tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post6080230511200990017..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: THE EMASCULATION OF THE CATHOLIC HIERARCHY AND DOGMA, DOCTRINE AND THEOLOGYFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-28197503707758355622015-10-20T07:45:02.593-04:002015-10-20T07:45:02.593-04:00Yeah, I think the sum of your knowledge, theologic...Yeah, I think the sum of your knowledge, theological and otherwise, comes from OED and maybe an anthology or two.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-62132118829487435532015-10-19T22:31:24.493-04:002015-10-19T22:31:24.493-04:00OED is good enough for me. OED is good enough for me. Fr. Michael J. Kavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162547334902814362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59857492694862350232015-10-19T06:21:49.620-04:002015-10-19T06:21:49.620-04:00John Nolan: re: theology better than literacy. It ...John Nolan: re: theology better than literacy. It is not.Clyde Catholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-948110294950066322015-10-18T19:16:33.030-04:002015-10-18T19:16:33.030-04:00'Gender - the state of being male or female...'Gender - the state of being male or female'. This is one definition, but a fairly recent one, and certainly not the primary definition. In fact, if used in this way, it would mean that a noun of masculine or feminine gender would be respectively male or female, which is nonsense. (Chairs in France are female, chairs in Germany are male. Really?)<br /><br />Sex (male or female) is biologically determined. Gender (masculine, feminine or neuter) is a construct whose application is chiefly grammatical. The reason people nowadays use gender instead of sex is precisely because it is an artificial construct, and can be assumed or changed at will. A man can therefore have 'gender-reassignment' treatment and call himself a woman. However, biologically he is not female but male (albeit castrated).<br /><br />We have had this conversation before, and I referred you to Merriam-Webster; indeed I remember quoting it verbatim. But here you are, still sticking to one definition and the least authoritative one at that. I hope your theology is better than your literacy. <br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-44750287361913809292015-10-17T17:56:14.626-04:002015-10-17T17:56:14.626-04:00Gender- the state of being male or female.
Gender- the state of being male or female.<br /><br />Fr. Michael J. Kavanaughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-55884379617590192015-10-17T15:03:41.095-04:002015-10-17T15:03:41.095-04:00There was once a very wealthy gourmet who, when he...There was once a very wealthy gourmet who, when he had a craving for a certain food, would simply buy a plane ticket to the place best known for that food and have dinner. One day, he had a craving for Scrod. He thought, "Boston, that is the best place for Scrod." So, he bought a ticket and flew to Boston. When he landed, he got in a taxi and said to the driver, "Where I can get Scrod?" The taxi driver laughed and said, "You know, every man that gets in this cab asks me that, but this is the first time I have heard it in the "plu perfect subjunctive."Clyde Catholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76720318739293134472015-10-17T14:28:26.649-04:002015-10-17T14:28:26.649-04:00Can we please stop confusing sex with gender? If I...Can we please stop confusing sex with gender? If I were at supper in Germany my knife would be neuter gender, my fork feminine and my spoon masculine. In France my knife would be masculine and my fork and spoon feminine.<br /><br />The coins in my pocket would be feminine in French (la monnaie) and neuter in German (das Wechselgeld). <br /><br />A ship is feminine in Latin (navis) but like most nouns in English is grammatically neuter. Referring to a ship, or the Church, as 'she' is personification. The word for soul is feminine in the Romance languages when derived from the Latin 'anima' (although 'spiritus' and its derivatives are masculine) but in English is of course neuter.<br /><br />The word 'gender' is from the Latin 'genus' meaning 'kind'; to specify male or female one would have to use 'sexus' (4th declension, masculine). John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-6785292931545013362015-10-17T12:07:41.366-04:002015-10-17T12:07:41.366-04:00Kavanaugh, your theological ignorance is literally...Kavanaugh, your theological ignorance is literally stunning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-7542504830954572142015-10-17T11:49:01.459-04:002015-10-17T11:49:01.459-04:00And in Spanish, silver is "la plata," al...And in Spanish, silver is "la plata," also feminine. Is that silverware you use at supper feminine? Those coins in your pocket?<br /><br />Your egregious error is not understanding how language works.Fr. Michael J. Kavanaughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27396022347024274072015-10-17T10:38:57.543-04:002015-10-17T10:38:57.543-04:00Boats my not have gender, but bateaux do...Boats my not have gender, but bateaux do...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00554830859411216515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-82857974545212993012015-10-17T10:13:38.974-04:002015-10-17T10:13:38.974-04:00You are completely wrong and you must correct this...You are completely wrong and you must correct this egregious error. The Church is not metaphorically feminine but in reality as the Church is comprised of souls which is always feminine! All souls are feminine and are fertile to receive the seeds of Gid sanctifying and actual graces. Anima is the soul of a man or woman in Latin, a feminine word! Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56323320297243487422015-10-17T10:07:00.628-04:002015-10-17T10:07:00.628-04:00"Bride of Christ" is a metaphor. It doe..."Bride of Christ" is a metaphor. It does not describe the gender of the Church as the Church has no gender. It describes the intimate relationship of Christ and the Church. <br /><br />When launching a ship one might pray, "May God bless her and all who sail in her.". Are we to understand that, because we refer to a ship as "her," that boats have gender? Certainly not.Fr. Michael J. Kavanaughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-7411610603069353772015-10-17T06:20:38.979-04:002015-10-17T06:20:38.979-04:00Gob, the Church is the "Bride of Christ."...Gob, the Church is the "Bride of Christ." That makes her a her. When Christ returns to get her out of the kitchen, you're gonna' love the flambe'.Clyde Catholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68908158380126945572015-10-17T05:34:59.913-04:002015-10-17T05:34:59.913-04:00No GOB, I was trying to make a parallel. If I were...No GOB, I was trying to make a parallel. If I were married and got divorced, I would seek an annulment before I married again, or even before I began to date. Or if I messed up and sinned before an annulment, I would eventually seek one to rectify my errors and sins. That's all I was saying. <br /><br />How about you? If you divorced your wife and fell in love again, would you seek an annulment or simply enjoy an adulterous affair and institutionalize your adultery with a civil marriage?<br /><br />Jesus' bleeding heart was caused by our sins--that's why it is bleeding even in the risen Christ--that should be enough for you to get your annulment properly, no?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75069285562075609342015-10-17T01:13:18.466-04:002015-10-17T01:13:18.466-04:00Speaking of emasculation... God, help us. Society...Speaking of emasculation... God, help us. Society is unraveling at a dizzying pace.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3273776/Gay-married-couple-divorce-one-year-include-man-relationship.htmlDJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028761850444888285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-23674356898650446502015-10-16T23:45:07.245-04:002015-10-16T23:45:07.245-04:00Gob, I have no idea what you are trying to communi...Gob, I have no idea what you are trying to communicate. Jusadbellumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-66850105043936322202015-10-16T21:31:51.991-04:002015-10-16T21:31:51.991-04:00Fr. McD. are you thinking that you might "hap...Fr. McD. are you thinking that you might "happen to leave the priesthood"? Just seems a bit odd that you brought that up...unsolicited....gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76344112609664626242015-10-16T21:17:28.876-04:002015-10-16T21:17:28.876-04:00Some Margaret Mary's own religious sisters wer...<br />Some Margaret Mary's own religious sisters were hostile to her. Theologians who were called in declared her visions delusions and suggested that she eat more heartily. Later, parents of children she taught called her an impostor, an unorthodox innovator.<br /><br />Of course, they were wrong about her.<br /><br />Link:<br /><br /><br><a href="http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/saint/?day=10/16/2015" rel="nofollow">St-Margaret-Mary</a>Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-24755814611117739882015-10-16T20:12:04.365-04:002015-10-16T20:12:04.365-04:00No comment from anybody about a "dripping ble...No comment from anybody about a "dripping bleeding heart" being somehow unmanly?<br /><br />It's interesting that so many refer to "Holy Mother Church" when we consider "the masculinity of the Church's hierarchy and priesthood confirmed by a masculine liturgy in the Extraordinary Form...who would scoff at a dripping, bleeding heart".... "Let's all give a big hand to the ladies for preparing the great dinner tonight....Ladies, come out of the kitchen and take a bow."<br /><br />gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-36024383568572397352015-10-16T18:10:51.170-04:002015-10-16T18:10:51.170-04:00The denigration of religious dogma and authentic p...The denigration of religious dogma and authentic proclamation of the faith is no accidental movement in the Catholic Church. It is done deliberately to desensitize the faithful. The nuns on the bus are not the only organized force doing spiritual wreckovation. The Synod's peculiar preoccupation with homosexuality and adultery is just another avenue to marshal destructive forces aimed at the heart, the Sacred Heart, of the Church.<br /><br />We must fight this movement every day. St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI were good at this fight because both Popes recognized in their own way that tradition was indispensable to confront modernism. The current HF lacks the necessary philosophical insights to mount a successful counter offensive. Lacking the necessary means, he often gets captured by the likes of Cardinals Kasper and Daneels. Jesus advised prayer and fasting to fight such clever and stubborn evil forces.<br />anon-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-47944768628808275892015-10-16T18:00:50.902-04:002015-10-16T18:00:50.902-04:00There is no contradiction or conflict between God&...<br />There is no contradiction or conflict between God's Mercy and His Justice, between His Law and His Love.<br />Each are applied through His Holy Will in accordance with His inscrutable Wisdom and Nature. The Holy Scripture and the infallible dogmas and doctrines of the Holy Catholic Church, having been revealed to her by God for our spiritual benefit, are ever true and cannot be changed, because He that has revealed cannot change, nor can He deceive or be deceived.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79849318353503175582015-10-16T16:45:12.346-04:002015-10-16T16:45:12.346-04:00The representation of traditional Catholics, pries...The representation of traditional Catholics, priests and laity, as ultra rigid and harsh, you will be comforted to know is false. Of course there are such creatures, but the exception is not the rule. We have lines of sorrowful people lined up to kneel in. Oncessional every Sunday and as far as I know our extremely orthodox priest absolves them all. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87472592251449932542015-10-16T16:00:56.682-04:002015-10-16T16:00:56.682-04:00The One I love, Jesus Christ, came to reveal how w...The One I love, Jesus Christ, came to reveal how we can please the Father and find true joy. So when one of these gifts are denigrated, when one of the means given us to please the Father is held in contempt, how ought I react? <br /><br />How would anyone react to pearls being thrown to swine? Gifts tossed in the rubbish heap? Wouldn't anger and alarm be called for?<br /><br />Ah, but see, we are told that the only cause for alarm and anger in today's society is for the crime of being politically incorrect. Then we can safely be upset and get a bit of the 'feels' and feel smug in our anger. But when someone breaks God's law and teaches others to break God's law - then we're supposed to roll our eyes and smile and feel smug superiority for our tolerance since we know that these rules are just made up BS unlike our glorious new religion of PROGRESS!!!! that came to us from the angelic wings of mortals like Marx, Gramsci and Mao.<br /><br />Yes, yes, we can dispense with God's laws all day long but woe unto the man who dispenses with man-made law! On him does our ire rightly rest!<br /><br />It's really a tale of two cities.... the secular city accepts only power as ultimate arbiter of right and wrong and the power is determined by the elites whereas the City of God accepts God alone as source of what's good and see in the very warp and woof of nature itself a calling card of God's goodness. Thus regardless of one's social standing and 'power' one can be in the right.<br /><br />How far have we fallen when we adopt the worldly way of looking and reacting rather than the Christian way? In this the Africans put us to shame for they are Christians first and nationalists second. Jusadbellumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74693247395323147362015-10-16T15:56:23.199-04:002015-10-16T15:56:23.199-04:00Gob, your theology, and your perception of the the...Gob, your theology, and your perception of the theology of others, is pretty screwed up.Clyde Catholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-57487903019921287232015-10-16T15:53:03.206-04:002015-10-16T15:53:03.206-04:00GOB, I have always been fascinated by the Sacred H...GOB, I have always been fascinated by the Sacred Heart of Jesus beginning with my exposure to Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Augusta in the early 1960's until it was closed. My current parish, almost a replica of Sacred Heart, has a Sacred Heart Chapel which is quite beautiful and St. Margaret Mary is depicted in the large transept window experiencing the vision of the Sacred Heat. It is one of the most beautiful windows here.<br /><br />For me the love of the Sacred Heart compels me to conversion and I do not want to offend that Love, unconditional love in any way. And if I am in a state of offense I want to be washed clean through Sacramental confession. And if I happen to leave the priesthood, I would want to be properly lacized in order not to offend that love.<br /><br />The same should be true of anyone. Doctrines and dogmas and healthy theology inform, Christ is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity who is the Face of God and God's acceptance of us.<br /><br />To denigrate that love through an "I'm okay; you're okay" ideology is just down right sad. I've been there in the 70's and done that but thank God I'm not in arrested development and mired in it in 2015!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.com