tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post272990652944869579..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: IS THIS MAN THE NEXT POPE OR IS HIS EMINENCE A REMENANT OF THE CULTURE WARS THAT THE CHURCH SEEMS TO WANT TO ABANDON UNDER POPE FRANCIS? TIME WILL TELL!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-73085593367695797682016-05-20T21:44:48.545-04:002016-05-20T21:44:48.545-04:00QED.QED.Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-86758472584943842502016-05-20T15:54:13.852-04:002016-05-20T15:54:13.852-04:00"The treatment?" How about your passive-..."The treatment?" How about your passive-aggressive, rationalizing verbosity that drones onandonandon in ambiguous torrents of academic speak and other horse puckey...you and Lola/Lulu should get along famously.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10244593593912953272016-05-20T13:25:42.694-04:002016-05-20T13:25:42.694-04:00Lulu:
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, you are be...Lulu:<br /><br />Just in case you hadn’t noticed, you are being given “the treatment” by Gene, joined by Marc it seems with his mocking references to you as “Lola” (from the Kinks of course). Please don’t let them drive you away. Some of us welcome fresh voices on this blog, whatever their substantive positions may be.<br /><br />Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-23321313637721279002016-05-20T10:44:44.586-04:002016-05-20T10:44:44.586-04:00Okay.
Did you have fun typing all of that?Okay.<br /><br />Did you have fun typing all of that?Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-26923783728488365612016-05-20T10:19:53.098-04:002016-05-20T10:19:53.098-04:00Marc - I don't think luck has anything to do w...Marc - I don't think luck has anything to do with creeds and I don't know why you think it does. Be that as it may, one of the reasons the Church has creeds was to express the True Faith in the face of heresies and dissention. In short order, the creeds became teaching tools - witness the contemporary use of the Nicene Creed as the outline for the Catechism of the Catholic Church.<br /><br />No one ever intended the creeds to be complete expressions of Christian faith. To look to them with that expectation is fruitless.<br /><br />The creeds do, however, express that which is essential, that which is at the core of God's revelation.<br /><br />Lulunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59532090665935982472016-05-20T09:12:31.539-04:002016-05-20T09:12:31.539-04:00Cool story, Lola. Good luck with your ancient cre...Cool story, Lola. Good luck with your ancient creeds.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21601892895977374602016-05-20T08:39:43.679-04:002016-05-20T08:39:43.679-04:00Marc - The core of the Gospels is found in the anc...Marc - The core of the Gospels is found in the ancient creeds. That there are other elements of Sacred Scripture not mentioned in said creeds does not lessen the authority of the creeds or the authority of those other passages. Nor, actually, does it disprove any point I have made.<br /><br />Lulunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-71858691516313529392016-05-19T18:43:53.587-04:002016-05-19T18:43:53.587-04:00Lulu:
Yes I know , "you can lead a horse to w...<br />Lulu:<br />Yes I know , "you can lead a horse to water..."<br /><br />Having the Church and her sacraments available still surpasses whatever advantage any the other people you mentioned may have had. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-6776808243002769242016-05-19T15:41:04.936-04:002016-05-19T15:41:04.936-04:00Marc, why...do they write songs about people who h...Marc, why...do they write songs about people who have a cursory understanding of Church history and sociology and who speak in vague generalities regarding theology and the Creeds?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-38012686012052494372016-05-19T13:30:36.350-04:002016-05-19T13:30:36.350-04:00Gene, you need to listen to The Kinks more. Gene, you need to listen to The Kinks more. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-44855978573955329642016-05-19T12:55:01.329-04:002016-05-19T12:55:01.329-04:00Marc, Lulu (whoever he or she is) has an agenda wh...Marc, Lulu (whoever he or she is) has an agenda which, I'sure, will eventually come out.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30789401395963425362016-05-19T12:41:01.469-04:002016-05-19T12:41:01.469-04:00Lola,
Your theory is that the "core of the G...Lola,<br /><br />Your theory is that the "core of the Gospel" is found in the ancient Creeds. Yet, you're now talking about disordered desire for wealth, which is not mentioned in any of those Creeds. So, it seems you've disproved your own point, if you even had a point to begin with.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-20516322981188111832016-05-19T12:37:26.534-04:002016-05-19T12:37:26.534-04:00
Ah, James...the Epistle of Straw. Perhaps the wea...<br />Ah, James...the Epistle of Straw. Perhaps the weakest link in the Canon.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-44344464716538936022016-05-19T11:43:58.564-04:002016-05-19T11:43:58.564-04:00What lesson from Sacred Scripture doesn't, &qu...What lesson from Sacred Scripture doesn't, "indicate that the teaching of Christ unites the people in the Truth of Christ so that the people can be freed from enslavement to satan and his demons"?<br /><br />That's a rather general statement, one that does not reflect the specificity James seems to have intended regarding the dangers of a disordered desire for wealth and possessions.Lulunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-65767778994960317302016-05-19T10:04:12.342-04:002016-05-19T10:04:12.342-04:00Today's Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles t...Today's Lesson from the Acts of the Apostles tends to indicate that the teaching of Christ unites the people in the Truth of Christ so that the people can be freed from enslavement to satan and his demons. And that is the core of the Gospel: repentance and freedom from sin leading to life-everlasting for the elect who persevere in the faith.<br /><br />"In those days, Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached the Christ to them. And the crowds with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, listening to him and seeing the miracles that he worked. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, went out of many possessed persons, and may paralytics and cripples were cured. So there was great joy in that city."Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-24200778867015001142016-05-19T07:45:07.555-04:002016-05-19T07:45:07.555-04:00You like evasion, no?You like evasion, no?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-24486150608818507012016-05-19T07:40:08.674-04:002016-05-19T07:40:08.674-04:00George, The rich of the Loire Valley also had the ...George, The rich of the Loire Valley also had the Church. But today's lesson from the Letter of St. James notes that having the Church is not always a basis for Christian living: <br /><br />"Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.<br />Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten,<br />your gold and silver have corroded,<br />and that corrosion will be a testimony against you;<br />it will devour your flesh like a fire.<br />You have stored up treasure for the last days.<br />Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers<br />who harvested your fields are crying aloud;<br />and the cries of the harvesters<br />have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.<br />You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure;<br />you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.<br />You have condemned;<br />you have murdered the righteous one;<br />he offers you no resistance.Lulunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-85527344545737111812016-05-19T07:36:04.954-04:002016-05-19T07:36:04.954-04:00I, personally, believe that, "The core of the...I, personally, believe that, "The core of the Gospels can be found in the ancient creeds."<br /><br /><br />Lulunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-13209375676221757122016-05-19T07:16:13.625-04:002016-05-19T07:16:13.625-04:00Lulu, you are merely pointing to the Creeds in a g...Lulu, you are merely pointing to the Creeds in a general sense. Let me ask it this way, What do you, personally, believe is the core message of the Gospels?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68688389770972731092016-05-18T23:20:43.546-04:002016-05-18T23:20:43.546-04:00"Was there much difference between, say, Verc...<br /><br />"Was there much difference between, say, Vercingetorix's slaves and serfs in the Loire Valley in the 12th century? Probably not too much. Was there much difference between 12th century Loire Valley serfs and and Fort Walton Culture natives in Florida, the Lucayans of the Bahamas, or the Totonac of eastern Mexico? Probably not."<br /><br />Well, Lulu, I would choose to be a serf in the Loire Valley in the 12th century, since at least they had the Church, a not insignificant difference.<br /><br />"Not a lot changes come until 1) full-scale European colonization, 2) the Enlightenment, and 3)the industrial revolution arrives on the scene."<br /><br />A lot of changes did come about, but Reading Dickens and Upton Sinclair, we find that even into the 19th and 20th centuries,life for many people was hardly a bed of roses.<br /><br />Up until the 20th century in the United States for example, conditions for workers in the U.S. were such that the labor movement was without much power; there were no child labor laws, there was no 40 hour work week, 10 to 14 hour days were the norm, there was no time and a half for overtime, no paid time off, no employer provided medical insurance, no "cost-of living" raises, no workers comp, no unemployment insurance, no food stamps, and no Social Security and retirement pensions. <br /><br /><br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-69388478108640179182016-05-18T22:55:01.995-04:002016-05-18T22:55:01.995-04:00"Did anybody mention that in all of history t...<br />"Did anybody mention that in all of history there have been three African Popes?"<br /><br />Well Cardinal Sarah, if he was to be elected, would be the first pope from Sub-Saharan Africa. The three prior popes from that continent were from North Africa. Pope Miltiades was possibly from the berber people of North Africa. Nothing certain is known about Pope Gelasius I or Pope Victor I as far as what people thay came from. The denizens of North Africa prior to the Moslem invasion were more closely related to thosse in other Mediterranean cultures.<br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-35911020820100534082016-05-18T21:06:26.395-04:002016-05-18T21:06:26.395-04:00"after" = "are"
Stupid iPhone..."after" = "are"<br /><br />Stupid iPhone.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-11818700717718369182016-05-18T20:58:34.200-04:002016-05-18T20:58:34.200-04:00Loving God sounds so easy doesn't it? But what...Loving God sounds so easy doesn't it? But what does it mean to love God? After all, the radical Muslims do what they do because they love their fake "god." <br /><br />It turns out that the specifics of doctrine matter when it comes to loving God. So all those doctrines after the core of the Gospel. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-70210329944725892872016-05-18T18:07:11.181-04:002016-05-18T18:07:11.181-04:00The core message of the Gospel is to love God with...The core message of the Gospel is to love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind and to love one another as yourself. Love of God and love of each other. So, the task in making that our core purpose in life is to discern, and then live, what it truly means to love God and to love one another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-30059890867326345392016-05-18T17:44:09.776-04:002016-05-18T17:44:09.776-04:00Clerical celibacy is a discipline, not a doctrine....Clerical celibacy is a discipline, not a doctrine. Small "T" tradition vs. " Big T." Wasn't our first pope, St. Peter, married? Anyway, we already have married priests, in the Eastern Rite and for former Anglican clergy who have come our way. I don't view celibacy as a liberal or conservative question. It should not be equated with the really big things like abortion and same-sex marriage. Also it should be noted that a lot of the bad social change in this country has come via the courts...you know, like Roe v Wade, and same-sex marriage. While some states adopted same-sex marriage in the democratic process, most states overwhelmingly rejected it when put to the test. In Georgia for instance, 76% voted to ban same-sex marriage in 2004---18 points higher than the percentage George W. Bush got in the Peach State that year---so it wasn't just Republicans supporting the ban. That is why the presidential election is so important, even though we could certainly do better than Trump v. Clinton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com