tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post6292861636909725479..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: BOMBSHELL! POPE FRANCIS CLARIFIES HIS TEACHING ON MARRIAGE AND SEXUAL MORALITY!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-65099057202259443372014-04-26T13:53:46.034-04:002014-04-26T13:53:46.034-04:00JBS
Charles Cole has published photographs on the...JBS<br /><br />Charles Cole has published photographs on the NLM website of the Easter Vigil at the London Oratory. There is one of the congregation holding their candles as the deacon sings the Exsultet. Given that the service is almost wall-to-wall Latin, and that some might have been there merely to hear the Haydn Nelson Mass, despite the 9.30 pm start (though not many - it is usually Xmas Midnight Mass which draws the Prots and once-a-year Catholics) the vast majority of those in the picture were born after the Council. <br /><br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30263989382838345322014-04-26T12:07:34.299-04:002014-04-26T12:07:34.299-04:00John Nolan said, "...congregations at traditi...John Nolan said, "...congregations at traditional liturgy (and I'm not only talking about the EF here)." That sentence, with its expansive use of the coveted word "traditional", should make our dear Pater Ignotus very happy! Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-35447318047394665512014-04-26T11:14:41.724-04:002014-04-26T11:14:41.724-04:00Anonymous, I don't always agree with what you ...Anonymous, I don't always agree with what you say, but although JP II was undeniably a great man, popes should not rush to canonize their immediate predecessors.<br /><br />If there is an underlying agenda to canonize the Council, then I am even more concerned. If, as is rumoured, Paul VI will be beatified later this year, then it would be akin to what commonly happens in the financial sector, namely bankers being handsomely rewarded for failure.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-70573014846518793292014-04-26T06:35:18.426-04:002014-04-26T06:35:18.426-04:00You keep trying to prop up the illusion that all i...You keep trying to prop up the illusion that all is well with the church and this papacy. <br /><br />The world is suffering, suffering because of the Church's refusal to speak the truth. Would the acceptance of "gay marriage" have spread worldwide so easily if the Church had been teaching the Truth for the last 50 years?<br /><br /> And now we have a rush to canonize two popes without following established, prudent, procedure. Any reasonable person can see this is going to be problematic. The media is already accusing the future saint Pope St. John Paul II of hiding the pedophile priests and bishops. And as usual we have Fr. Lombardi giving a stupid response. And I'm not being uncharitable to Lombardi but it is almost a decade of objectively stupid remarks. One thinks back to his denial that Pope Benedict as a child was a member of the Hitler Youth. Even though we have documentation and photographs. Instead of saying the truth, that the pope was forced to join like millions of other Germans at the time. He has a tizzy fit and says it's not true. <br /><br />Now we have the same man saying canonization doesn't make a ruling on the pontificate and personal mistakes of a person but it's about the respect they received. The facade is crumbling and constantly trying to deny real problems that are coming to a head with this pontificate is unbelievable for a faithful priest, which I believe you are. So sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88853150047218321432014-04-26T04:39:44.967-04:002014-04-26T04:39:44.967-04:00Henry, there has been a modest revival in vocation...Henry, there has been a modest revival in vocations in England and Wales over the last few years, and I am reliably informed that the bishops no longer block applicants for being "too traditional". Liberals have already expressed concern at the orthodoxy of the younger clergy. It might be a case of my getting older but Oratorians and Dominicans look decidedly younger, as do congregations at traditional liturgy (and I'm not only talking about the EF here).<br /><br />In certain dioceses in France bishops actually discouraged vocations as they wanted lay-led parishes, and Fr Dwight Longenecker claimed to have discerned the same in England. One hopes such attitudes are a thing of the past. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-23171206773823479452014-04-25T11:37:02.919-04:002014-04-25T11:37:02.919-04:00John, I understand that heartland Europe (and the ...John, I understand that heartland Europe (and the U.K. too?) is indeed a post-nuclear wasteland regarding the priesthood and new vocations. However, the U.S. is perhaps experiencing a veritable Renaissance, with the ordination of vibrant, faithful young priests exceeding the retirement replacement rate in many dioceses, and some of our best seminaries virtually full for the first time in decades. And the quality of these fine young priests and seminarians is even more impressive than their quality. Not to mention events like today's first Pontifical TLM at Mundelein Seminary (Chicago) in a half-century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74307623320685246472014-04-25T11:02:26.046-04:002014-04-25T11:02:26.046-04:00We are frequently told that the decline of the Chu...We are frequently told that the decline of the Church in her European heartland is compensated by the fact that she is thriving in other parts of the world, particularly in Africa. Pope Francis's comments would suggest otherwise. 'A significant decline in seminarians' does not bode well. Also one must remember that Christianity was only introduced to most of sub-Saharan Africa in the last 130 years or so and misguided attempts at 'inculturation' in the wake of Vatican II have undone a lot of the solid work put in by the missionaries in colonial times.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27473988667688528542014-04-25T09:59:21.090-04:002014-04-25T09:59:21.090-04:00One man and one woman: I wonder what the king of S...One man and one woman: I wonder what the king of Swaziland thought of those words, or what his many wives thought! Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-26495791226428418452014-04-25T09:35:23.657-04:002014-04-25T09:35:23.657-04:00Yum. Nothing like the smell of JPII in the morning...Yum. Nothing like the smell of JPII in the morning!!!!!Cameronnoreply@blogger.com