tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post4979183650484949500..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: IF THE DOMESTIC CHURCH, THE FAMILY, REALLY DID THEIR JOB, EVEN THE WORST PARISH WOULD PROVIDE STRONG CATHOLICS!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42318006790905922072014-11-02T06:35:41.019-05:002014-11-02T06:35:41.019-05:00Of the various Catholic Churches I attend, the onl...Of the various Catholic Churches I attend, the only one in which I have heard those things mentioned is St. Joseph's, but Fr. and his Vicars are a bit out of step. As much as Fr. tries to apologize for the post-Vat II Church, his heart is just not in it. That is great, but his ambivalence is killing me...Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-55915063928431370472014-11-01T23:49:00.415-04:002014-11-01T23:49:00.415-04:00Pater Ignotus says: "If you go to the local B...Pater Ignotus says: "If you go to the local Baptist Church you will hear nothing of sacraments or the sacrifice of the altar, the popes or Purgatory, the distinction between mortal and venial sin, or the evil of divorce and 'remarriage.'"<br /><br />He might not hear that down at the Church that has "Catholic" in its name, either!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-67587804639993221442014-11-01T22:42:46.176-04:002014-11-01T22:42:46.176-04:00cpttom, exactly so.cpttom, exactly so.Jdjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-33377347647402735202014-11-01T19:52:18.770-04:002014-11-01T19:52:18.770-04:00Pater Ignatius, I think you may have missed Luke&#...Pater Ignatius, I think you may have missed Luke's point. He'd have an expectation that the Baptist parish would actually support Baptist teaching, as opposed what I have seen in Catholic parishes that have no idea how to be Catholic, and spend most of their time trying to be (and failing) something else, even to the point of undermining mere Christianity. I submit that many Catholic Parishes are hostile to orthodox Catholicism, and as a parent who tries to be faithful to the Church, they are not only no help but in fact a detriment to raising Catholic children.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527703911965463551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9134688361802037472014-11-01T19:18:38.412-04:002014-11-01T19:18:38.412-04:00Last daughter has been at university for her first...Last daughter has been at university for her first semester this year. We visited last weekend and while walking past the beautiful little Church in the small town I asked her how she what she thought of it. She had been 'accused' by our priest at home of being rebellious and a little disrespectful at times. She has a strong will. She told me that she found out how much the traditional Mass had affected her when she saw how many of the other students dressed. she wanted to ask them if they knew where they were. If she stays like that the rest of her education is, as far as I am concerned, a bonus. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-32321881606539577892014-11-01T16:29:46.195-04:002014-11-01T16:29:46.195-04:00Luke - If you go to the local Baptist Church you w...Luke - If you go to the local Baptist Church you will hear nothing of sacraments or the sacrifice of the altar, the popes or Purgatory, the distinction between mortal and venial sin, or the evil of divorce and "remarriage."<br /><br />You and your children will be held hostage by "Sola Scriptura" and private interpretation. The Baptism of infants will be scoffed at, the canonization of Saints will be laughed at, and the liturgical seasons will be sneered at.<br /><br />Will you worry about your daughter's faith in a Baptist Church? Pater Ignotusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-7029286390518389262014-11-01T11:07:19.615-04:002014-11-01T11:07:19.615-04:00Amen, Luke, excellent questions! I wish some holy...Amen, Luke, excellent questions! I wish some holy priests here had answers for you...we will see...Jdjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-4522842933800344022014-11-01T11:02:42.681-04:002014-11-01T11:02:42.681-04:00This would make a good homily (or part of a homily...This would make a good homily (or part of a homily) to be said at every Mass on some Sunday. And repeated with regularity. I think it is to be accepted that given the state of the world today, raising children to be good Catholics can be difficult. Though difficult, is not by any means impossible. Parents must be exhorted to fight the good fight.<br /><br />"For their part, parents need to realize a hands-off approach to religion has consequences." "Parents, for better or worse, are actually the most influential pastors ... of their children," Smith said. "Parents set a kind of glass ceiling of religious commitment, above which their children rarely rise."<br /><br />I recall some years back watching a nun being interviewed on EWTN. She recounted a visit to a family that was having family relationship problems. She went to the home, was invited in, and sat down with the children who were watching TV while she waited on the mother. She was appalled at what the children were watching.When the mother came into the room her told her "get rid of the television". She recounted going back weeks later and finding that the TV had indeed been removed and that the relationship among the family members was much improved. The parents and children were talking more with each other and getting along much better.<br />Parents:"What are you allowing to influence you children?"Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56899461824426723092014-11-01T10:26:40.236-04:002014-11-01T10:26:40.236-04:00This is one of my biggest struggles with the Catho...This is one of my biggest struggles with the Catholic Church. I converted 10 years ago from the Episcopal church. When it was just me to worry about I could ignore Fr. Relevant and Sr. Sandals. But now that I have a wife and 2 year old daughter what do I do?<br /><br />Should I let all of the teaching I do at home be undermined at the local parish? Orthodox Catholic parents become isolated from the average parish for this very reason. It is easier to pass on the faith by teaching your children at home and only going to the parish for mass one hour a week, hoping that dissent, heterodoxy, and liturgical abuses are minimal. <br /><br />If I went to the local Baptist church down the street do you think I would have to worry about my daughter's faith in Christ being undermined by what she hears from the pulpit or in Sunday school?<br /><br />I believe the Catholic church possesses the fullness of the Faith. But when it is placed under a bushel or outright rejected by the ones that are in charge, is it better off going somewhere that does not have the full Truth but nonetheless believes in the Bible and Christian morality?<br /><br />These are very challenging times for Christian parents. We should be able to look for the Church for guidance. For the last 35 years we could point to the Pope as a voice crying out in the wilderness of secularism and relativism against those in the Church who have compromised with the world. Can we do that now? My answer right now is I don't think so.<br />Lukenoreply@blogger.com