ON THIS ASH WEDNESDAY, SOME SOBERING PROPHETIC THOUGHTS FROM THE LATE CARDINAL GEORGE OF CHICAGO
"Speaking a few years ago to a group of priests, entirely outside of the
current political debate, I was trying to express in overly dramatic
fashion what the complete secularization of our society could bring,"
writes the Cardinal. "I was responding to a question and I never wrote
down what I said, but the words were captured on somebody’s smart phone
and have now gone viral on Wikipedia and elsewhere in the electronic
communications world. I am (correctly) quoted as saying that I expected
to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will
die a martyr in the public square. What is omitted from the reports is a
final phrase I added about the bishop who follows a possibly martyred
bishop: 'His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and
slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in
human history.' What I said is not 'prophetic' but a way to force people
to think outside of the usual categories that limit and sometimes
poison both private and public discourse."
What Cardinal George said seems to be playing out in real time with Cardinal Pell and 1 Peter 5 seems to have made some salient points:
But now, after years of tireless efforts, Australia has a judgment
against this hated figure who stood against the hedonistic impulses of
the nation as a defender of Catholic orthodoxy. It is noteworthy, in
public discussions of the case, that homosexual activists seem to be
among those most gleeful over Pell’s conviction. That doesn’t appear to
be a coincidence. Pell was notorious for not succumbing to their
demands. He wouldn’t pretend that homosexuality was a force for societal
good. He didn’t downplay the risks it posed to those engaged in the
lifestyle. And so it’s no surprise that he was hated by them.
1 comment:
TJM
said...
Here's a little nugget from the Tablet aka the Bitter Pill:
WHY SOCIAL JUSTICE IS KILLING SYNAGOGUES AND CHURCHES Data suggests that the more a religious movement is concerned with progressive causes, the more likely it is to rapidly lose members
Sadly, we now have a social justice loon as the Archbishop of Chicago, and the numbers keep going down. The last Archbishop, Cardinal George, was Catholic.
1 comment:
Here's a little nugget from the Tablet aka the Bitter Pill:
WHY SOCIAL JUSTICE IS KILLING SYNAGOGUES AND CHURCHES
Data suggests that the more a religious movement is concerned with progressive causes, the more likely it is to rapidly lose members
Sadly, we now have a social justice loon as the Archbishop of Chicago, and the numbers keep going down. The last Archbishop, Cardinal George, was Catholic.
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