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Hi there Fr. Timothy Johnson and thank you for being an expert.my question is a tough one.i know in the bible it says you will not be puinished for someone else is sins,Is this true?If this is true,then why do we have to die? adam and eve did sin against god and there punishement was death.ok that was them.why weren't we be given the same choice they had?i came in this world knowing that i will die.i guess i am being punished for their sins.thank you
greg
Hi, Greg:
Thanks for the question.
Are you certain that the Bible says that somebody will not be punished for the sins of another? Maybe you can give me a citation from the Scriptures where it says that we will not be punished for someone elses sin...
We have a choice just like Adam and Eve, every day and every moment; either to serve God, or not to serve and obey Him.
Remember that Jesus told us not to fear those who can destroy the body, but rather the one who can kill both body AND soul, and throw them into gehenna. This helps us to see the differences between bodily death and spiritual death. This life should be spent receiving the spiritual and eternal life of God's Grace operating in our soul. The reward for perseverence in loving and serving God is eternal Life. This is why there is the beautiful prayer in the tradition of the Latin Church: "Deliver me, O Lord, from everlasting death on that day of terror; when the heavens and the earth shall be shaken, when You come to judge the world by fire..."
Freedom from everlasting death in Jesus Christ means abiding in the everlasting Life of the Savior beyond death and the grave.
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Fr. Timothy Johnson
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A Traditional Catholic Priest, validly and licitly ordained, incardinated legally and canonically in the Diocese of Fargo, and in good-standing with my Local Ordinary (Bishop) on active assignment at a rural Tri-Parish. I can provide honest and balanced answers to questions on topics pertaining to Traditional Roman Catholicism of the Latin Church (Councils of Trent and Vatican II)and a lot about the Eastern Catholic Churches, including the Sacred Liturgy, Sacred Scripture, Church History, the use of the Latin language, the tradition of Sacred Music, and current events in the Catholic Church from a traditional, historical and balanced perspective.
Experience
I have been ordained a Roman Catholic Priest since June 2001.
Organizations
Knights of Columbus; Church Music Association of America (CMAA)
Education/Credentials
Ordained Priest, 02 JUN 2001; Ordained Deacon, 27 JAN 2001; MA - Dogmatic/Systematic Theology;
MDiv - Professional Degree from Seminary;
2-Years formation with Canons Regular of Premontre including studies and experience in Sacred Liturgy, Chant, Latin, Sacraments, Spirituality.
BA - Scholastic/Thomistic Philosophy;
BA - Liberal Arts;
AA - General Studies.
Past/Present Clients
I serve 3-small, rural Parish Communities in Easter North Dakota
I converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1981, at the age of 15.
Over the years I have done work as an organist, cantor, and choir director for the Latin Rite (English & Latin) Mass (Liturgy of the Eucharist), and even for the Hours of the Divine Office.
I have worked as a cantor for a Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church.
Presently my pastoral and administrative duties as a Catholic Priest do not allow me as much time as I used to have to devote to Sacred Music; but for my weekend Masses and Solemnities within my Tri-Parish, I offer High Sung Mass in English. Weekday Mass is typically Low Mass (recited Mass) in English, though on occasion I will offer the "Tridentine Mass" in Latin, which I usually offer on my "Day Off", as well. And now, in light of the "Motu Proprio" by his Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI placing the extraordinary usage of the Roman Rite back into the mainstream of the Catholic Church, I have been offering a regularly scheduled SUN, 2:00 PM Tridentine Latin Mass with a community of the faithful that has a stable existence.
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