tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8357513251478512758..comments2024-03-28T18:02:12.286-04:00Comments on southern orders: AS MY CLAIRVOYANCE HAS INDICATED LOUDLY AND CLEARLY, THE SYNOD ON THE FAMILY IS NOT GOING TO BE A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM CATHOLIC DOGMA, DOCTRINE OR DISCIPLINE: IT WILL BE COMPLETELY POSITIVE AND HELPFUL TO ORTHODOX CATHOLICS! Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40435161668687333262017-09-04T16:14:18.252-04:002017-09-04T16:14:18.252-04:00Nice photoshopped pic of Pope Francis wearing a tr...Nice photoshopped pic of Pope Francis wearing a triregnum. No pope has worn one since Paul VI gave his away early in his pontificate.Ed Lambertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-28848117225200967802015-10-10T16:22:01.064-04:002015-10-10T16:22:01.064-04:00John has a good point. I wonder if his decision to...John has a good point. I wonder if his decision to be out of step with the other bishops in such a. Isi me way May to send a signal that he is not to be controlled or manipulated. I wonder if they are as perplexed as everyone else and if that not the intent. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-85315955004616706052015-10-10T00:01:43.071-04:002015-10-10T00:01:43.071-04:00I think Ross Douthat of the New York Times has the...I think Ross Douthat of the New York Times has the best predictions of the synod outcome of all: <br /><br /><br />"... At the same time, I also find it hard to believe that having encouraged the debate to go this far, having given the liberal position a newfound prominence, and having not once but now twice placed the synod’s leadership in the hands of churchmen whose views place them either firmly or ambiguously in Cardinal Kasper’s camp, Pope Francis would simply play Paul VI and issue a statement on marriage and communion that mirrors Humanae Vitae in disappointing every liberal hope.<br /><br />That scenario is dear to some Francis-admiring conservative Catholics, a few of whom have constructed elaborate narratives in which the pope has been merely giving Kasper et. al. the theological rope to hang themselves. But it strikes me as as deeply unrealistic and implausible and evidence-free. Again and again, Francis has shown effective favoritism toward the liberal view; again and again he has tried to position himself as a mediator between upholders of doctrine and would-be modernizers. On other questions — women as priests, for instance — he has been quick to say “John Paul II settled this,” but not on remarriage and communion; here, to the contrary, he has spoken favorably of new possibilities from the very beginning of his pontificate. The Holy Spirit might persuade him to reverse course, but the evidence we have suggests that a simple reaffirmation of church teaching is not what he intends.<br /><br />So if the full Kasper and the full Humanae Vitae are both out, what remains? The most plausible answer, or at least my own prediction, is simple ambiguity. <br /><br />...<br />Which means, I suppose, that I’m predicting that these fraught three weeks actually won’t be the most fraught period for the church in my lifetime going forward, and that what we’ve come to this week isn’t really an endpoint or a climax: It’s a doorway, with far more uncertainty, disputation and civil war waiting for Catholics on the other side." http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/05/predicting-the-synod/?_r=0<br /><br />So simple ambiguity is likely to continue until the end of this pontificate and civil war will rage on.<br /><br />Jan<br /><br /><br />http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/05/predicting-the-synod/?_r=0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12608032617363199502015-10-09T19:27:35.110-04:002015-10-09T19:27:35.110-04:00Your really kidding me! Clairvoyance - all will tu...Your really kidding me! Clairvoyance - all will turn out right. You have no basis to believe this. We are all seeing the same reports, lack of reports and distortions coming from Fr. Rosica. All of this is happening under the "merciful," "non-judgmental" eyes of Francis. He is ether ignorant, or a clever fox waiting to rob the hen house. We may soon have three popes, or three men in white. One claiming to have resigned and two claiming the throne. If St. Catherine were alive, she would give Francis a good piece of her mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9564172529181389112015-10-09T12:28:04.079-04:002015-10-09T12:28:04.079-04:00Jorge Bergoglio was happy to wear the mozzetta as ...Jorge Bergoglio was happy to wear the mozzetta as bishop, archbishop and cardinal. It is not 'monarchical'; it is simply part of prelatial choir dress. To discard it on his election to the papacy is wilful and indeed monarchical, and puts him out of step with every other bishop. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75411785824055034452015-10-09T12:25:08.386-04:002015-10-09T12:25:08.386-04:00Ya right. Okay. I'm sure that the ones on the ...Ya right. Okay. I'm sure that the ones on the committee (who have already written the final document, probably 5 months ago) Daneels, Forte, Baldassari and the head Jesuit are just the ones to uphold orthodoxy. You do realize Father that your statements are making you seem naïve beyond belief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-19872815377090018532015-10-09T12:05:05.383-04:002015-10-09T12:05:05.383-04:00Enough of Pope Francis already good grief, let'...Enough of Pope Francis already good grief, let's wait it out and pray for Burke, Ranjith or Sarah to restore The Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church and TLM!! Father, you are way to obsessed with this Jesuit from Argentina kinda weird, you defend him at every corner and spin and spin and spin, and what's up with the tiara? Never gonna happen with this guy!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53036118109450081232015-10-09T10:09:29.574-04:002015-10-09T10:09:29.574-04:00Father, I certainly hope that I am misreading the ...Father, I certainly hope that I am misreading the pope. However, as a fellow clairvoyant, you must know that one cannot choose how the visions of the future are presented.<br /><br />I think that you are misreading the pope when he talks about things like relativism. I think that the pope sees the devil manifesting himself in doctrinal rigidity. He sees "legalism" as a satanic thing. With that in mind, his sermon today more than supports my clairvoyant vision of this synod -- he wants to destroy any vestiges of "rigidity" in the doctrine and practice.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-62759275816946071722015-10-09T09:50:57.835-04:002015-10-09T09:50:57.835-04:00Marc all this sounds like the very "relativis...Marc all this sounds like the very "relativism" that Pope Francis preaches on at his daily Mass just this morning, Rome time. He links what you say about him to the devil. I suspect you are misreading the synod and this pope! (please see my newest post on the Devil and Pope Francis).Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80507395448258074112015-10-09T09:47:09.468-04:002015-10-09T09:47:09.468-04:00My clairvoyance also tells me that a document will...My clairvoyance also tells me that a document will issue that will begin to soften the Church's teaching on the intrinsically disordered nature of homosexuality and its acts. There will be no change in this doctrine at this synod, but the table will be set for a later synod to change the doctrine and the God of Surprises will develop the doctrine at some future time to let everyone know that homosexuality is fine since people are born that way.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-71667166470055008972015-10-09T09:44:34.528-04:002015-10-09T09:44:34.528-04:00My clairvoyance tells me that the pope will make a...My clairvoyance tells me that the pope will make allowance for the divorced and "remarried" to receive Holy Communion, but in doing so, he will give some nod to the national bishops' conferences to determine the way the "penitential" period proceeding the allowance of Holy Communion will proceed.<br /><br />In doing so, the pope will promulgate a practice that is at odds with the doctrine. In an attempt to fool the masses, many bishops will say that the doctrine remains in force. People will see through that, and the pope will be deposed because he will have attempted to separate the practice from the doctrine established by Christ. <br /><br />This will result in chaos among the Catholics who still care about doctrine, while the majority of the people in the Church will continue to go along with whatever and write blogs like this one saying that everything is fine. In reality, the see of Rome will be vacant and people will be very troubled.<br /><br />Whatever happens, some amount of irreparable damage has already been done.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-91196877171827591242015-10-09T09:04:47.015-04:002015-10-09T09:04:47.015-04:00Seriously? It wasn't too hard to skim the arti...Seriously? It wasn't too hard to skim the article and glean the hunky-doryness. I'm sure it will soon be raining gumdrops and honey at the Synod. I am so comforted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-55870703789335875042015-10-09T09:00:48.855-04:002015-10-09T09:00:48.855-04:00There is no way you read this post and commented s...There is no way you read this post and commented so quickly as I just now posted it!!! CAUGHT!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56294783369874325772015-10-09T08:56:58.011-04:002015-10-09T08:56:58.011-04:00Well I am certainly glad to know that everything i...Well I am certainly glad to know that everything is just hunky-dory in the Church and at the Synod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com