tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post3608536812950066978..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: LOST IN TRANSLATION AND PERPLEXING TO THE POST-CATHOLICS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM OF LEFT AND RIGHTFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15539225835537104112015-05-23T05:29:12.762-04:002015-05-23T05:29:12.762-04:00MI, thank you for your comments. I've criticiz...MI, thank you for your comments. I've criticized coloring book Catholics on the left, but the mean-spiritness on the right shows an abysmal lack of understanding of what the basics of Christian charity are and the understanding of both venial and mortal sin. Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-60061515982864534662015-05-22T22:33:13.433-04:002015-05-22T22:33:13.433-04:00jolly jan, I think you just got your butt kicked.....jolly jan, I think you just got your butt kicked....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79457341873259354582015-05-22T20:22:01.053-04:002015-05-22T20:22:01.053-04:00Well, Militia, it is certainly my opinion. I hope ...Well, Militia, it is certainly my opinion. I hope I am wrong, but I doubt it. I cannot speak to the Pope's beliefs, and was not doing so. And, I have nothing to prove…it is the Pope who has a lot of convincing to do.Angry Augustinianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558209425377293588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-39246075030038231812015-05-22T19:33:56.235-04:002015-05-22T19:33:56.235-04:00JJ, prove to us that Pope Francis is intentionally...JJ, prove to us that Pope Francis is intentionally trying to cause ambiguity. Prove to us that he's intentionally trying to sow confusion. Prove to us that he doesn't believe the Catholic faith.<br /><br />You can't. But you've made up your mind that it's true. But did you know it's a MORTAL SIN to think like that? Let me explain . . . . <br /><br />In St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa, he says the following regarding suspicion and rash judgment:<br /><br />Now there are three degrees of suspicion. The first degree is when a man begins to doubt of another's goodness from slight indications. This is a venial and a light sin; for "it belongs to human temptation without which no man can go through this life," according to a gloss on 1 Corinthians 4:5, "Judge not before the time." The second degree is when a man, from slight indications, esteems another man's wickedness as certain. <b>This is a mortal sin, if it be about a grave matter, since it cannot be without contempt of one's neighbor</b> [emphasis added]. Hence the same gloss goes on to say: "If then we cannot avoid suspicions, because we are human, we must nevertheless restrain our judgment, and refrain from forming a definite and fixed opinion." The third degree is when a judge goes so far as to condemn a man on suspicion: this pertains directly to injustice, and is consequently a mortal sin.Militia Immaculatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021417068774633653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74808531367847680822015-05-22T15:52:47.910-04:002015-05-22T15:52:47.910-04:00But, he has "" and "misspoken"...But, he has "" and "misspoken" dozens of times. But, he isn't mis-speaking or slipping…he knows very well what he is doing. He is weakening the Church's traditional barriers against secularism by engendering ambiguity, confusing the faithful, and creating an atmosphere in which formerly unquestionable practices and dogma may now be "discussed." Angry Augustinianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558209425377293588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25215303385429104592015-05-22T14:46:28.804-04:002015-05-22T14:46:28.804-04:00Why do so many misinterpret and misrepresent Pope ...Why do so many misinterpret and misrepresent Pope Francis, because so many people are waiting, on edge, for Pope Francis to legitimize and approve their sins.<br /><br />Then they can say: "See, the Church was wrong all along, the Church cannot be trusted, we can "change" the Church through sheer force of will. Why have a Church?"<br /><br />They're not looking for forgiveness, they're looking for permission.<br /><br />For them all Pope Francis has to do is misspeak or slip up just once.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-52218076633636968092015-05-22T11:01:19.987-04:002015-05-22T11:01:19.987-04:00It ain't how much he talks, it is what he says...It ain't how much he talks, it is what he says.Angry Augustinianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558209425377293588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-65226821934324281922015-05-22T11:00:15.003-04:002015-05-22T11:00:15.003-04:00YAWN YAWN-YAWN-YAWN-YAWN-projectile vomit.YAWN YAWN-YAWN-YAWN-YAWN-projectile vomit.Angry Augustinianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558209425377293588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42526863948636772202015-05-22T09:50:09.942-04:002015-05-22T09:50:09.942-04:00I think it is a very legitimate criticism of Pope ...I think it is a very legitimate criticism of Pope Francis that he talks too much and way too much off the cuff. We hear too much from him from his daily homilies to just about everything else. <br /><br />He condemns those who talk too much using the Italian word that I love so much. But this betrays the fact that he is one of them and this is unbecoming for a pope who doesn't seem to grasp that the enemies of the Church both within and outside use him against those who love the Church, warts and all. Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-67050443060038908472015-05-22T09:45:03.155-04:002015-05-22T09:45:03.155-04:00Respectfully, the Pope would do well to talk less....Respectfully, the Pope would do well to talk less. A LOT less. He strikes me as the Catholic Bill Clinton, captivated by the sound of his own voice. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-37330228663482267822015-05-22T09:33:43.403-04:002015-05-22T09:33:43.403-04:00Reading Francis through Arius..or Luther...or Pela...Reading Francis through Arius..or Luther...or Pelagius...<br /><br />I hope I'm making my pointAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-4537139544326460112015-05-22T07:25:07.632-04:002015-05-22T07:25:07.632-04:00Pope Francis removes Bishop Finn. Silences Cardina...Pope Francis removes Bishop Finn. Silences Cardinal Burke. Both orthodox out spoken teachers of the Faith.<br /><br />Pope Francis remains silent when the mitre is ripped off the head of that bishop from Chile who is hated by the nation for protecting a pedophile priest. Pope Francis calls Cardinal Danneells out of retirement to attend the synod, a Cardinal who was proven to have shielded a priest who abused is own nephew. Both liberal bishops, Daneells in particular destroyed the Faith of a nation. <br /><br />If a bishop is liberal and doesn't REALLY believe the Faith as it has always been taught then he is safe. If a bishops publicly defends and teaches the Faith, he is silenced. How am I miss reading Francis?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com