tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8573946665137961769..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: CARLO CARDINALE CAFFARRA, EMERITUS ARCHBISHOP OF BOLOGNA ON MARRIAGE AND THE JOY OF LOVE AND FATIMA COMES INTO PLAY YET AGAIN!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-3872706945597747222016-06-01T16:14:19.979-04:002016-06-01T16:14:19.979-04:00gob, 7 children? Proves that you were Catholic onc...gob, 7 children? Proves that you were Catholic once upon a time. Most left-wing loon Catholics I know are around your vintage. Enjoy your anniversary! TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-11312750889882549652016-05-31T09:48:38.595-04:002016-05-31T09:48:38.595-04:00Hey gob.....interesting that you identify as liber...Hey gob.....interesting that you identify as liberal and not as a Catholic.<br /><br /><br />Congratulations on your anniversary.johnnycnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-53914760154094585242016-05-31T08:13:58.938-04:002016-05-31T08:13:58.938-04:00gob,
Why would you think people here would critic...gob,<br /><br />Why would you think people here would criticize your wedding anniversary? Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76714682884269118572016-05-30T20:24:43.412-04:002016-05-30T20:24:43.412-04:00gob,
Same anniversary date as our oldest daughter ...gob,<br />Same anniversary date as our oldest daughter married by Fr. McDonald in 2001. We will be hosting grandkids while they celebrate. <br />Many blessings to all who persevere in marriage!!!<br />Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400691261382506978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10455354151681860672016-05-30T19:40:57.579-04:002016-05-30T19:40:57.579-04:00Congratulations, gob, to you and your wife. June 2...Congratulations, gob, to you and your wife. June 2 is also my parent's anniversary -- they've been married nearly 40 years. An auspicious day to get married, perhaps. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-82684853568704562422016-05-30T18:40:59.019-04:002016-05-30T18:40:59.019-04:00I'm probably exposing myself to shots from tho...I'm probably exposing myself to shots from those who are waiting for old liberals like me to die off, but my wife and I will be celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary on June 2.....We will be joined in celebrating by our 7 (adult) children..gobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-71798994671318052242016-05-30T16:00:57.154-04:002016-05-30T16:00:57.154-04:00Here are two further videos by the Diocese of Sava...Here are two further videos by the Diocese of Savannah concerning St. Anthony de Padua:<br /><br />The dedication:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gaiOZBOQSc<br /><br />Specific video of the carvings (featuring Mr. Johnson) :<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU4bk_cnFZI<br /><br />Father Timmons (especially because of the use of Cyprus!) and Father Gabbitt would be very pleased to see these results from such humble beginnings.<br /><br />May God bless the parishioners of St. Anthony de Padua and Father Freddy Angel.Paul Bigelownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25509823173713893482016-05-30T14:22:34.786-04:002016-05-30T14:22:34.786-04:00The photo of St Joseph's, with the "Long ...The photo of St Joseph's, with the "Long Goodbye" title is very thought provoking. I have moved frequently and always tried to have a garden. The same techniques and ideas dont work everywhere. Finding out what works best in each location made it fun and kept me from getting bored. Good luck in your new garden rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-29980663996690600212016-05-29T18:19:18.415-04:002016-05-29T18:19:18.415-04:00My sister-in-law just forwarded to my daughter a s...My sister-in-law just forwarded to my daughter a story from EWTN Nightly News showing the dedication of St. Anthony of Padua church in Ray City, Ga. This is the "Angels in Cypress" church shown on a previous post. My wood carving brother, Roger, his wife, my wife (and myself) as well as my two beautiful daughters (at the sanctuary entrance in a scene with Father Angel all had our "moment of fame" on EWTN!Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-48213292853559754552016-05-29T12:54:02.943-04:002016-05-29T12:54:02.943-04:00Vox Cantoris:
As much as you raise important and i...Vox Cantoris:<br />As much as you raise important and interesting points, it would be beneficial for you to read things more carefully sometimes. A footnote is a footnote to some more apt text in the body of the work. In this case it raises a side issue for paragraph 305. The footnote merely points out that the Sacrament of Confession can be used pastorally to instruct the sinner on how to conform his life to the will of God. <br />Indeed, this is very much in the ethos of the Holy Father's way of preaching the Gospel to the modern world. If you tell someone living in co-habitation that he is a sinner and will go to hell, you will not get very far in this world where psuedo-tolerance and relativism reigns, even though it is true. The point is for the sinner to voluntarily change his ways, not to condemn him with fear of hell. The Holy Father has been trying to make friends with the modern world insofar as this will allow for an opening, a dialogue with this world, where the world may be more receptive of the Church's teachings. Of course it is risky, but it is a method that he has chosen, and we should help him rather than hinder him and give it a chance to see how well it will work. <br />With regards to that footnote, the discussion is about a sinner who does not understand that he is a sinner. Unlike the State which assumes that you are guilty when breaking the law even if ignorant of the law and so must suffer due punishment, the Church is more merciful. That co-habitation is nothing more than socially accepted fornication is a frame of thinking that is very alien to most people in the industrialiesd world today. So what do you do? The sinner may be trying to get closer to God, but there are a lot of obstacles in his world view that he has inculcated from society. So God is offering the sinner His Grace, and the Church must help him to accept it. And Confession can be used for that purpose, which is what the footnote points out. <br />It is to be expected that the rupturists will take little snippets of text out of context and sow division and confusion, but I would certainly hope that the orthodox Catholic would take the time to learn what the Holy Father says and present that truth to the world. Certainly I prefer more clarity such as the clarity of a scholar like Ratzinger, but, on the other hand, how does one know that Francis is not purposely being vague and confusing sometimes so as to illicit discussion through which people, nay the world, can become aware of the issues, and perhaps even seek to pursue the matter further? I had a professor once who frequently did this with his students.<br /><br />Victor Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-77695442504647794292016-05-29T11:55:32.440-04:002016-05-29T11:55:32.440-04:00Vox, as I had noted a few minutes on your great bl...Vox, as I had noted a few minutes on your great blog, the comment by Richard Gaillardetz, if the comment in question is his, is meaningless in regard to that which Pope Francis teaches. The comment in question has misrepresented His Holiness Pope Francis. <br /><br />Vox, Pope Francis called upon pastors to leave the securities of their chanceries and rectories. He urged pastors to circulate among the people. Why on earth would that, in turn, spur Churchmen to overthrow "controversial doctrines"?<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark Thomas<br /><br />"In his post-synodal Exhortation on the Family, Amoris Lætitia (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis states clearly: “In no way must the Church desist from proposing the full ideal of marriage, God’s plan in all its grandeur … proposing less than what Jesus offers to the human being.” This is why the Holy Father openly and vigorously defends Church teaching on contraception, abortion, homosexuality, reproductive technologies, the education of children and much more."<br /><br /><br /><br />places, of your episcopal residences go set aside the small minded rules that often keep you locked up and shielded from the world."<br />Pope Francis <br /><br />. Mark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-28203016715646511362016-05-29T09:40:37.603-04:002016-05-29T09:40:37.603-04:00Fr McDonald, I noticed your comment, "The lon...Fr McDonald, I noticed your comment, "The long goodbye", and I feel for you having to leave behind such a beautiful church - even though the new one is quite tasteful in a modern way. Of course, it is only human to feel some nostalgia about a place one has been for a number of years and worked so hard to beautify it and build up the liturgy. I am sure, though, the natural beauty of being near the sea will help to make up for leaving behind the beauty of St Joseph's, and of course God is always there wherever you go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-70219191310222436992016-05-29T09:19:53.298-04:002016-05-29T09:19:53.298-04:00Cardinal Caffarra along with Cardinals Burke, Sara...Cardinal Caffarra along with Cardinals Burke, Sarah, Muller, Scola, are exceptional. Unfortunately under this pontificate faithful prelates like them have been marginalized and ignored. For whatever reason Our Lord is allowing this papacy to humble faithful Catholics. Maybe to remind us that our hope rests in God alone not in man. At least that is how I choose to view this horrible situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-47063285346671769362016-05-29T08:28:38.303-04:002016-05-29T08:28:38.303-04:00Cardinal Caffarra is a good man. He is one of the ...Cardinal Caffarra is a good man. He is one of the five Cardinals who authored the book which another Cardinal, Baldisseri, prevented Cardinals and Bishops from receiving at the Synod.<br /><br />He has recently said that the Pope cannot change doctrine in a footnote.<br /><br />But that isn't how doctrine changes, is it?<br /><br />"Will this Pope re-write controversial Church doctrines? No. But that isn't how doctrine changes. Doctrine changes when pastoral contexts shift and new insights emerge such that particularly doctrinal formulations no longer mediate the saving message of God's transforming love. Doctrine changes when the Church has leaders and teachers who are not afraid to take note of new contexts and emerging insights. It changes when the Church has pastors who do what Francis has been insisting: leave the securities of your chanceries, of your rectories, of your safe places, of your episcopal residences go set aside the small minded rules that often keep you locked up and shielded from the world."<br /><br />This often stated quote in print and video by Father Thomas J. Rosica, CSB which we have on video unattributed to its originator, Richard Gaillardetz in the National Catholic Reporter.<br /><br />You see, a footnote can indeed, change doctrine.Vox Cantorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987049370515084083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15851541643867503542016-05-29T08:05:57.641-04:002016-05-29T08:05:57.641-04:00True sausage never be should seen made. True is eq...True sausage never be should seen made. True is equally present to know that marriage is not is so easy. In fact we observe that charity guides us to where i should be to distinguise marital and martial laws.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.com