tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2337730119187601231..comments2024-03-28T16:23:19.433-04:00Comments on southern orders: MAYBE THE CULTURE WARS ARE NECESSARY? POPE FRANCIS?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-2335959000289512572018-01-25T15:26:31.151-05:002018-01-25T15:26:31.151-05:00MAYBE THE CULTURE WARS ARE NECESSARY?
Isn't k...MAYBE THE CULTURE WARS ARE NECESSARY? <br />Isn't killing killing? Or when is killing not killing? <br /><br />OK, good...we've spoken up about abortion, as Norma McCorvey ("Jane Roe") did in her 2nd autobiography. She had a complete reversal of her position in her 1st autobiography, became a Christian, and finally entered the Catholic faith.<br /><br />And we have pointed out that supporting politicians who support legalized abortion is problematic.<br /><br />But? Have we also spoken up about capital punishment? (execution)...The Catholic bishops have written a collegial letter about this. Similarly, the Catholic position is that capital punishment is insupportable except in extreme conditions (as explained by Pope John Paul II). The one party in America promotes abortion rights. Abortion however is not a mandate, just an option. The other party in America promotes capital punishment? That is a mandate, unless over-written by the governor. <br />A Wander in the Illdernesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983083012660576741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59987557141586740782016-03-31T06:59:53.008-04:002016-03-31T06:59:53.008-04:00There are many of Catholics guilty of whitewashing...There are many of Catholics guilty of whitewashing and sanitising everything that Pope Francis does and says - Mark Thomas being one of the main culprits. Almost as if there is a reluctance to face up to what is happening or sheer disbelief. Anyway there is a lot of it around.<br /><br />We had a great sermon at an OF Mass on Easter Sunday - so rare these days - where the priest actually stated that Christ is the son of God, along with some other gems. We congratulated the priest after Mass and he said, "I am one of the few left". I suppose that means he is one of a few priests prepared to stand up for the truth. Quite shocking to think that it is so rare to hear Christ being proclaimed the Son of God rather than merely a do gooder, which illustrates to me just how far down the gurglar "Catholicism" has sunk. I do believe that it is only divine intervention that can fix what is wrong - so deep and wide does it go.<br /><br />Those who believe the truth are most certainly in the minority and I think many sanitise what Pope Francis says in fear of themselves being cast adrift - with threats of excommunication and other things that we never heard of while public sinners go scotfree. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-1418495570068756092016-03-30T12:18:43.294-04:002016-03-30T12:18:43.294-04:00When Catholicism is advancing across a pagan world...When Catholicism is advancing across a pagan world it's called "Evangelization".<br />When Catholicism is in defeat or disarray and our position is eroding, we complain that we are facing 'culture war'. <br /><br />But it's the same thing: either we advance our message or other groups advance theirs. Right now, on one level (politics, pop culture) the anti-Christian secular hedonist West is in ascendency and are using politics and pop culture to cement their recent rise into the fabric of society while we seek to find shelters and refuges where we can go underground with our faith.<br /><br />But demographically, the secular hedonist West is dying and the writing is on the wall for Europe. The future belongs to the fertile. In Europe the fertile include all Muslims and Africans and a handful of Poles. Most of the other ethnicities will be eclipsed in 30 years, becoming hated minorities in their ancestral lands.<br /><br />In the USA, the Black population is steady at 12% of the total population *due largely to abortion, sterilization, contraception, disease, and breakdown of the family. Hispanics are 20% and growing - but largely due to immigration as the 2nd generation adopts the same small family size of the natives. <br /><br />But as the white population in general falls, certain categories of white or mixed race groups are growing thanks to large families...and thus as the LGBTQ and secular hedons age out in 30 years, they won't be replaced...unless of course it's not an innate thing but is a taught/or result of social factors. In which case they'll be giving us a run for our money for the next 100 years.Jusadbellumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-82541478271262812882016-03-30T12:10:04.771-04:002016-03-30T12:10:04.771-04:00Wow. Anonymous, I don't know if what you say a...Wow. Anonymous, I don't know if what you say abt Father is true as I haven't read enough of his blog posts. However, of one were to take what you say as applying to the clergy and religious as a whole then everything you say about the pope and most of the clergys' response is sadly very true.<br /><br />I have many times tried to speak to a number of priests whom I knew when they were still seminarians, in other words friends and good aquaintances, about how much this pope distresses me and so many of us. Only two, one who by the way is one of the diocese exorcists; the other is a priest of St Philip's Oratory seem willing to look the issue in the face. They have both told me in slightly different ways, the same thing. Pray for the pope, make sacrifices for the Church and to remember that Our Lord promised to protect His Church, but He did not promise to protect individual pope's from error. That there have been many pope's who proved to be unfit to wear the mantle of St Peter; that time will show what the truth is here. To hold fast to Our Lord, to orthodoxy, to trust in God and talk to Him about my worries regarding the present situation and carry on. So that is what I am doing. bvshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785660149441723802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-330794475180110302016-03-30T07:36:37.551-04:002016-03-30T07:36:37.551-04:00"It is one thing to tell the truth in charity..."It is one thing to tell the truth in charity and with respect to persons and the office they hold. It is quite another thing to tell the truth with contempt,hatred, disgust and contrary to the two greatest Commandments, a mortal sin by the way no matter how truthful one is!"<br /><br />While I guess I can't disagree with that statement I would like to mention that you should be more understanding of how shaken people are by the statements and actions of this pope. You could have used these situations as a time to be a shephard and teach and guide not just acuse people of being sinners and leaving at that. <br /><br /> While you have a duty to remind Catholics to be charitable you also have a duty to teach the Faith with clarity and correct error. No matter who is causing the confusion. A pope has not right or authority to teach error or cause scandal. Example: the pope was 100% wrong to accept with a smile that filthy Communist crucifix. The Pope was 100% wrong to call up a woman living in adultery and tell her it is ok to receive communion without amendment of life or confession. The Pope was/is 100% wrong to remain silent and allow cardinals and bishops to proclaim that people living in adultery can receive communion without amendment of life and confession while publicly humiliating a faithful Cardinal like Cardinal Burke. <br /><br />You rationalized pretty much everything Pope Francis has done since he walked out on that balcony. Just as you would be a party to the sins of others by publishing their uncharitable but true comments don't you also share in the scandal caused by Francis by remaining silent and defending his actions and speech while condemning those who are rightly scandalized in those cases? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-1254594333919534522016-03-30T07:19:14.100-04:002016-03-30T07:19:14.100-04:00A good analysis, Father. I would say our Bishops&#...A good analysis, Father. I would say our Bishops' statement today in response to Governor Deal vetoing is the religious freedom bill is very much in line with the so-called "Pope Francis" approach to "culture war issues." Time will indeed tell. Meanwhile, we should continue to be faithful in our own corners. God bless, a brother from the diocese to the north of y'all ... Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18732104631892455422016-03-30T07:04:34.562-04:002016-03-30T07:04:34.562-04:00It is one thing to tell the truth in charity and w...It is one thing to tell the truth in charity and with respect to persons and the office they hold. It is quite another thing to tell the truth with contempt,hatred, disgust and contrary to the two greatest Commandments, a mortal sin by the way no matter how truthful one is! I delete those comments as posting them makes me complicit in the mortal sin, like a man who takes his girl friend to the abortion clinic.Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-29154297415417320552016-03-30T05:50:09.670-04:002016-03-30T05:50:09.670-04:00"Pope Francis must be more Christ-like in thi..."Pope Francis must be more Christ-like in this way if He is to succeed in being crucified. He has to stop equating believing, practicing Catholics in the clergy and laity as Pharisees and name the true enemies of the Church both inside her ranks and outside. That will get His Holiness crucified like it did Pope Benedict XVI!"<br /><br />Amen! But I am shocked to see you write that post. For the last three years you have judged and condemed everyone who has said that exact thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com