tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8191983620489824883..comments2024-03-28T16:23:19.433-04:00Comments on southern orders: A BLOG FROM AMERICA MAGAZINE THAT IS, WELL FUNNY AND TRUE EVEN COMMENTS MADE ON MY LITTLE OLD HUMBLE BLOGFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-55958999036027749242012-04-13T22:07:46.206-04:002012-04-13T22:07:46.206-04:00Yes he clearly pulled content from THIS blog! haha...Yes he clearly pulled content from THIS blog! hahaha <br />this is too funny!<br />~SLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-19064916646611484852012-04-13T14:07:33.177-04:002012-04-13T14:07:33.177-04:00Where did you find those two photos of typical lit...Where did you find those two photos of typical liturgists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-48670293126736382722012-04-13T13:06:50.141-04:002012-04-13T13:06:50.141-04:00Oops, I forgot to mention a particularly important...Oops, I forgot to mention a particularly important point regarding the legitimacy of 1, 2, and 5: the undeniable fact that modernism is at work among both Catholic clergy and laity and it requires a response.Hammer of Fascistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647227447212096501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21187373320166597872012-04-13T12:44:23.749-04:002012-04-13T12:44:23.749-04:00it's pretty clear that, in general, people ten...it's pretty clear that, in general, people tend to be much less civil in the arm's length of cyberspace than they are in real life, and that's a shame. There's also the problem of lack of visual cues and such. Catholic blogs aren't immune from these problems.<br /><br />But there's nothing inherently wrong with at least some of the five common responses that Fr. Martin lists, despite his implying that there _is_ something wrong with them. As for "1) Your soul is in mortal danger," that can certainly be slung around in a presumptuous way (especially if it morphs into "your soul is in mortal danger if you don't agree with _me_,") but the Church does teach the fact and danger of hell, and one of the spiritual works of mercy is to admonish sinners.<br /><br />Likewise with "2.) You’re uneducated and need to be schooled." No objective observer today can deny the near-total breakdown in catechesis for the past two generations, so this problem is endemic within the Church. Furthermore, instruction of the ignorant is another of the spiritual works of mercy. The problem is that those doing the instructing are often insufficiently catechized themselves, and sometimes they can also be rather nasty in their approach, which generates heat rather than light. <br /><br />Numbers 3 and 4 are so fallacious and/or gratuitously insulting they need no response here. as for "5.) You’re disobedient and must be reported," it has two problems. First it's an extreme reaction; this is a remedy not to be used lightly, but folks tend to simply throw it around. Second, since VII the hierarchy has usually shown great reluctance to act on genuinely well-founded reports, rendering the remedy largely sterile and so not a credible threat even when it is genuinely needed.<br /><br />Just my $0.02 worth.Hammer of Fascistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647227447212096501noreply@blogger.com