tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2952290363436838422..comments2024-03-28T11:36:20.629-04:00Comments on southern orders: POPE FRANCIS, THE WHO AM I TO JUDGE POPE, JUDGES AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAINFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87019452929659335462015-09-04T16:23:12.686-04:002015-09-04T16:23:12.686-04:00What the pope said is truly Catholic teaching........What the pope said is truly Catholic teaching.....and we all fall into the category of Pharisee at some point during our life. Put yourself into the story of the prodigal son....which character are you?....The ideal is to be the Father.Dave Burkovichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10132650399939541402015-09-01T16:03:38.110-04:002015-09-01T16:03:38.110-04:00Donald Trump Donald Trump gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51259000292911986782015-09-01T14:37:44.526-04:002015-09-01T14:37:44.526-04:00gob, am I wrong?
Go down the list:
What ideolog...gob, am I wrong?<br /><br />Go down the list: <br /><br />What ideological mindset do the governors of the Federal Reserve inhabit? What is the ideological bent of the CEOs of the Fortune 400? How about the mainstream media/Hollywood/Madison avenue/K-STREET? <br /><br />If one had to guess the political affiliation of most editors of most of our diocesan newspapers would one guess "democrat" or "republican"? Left leaning or conservative?<br /><br />if one had to guess the politics and ideology of most women's religious in the USA, what would they be? How about most priests?<br /><br />In short, if the majority in the Church and in the elites of society are "liberal/progressive/democrats", how can our world's dire situation be laid at anyone else's feet? Who else is there to be branded "Pharisee" but the ones who actually act like the traditional Pharisees? Remember, they were the ones in charge of society to the point of being able to kick people out of synagogue. <br /><br />We really need to see reality as it is not as our PR spin would have us think it is. It actually helps to base our policies on reality for good or ill.<br /><br />It serves no one to base our efforts on myths. <br /><br />Jusadbellumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-3343720161109649702015-09-01T13:54:46.930-04:002015-09-01T13:54:46.930-04:00Thanks, Jusad, for fulfilling my prophecy...Thanks, Jusad, for fulfilling my prophecy...gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-22201113683166457102015-09-01T13:31:01.183-04:002015-09-01T13:31:01.183-04:00Might I ask everyone to read "Pharisee" ...Might I ask everyone to read "Pharisee" not as "evil meanspirited conservative traditionalist" but as "open-minded secular progressive liberal".<br /><br />Try it, and you'll discover it is actually both much closer to the historical record and our current situation.<br /><br />The Pharisees after all were the ones who came up with convoluted justifications for not obeying the core of the law for the sake of ulterior customs. They were also the ones claiming intellectual and moral superiority over their respective social milieu - precisely as our liberal/progressives actually ARE in charge both in the Church and in society today.<br /><br />It's not hard core conservative traditionalists who are running the Federal Reserve, Fortune 400 companies, Washington DC or the Goldman Sachs. It's not hard core conservative traditionalists who run the USCCB or most of the Archdioceses and parishes in the country! Hard core conservative traditionalists don't run most Diocesan newspapers or religious orders of men or women. <br /><br />The vast majority of Catholic education K-post grad is not in the hands or control of hard core conservative traditionalists.<br /><br />So who IS in charge? People who pay God lip service but whose hearts are typically very secular in outlook and who thus can come up with all manner of convoluted theories as to why they are 'good Catholics' despite being openly gay or fornicating or committing adultery or getting abortions or robbing people, or institutionalizing racism and intergenerational poverty.<br /><br />So when the Pope says "Pharisees" think "Progressives" and it'll make much more sense in the real world. That they don't see it and instead think, smugly, that he must be speaking of their hated conservative enemies tells us a lot about both how uninformed they are (so much for intellectual superiority) and how morally blind they are to their own role in the negative outcomes we're all suffering under.Jusadbellumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-63783349914857308892015-09-01T12:55:32.726-04:002015-09-01T12:55:32.726-04:00Gob, Fr AJM is not the target of the Pope at all. ...Gob, Fr AJM is not the target of the Pope at all. Even his criticisms have the utmost Catholic charity and true fraternal correction. Other bloggers .... Not so much. If anything those people sow division and hate in the church. Servimus Unum Deumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521042317656015840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-73124163608735500362015-09-01T12:36:48.996-04:002015-09-01T12:36:48.996-04:00The same switcheroo that you did on the Pope's...The same switcheroo that you did on the Pope's remarks.....gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-26718122984503657362015-09-01T12:34:41.155-04:002015-09-01T12:34:41.155-04:00As a fellow clairvoyant, I'm sensing that thes...As a fellow clairvoyant, I'm sensing that these remarks by Pope Francis and last Sunday;s gospel really struck a nerve with you. I must confess that as I listened to the Gospel, I thought of this dear blog.<br /><br />Now it's time for someone to say that because of what I said, I'm guilty of the very thing I'm criticizing....gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15320894674658326272015-09-01T12:14:43.453-04:002015-09-01T12:14:43.453-04:00I see him also calling out those Radical Traditona...I see him also calling out those Radical Traditonalists/quasi-schismatics etc. who prowl the blogosphere and yes, even on the ground, cause reprehensible harm to the faithful of he Church and misrepresent it. Unfortunately, a number of them are Latin Mass followers and so the shoe fits even more perfectly. Pope Francis isn't stupid and neither is the rest of the Curia, liberal and orthodox alike. They know who the major players are and monitor their sites. Servimus Unum Deumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521042317656015840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-48738758052804980112015-09-01T07:59:53.452-04:002015-09-01T07:59:53.452-04:00He refers top Jesus as "our teacher"...s...He refers top Jesus as "our teacher"...small cap...interesting. It sounds like he is just softening everybody up for the welcoming of gay marriage and communion for the divorced. Nothing new here. Move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com