be, as these organized institutions are known to divide and rule to suit their own causes, in my view one must try to understand the true meaning of the universe..
stop blindly following these groupings as they too are sinners and committed the worst ever kind to their own..
Religion isn’t making progress as before due to mankind seeing the light…most cases it’s a money catching module.
How much do you know? Which religion are you referring to which is making no progress?
Thanks be to God!
If you do not practice the faith, you will feel that way and form a warped opinion. The enemy Satan helps you along. Due to your words, I can tell you, you are on the wrong side of God.
Living in a country and you do nothing for it, it will be the same as practicing the faith and not building it up, defending it and praying for it. You put nothing into it. You get nothing out of it.
Some of you have not been practicing the Catholic faith as you should. God knows more than I.
Through the years various people who call themselves Christians have formed their church and some of you followed them. These caused division and disunity. They have done nothing to enhance Dominica. So what do you expect?
Someone who is a non-Catholic once told me, with all the religions she is confused. I replied: “I am a Catholic and I am not confused.”