tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post7706918401821180630..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: HOLY MOTHER CHURCH NEEDS YOU TO BRING MORE CHILDREN TO THE CHURCH TO BE MOTHEREDFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12996857005544684662013-09-14T06:33:07.111-04:002013-09-14T06:33:07.111-04:00I read the entire letter. It is still careless the...I read the entire letter. It is still careless theological language leaning toward indifferentism.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42909103553413925112013-09-13T22:09:09.547-04:002013-09-13T22:09:09.547-04:00The Pope did NOT say that atheists can get to heav...The Pope did NOT say that atheists can get to heaven by "having a good conscience." For many years now the media is likely to get it wrong when reporting on the Church. http://www.catholicvote.org/what-pope-francis-really-said-about-atheists/Militia Immaculatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021417068774633653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27948922368660225572013-09-13T16:22:30.191-04:002013-09-13T16:22:30.191-04:00Templar: You ask an excellent question. I have ask...Templar: You ask an excellent question. I have asked myself this question too. I think there are several possible answers that could be given but for the moment I want to mention the simplest and most direct one: Because God called me to be a Catholic. Whatever other more sophisticated answers may be given, this simple one suffices, at least for me. It is the one I give when I am asked why I remain a Catholic, even though I sometimes give other more elaborate reasons too.<br /><br />Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10203134464255964202013-09-13T12:46:42.455-04:002013-09-13T12:46:42.455-04:00Henry, Fr. Riehl said much of this at SJN in Farra...Henry, Fr. Riehl said much of this at SJN in Farragut, to much criticism (though mostly from his pastor, I think.) In my own parish, Fr. Okeke always gave strong homilies, with hard teachings, and I know he received many complaints from the laity. He was in his first assignment after ordination, so has been reassigned, but happily, only a few miles away.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858195676825602917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15901045148784481732013-09-13T07:10:03.396-04:002013-09-13T07:10:03.396-04:00'What must I do to be saved?"
"Belie...'What must I do to be saved?"<br />"Believe on Him who was sent."<br /><br />"I am the Resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."<br /><br />The Pope needs to review Scripture a bit. It is fine and good to emphasize the love of Christ and His desire to bring everyone into his fold...but, God's mercy does, indeed, have limits...unless Scripture is lying.<br />Also, a review of Augustine will remind us that our "conscience," though able to lead us to some realization of God's existence and creative power, is darkened by sin and cannot, by itself, lead us to belief in Christ.<br /><br />This was always a contention between Catholics and Calvinists...Catholics charging Calvinists with denying the imago Dei, and Calvinists charging Catholics with being soft on sin and giving too large a role to human initiative. The struggle continues...Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88527673598965271882013-09-12T09:30:07.968-04:002013-09-12T09:30:07.968-04:00If any priest were bold enough to preach these wor...<b>If any priest were bold enough to preach these words today . . . they would be crucified by their parishioners . . ."</b><br /><br />Actually, Fr. John A. Orr has said these same things in his EF sermons in Knoxville (and, I assume, also in his OF sermons) and has not yet been crucified for it (at least, not literally).Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40151983098590154612013-09-12T08:38:45.873-04:002013-09-12T08:38:45.873-04:00The Pope also seems to have said that Atheists can...The Pope also seems to have said that Atheists can get to Heaven by being people of good conscience because God's Mercy is all encompassing. So if I get that reasoning straight there's really absolutely for me to try and live the life of a faithful Catholic. I mean Mass, Communion, Devotions, Sacrifice, Fasting, Confession, Mortification, and all the countless things that Catholics do are really meaningless trappings of a deluded people who believe in God, and that if I spend my days renouncing such people as loons, but live a life of good conscience (I assume here we're just going to follow the 10 commandmants as "social rules") then *poof* I'm in.<br /><br />So, tell me again Holy Father, why should I be a Catholic? Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.com