tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post7716680341064448976..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: MORE ABOUT AN INCREASE OF VOCATIONS TO THE ORDERS OF NONES!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-73354513543105207802016-10-03T22:24:00.816-04:002016-10-03T22:24:00.816-04:00John:
As an aside to your comment about Chiang Ka...<br />John:<br /><br />As an aside to your comment about Chiang Kai-Shek.<br /><br />Soong Mei-ling, the eventual wife of Chiang Kai-shek, attended Wesleyan Colege here in Macon for a year before transferring to Wellesley College in Massachusetts, to be closer to her older brother who was studying at Harvard. Her other sisters Ching-ling and Ai-ling graduated from Wesleyan. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, Father of Modern China and first President of the Republic of China. She ended up supporting the communists and remained in China after the takeover. She became joint Vice President of the People's Republic of China with Dong Biwu from 1959 to 1972 <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-72883580452494385332016-10-03T20:17:18.324-04:002016-10-03T20:17:18.324-04:00"...to whom shall this century belong?" ..."...to whom shall this century belong?" Satan...hands down.Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-27139435835957861652016-10-03T12:58:07.574-04:002016-10-03T12:58:07.574-04:00John,
Thank you for this dialogue.
The big pictu...John,<br /><br />Thank you for this dialogue.<br /><br />The big picture historically though is if the 19th century was in many ways the British century, and the 20th century was the American century...... to who or whom shall this century belong?<br /><br />Any guesstimates?<br /><br />Paul.Paul https://www.blogger.com/profile/01822223437759094008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-89014620414386756912016-10-03T06:54:14.527-04:002016-10-03T06:54:14.527-04:00Anonymous @ 4:02, in order to simplify your news r...Anonymous @ 4:02, in order to simplify your news report, here is a more succinct summary of my comments: "Guns are good, queers are bad, unbelief is rampant among clergy and laity, the Pope is a disaster, and, this one time at band camp..."Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-89292250978078297192016-10-03T05:53:13.334-04:002016-10-03T05:53:13.334-04:00Paul
The fact that Sir John Monash was a very abl...Paul<br /><br />The fact that Sir John Monash was a very able commander (as was the Canadian Arthur Currie) shouldn't be used as a stick to beat the rest of the generals. The Australians had great respect for Birdwood and the Canadians likewise for Byng; after the war Byng was a popular Governor-General of Canada and Birdwood would have been Governor-General of Australia, were it not for the cronyism of the then Aussie PM.<br /><br /> John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-29093283127703976192016-10-03T05:35:25.776-04:002016-10-03T05:35:25.776-04:00Douglas MacArthur may be an American hero but he w...Douglas MacArthur may be an American hero but he was no friend of the British Commonwealth and was reluctant to give credit to the Australians under his command, despite the fact that in 1942 he had more Australian troops than American. This has tarnished his reputation down under and I'm surprised to see an Aussie sticking up for him.<br /><br />If he'd had his way, Hong Kong would have been handed over to Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese nationalists.<br /><br />His egotism, self-publicity and reluctance to co-operate with allies disqualify him from being in the same league as Wellington or Eisenhower (or, for that matter, Douglas Haig) despite his undoubted abilities. <br /><br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88292087616267889372016-10-03T03:43:20.412-04:002016-10-03T03:43:20.412-04:00John,
Yes, BTW I have drunk in a pub ironically n...John,<br /><br />Yes, BTW I have drunk in a pub ironically named after Bennett. RIP. 1962.<br /><br />Ever heard of General John Monash d 1931 and his role in WWI, especially commanding Allied troops in 1918?<br /><br />It is more than idle speculation that had Monash learned his playing field skills at Eton as opposed to having a down under Melbourne Jewish background many WWI battles could have ended differently, well with at least thousands less slaughtered like cattle during an often stale mate western front.<br /><br />Paul https://www.blogger.com/profile/01822223437759094008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51862338983165742582016-10-03T01:17:07.718-04:002016-10-03T01:17:07.718-04:00John,
Ever heard of Douglas M sp?
Philippines?
I ...John,<br /><br />Ever heard of Douglas M sp?<br />Philippines?<br />I shall return?<br /><br />After he left Manila?<br /><br /><br />Till then, till he was retired.....<br />Is he not an American hero?<br /><br />Paul.<br /><br />Paul https://www.blogger.com/profile/01822223437759094008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-66585387258886940622016-10-03T00:43:12.204-04:002016-10-03T00:43:12.204-04:00John,
I honestly respect you more than just about...John,<br /><br />I honestly respect you more than just about anyone here.<br /><br />My uncle Steve died in his 80s in this century after almost 4 years ending in late 1945 after shooting at Japanese at 18 and 14 stone and coming back crippled, broken and 7 stone and told he would never have children.<br /><br />Who ordered Steven and his group of comrades to surrender?<br /><br />Do you know that detail?<br /><br />If not why not comment on over one century big picture real politick sp?<br /><br />Paul.Paul https://www.blogger.com/profile/01822223437759094008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56962623620193873262016-10-02T22:16:54.798-04:002016-10-02T22:16:54.798-04:00I admire and am grateful for Australia and New Zea...I admire and am grateful for Australia and New Zealand. They have given me some imortant life experiences and I wish there were more.<br /><br />This is a pretty arcane blog. If a television news editor, even in Macon, GA, decided to include any of it in his broadcast it would either be an excruciatingly slow news day or he would be trying to get fired. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-71393987191678314122016-10-02T19:26:40.504-04:002016-10-02T19:26:40.504-04:00Gene merely said that he didn't care if the &#...Gene merely said that he didn't care if the 'LGBT tribe' was offended. Neither do I. Many of us find the public posturing of this strident lobby offensive, but do they care? They go out of their way to be offensive. <br /><br />I don't want to know what other people get up to in their own bedrooms, provided they don't frighten the horses. Having said that, I haven't checked whether zoophilia is on the ever-growing list of approved perversions.<br /><br />As for those who choose to abandon the faith, one has to ask if they were taught it properly in the first place. It's probably too late to rectify such a deficiency, so I am tempted to say, in the words of the great Duke of Wellington: "Damn 'em. Let 'em go."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-83367179838983631792016-10-02T18:46:47.616-04:002016-10-02T18:46:47.616-04:00Don't the Russians have a "Gene-Leak...? ...Don't the Russians have a "Gene-Leak...? I don't think I can wait....gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9696361509354302272016-10-02T16:58:50.523-04:002016-10-02T16:58:50.523-04:00Anonymous:
I am not sure how seriously to take yo...Anonymous:<br /><br />I am not sure how seriously to take your comment at 4:02 a.m. I am one of Gene’s main targets on this Blog, but let’s keep this in the family.<br />Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-57453122494100403662016-10-02T04:02:57.358-04:002016-10-02T04:02:57.358-04:00Gene can mock. Gene can pretend to be a true Chris...Gene can mock. Gene can pretend to be a true Christian. <br />He carries guns into the church and brags about breaking the law and the <br />rules of our bishop. Everyone knows Gene. And soon when the television<br />posts comments he has made on this blog public we will see what his<br />vast amount of "knowledge" can do to get him out of a hot mess. <br />Gene the RCIA past instructor, big private business man, soon to be <br />a star on local TV. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-32103310237755527932016-10-01T18:13:00.811-04:002016-10-01T18:13:00.811-04:00The surrender at Singapore in February 1942 is sti...The surrender at Singapore in February 1942 is still the subject of debate and recrimination. It was by far the greatest disaster ever to befall British arms; eighty thousand British, Indian, Australian and Malay troops went into ignominious and often fatal captivity. By all means blame Churchill and the war cabinet, although the very construction of the base in the interwar years was an attempt to counter what must be seen as the worst example of strategic overstretch in modern history. <br /><br />In Paul's worms-eye view it's all about the gallant Aussies being 'betrayed' by the Poms. In fact not all Australian units distinguished themselves. Desertion from the front line was common, and was noted by Australian officers. The Australian commander, Maj-Gen. Gordon Bennett actually abandoned his division the day before the surrender and escaped, turning up later in Australia. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-75556900747040400922016-10-01T08:36:50.131-04:002016-10-01T08:36:50.131-04:00For some reason the word "digger" means ...For some reason the word "digger" means something here down under.<br /><br />Was it north Africa in WW 2 the term was first used?<br /><br />My family history tells me little Australia down under supplied the best and bravest quite often back to the Boer War in South Africa for the UK and then in circa 1941 with the fall of Singapore......thanks to reformed drinker John C, our greatest PM who died to be replaced by Ben C in 1945, we have given our all to the good old USA........<br /><br />Family memories!<br /><br />I was a chief altar boy at Regina Coeli RC church as a boy down under.......<br /><br />A wonderful, beautiful Catholic Church partly built to a degree with grateful Yank money for down under help in Pacific battles roughly from Pearl Harbour to Nagasaki....<br /><br />The true and best soldiers in my extended family for a hundred years plus, who survived, did things like return from war and throw their medals in the mud and never march one day on Anzac day........<br /><br />Anzac Day?<br /><br />Australia and New Zealand?<br /><br />No since 1941, white, black and brindle Aussies and Kiwis have done our best for you be it Yankee boys or the South.....<br /><br />Understood?<br /><br />Paul.<br /><br />Southern Orders?<br /><br />My family soldiers echo it has been all the way with LBJ not just 63 to 68 but with evey USA president out of necessity since we were betrayed in 41 by the UK?<br /><br />OK?<br /><br />Paul.<br /><br />PS Trump or Clinton?<br /><br />We don't really care.<br /><br />We are grateful to be your allies.<br /><br />Such is life.<br /><br />Paul https://www.blogger.com/profile/01822223437759094008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-72501764599774726312016-10-01T07:14:31.543-04:002016-10-01T07:14:31.543-04:00"I am currently in Italy and soon in the Holy..."I am currently in Italy and soon in the Holy Land as a part of a continuing education program for priests at the North American College in Rome. It goes through October 21."<br /><br />Ok, so you are in Europe again on another really long vacation. Continuing education for what. You were just appointed pastor of a new parish and immediatley you leave and go on another long vacation. I don't think Pope Francis would like that, or would he.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87631840126834900772016-09-30T14:45:20.478-04:002016-09-30T14:45:20.478-04:00Fair point John, I was thinking of the business se...Fair point John, I was thinking of the business setting. In the pub I am likley to get called all sorts of things. Being Old South myself, I have struggled with the feelings I get when my Yankee son in law (otherwise the best young man she could have married) wants to address me by my first name. Now that I am a grandparent I have solved that by defaulting to the traditional 'Pap' for the family only and avoids troublesome informality. On mission crews we solved that by using callsigns. 'Digger', 'Simmer', 'Flog', usually based on a corruption of the name or a distinguishing characteristic. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40516292943938272812016-09-30T13:02:41.219-04:002016-09-30T13:02:41.219-04:00rcg
Americans are actually more courteous in ever...rcg<br /><br />Americans are actually more courteous in everyday speech than Brits; their habit of addressing strangers as sir or ma'am strikes us as rather old-fashioned (in a nice sort of way). This even extends to the military - Americans are often surprised at the apparent informality whereby a Brigadier will address a junior officer by his Christian name (although not the other way round!) and lieutenants, captains and majors are never addressed by their rank. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-33496792449038247102016-09-30T08:31:50.374-04:002016-09-30T08:31:50.374-04:00rcg - I am not mocking Gene's background. Whe...rcg - I am not mocking Gene's background. When, however, he hauls out his credentials or name drops in order to make himself seem to be superior to others, he is manifesting his deeply seated need to think well of himself at the expense, of course, of those he attacks.<br /><br />That type of behavior is what distracts us from the matter at hand and causes us to miss important points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-43580492056749818382016-09-30T06:36:03.116-04:002016-09-30T06:36:03.116-04:00Gene, You keep showing your true colors. "An...Gene, You keep showing your true colors. "Anonymous, my "one-upping" the aggressor has nothing to do with my need to think well of myself, rather only with the stupidity of the aggressor.."<br /><br />Yes, if the "aggressor" is showing "stupidity," then you are showing intellectual superiority. That is a prima facie evidence that you have a deep, deep seated need to think well of yourself. <br /><br />Thinking well of yourself is what keeps you from thinking of others much. And thinking of others, making their joys and concerns our own, is what we as Christians are meant to be about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-263920774941500922016-09-30T03:07:28.661-04:002016-09-30T03:07:28.661-04:00Rcg:
P.S. Let me add that I have found several of...Rcg:<br /><br />P.S. Let me add that I have found several of Gene’s comments, especially his theological comments, to be most illuminating and valuable. It would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater to overlook or to minimize the contribution they make to advancing the conversation just because one might find other comments to be objectionable and inappropriate.<br />Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-74885404415431922852016-09-30T02:58:10.436-04:002016-09-30T02:58:10.436-04:00Rcg:
Let me clarify that when I described the att...Rcg:<br /><br />Let me clarify that when I described the attitude and approach of Gene and his supporters in my previous comment I did not have you in mind at all, to the extent you are a supporter (perhaps I should have said “several of his supporters”). Your comments are invariably thoughtful and thought-provoking and I cannot recall them being delivered in anything other than a civil, gentlemanly, and measured manner.<br />Anonymous 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-55506915226435495162016-09-29T20:03:55.392-04:002016-09-29T20:03:55.392-04:00Commenting back in April 2015 on the results of a ...<br /><br />Commenting back in April 2015 on the results of a poll taken by the Public Religion Research Institute, which showed a majority of members of the major religious groups in America as "favoring" or "strongly favoring" legal recognition of marriages for LGBT couples, Robert Jones(head of PRRI) wrote in his blog that on this issue: "within many key groups—such as Catholics—support among rank and file members is now at odds with official church opposition.”<br /><br />So? As if God will now change His laws to reflect and conform with public opinion? There were those who,when Christ walked the earth, departed from Him because they found His teaching impossible to accept. In that regard, nothing has changed.<br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-65228186669604526572016-09-29T19:57:57.866-04:002016-09-29T19:57:57.866-04:00Gene is a hard ass. But It bothers me more when pe...Gene is a hard ass. But It bothers me more when people go off on him being a former protestant preacher and mock his substantial theological knowledge. I fear we will miss something important in our obstinancy. St Paul was a convert and a hard ass because he had a lot of time to make up. I like my extended discussions with Anon 2 and Fr K because I believe they are going somewhere useful, if not for the participants then hopefully for the audience. But many, the vast majority I fear, use civil discussion to negotiate and stall self correction. Sometimes you have to get their attention. For example there is the brittle veneer of civility of the British that is infectious and can pull even an American into a thorny subject but in a calm and thoughtful manner. And sometimes, as my father showed me, they will surrender to urgency and scream "LEFT SIDE, YOU DAMN YANK!!!" I can't let it hurt my feelsings. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.com