tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post2719054775953590100..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: Holy Father & Faithful Bishops: Please Listen To The HeroesAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-81076370917333038662014-10-27T10:12:14.322+00:002014-10-27T10:12:14.322+00:00Thank you, Sadie.
I think we need to re-enforce th...Thank you, Sadie.<br />I think we need to re-enforce the true meaning of Communion, and a more vigorous fast too. But I think a longer fast, the requirement for Confession and a return to the ancient method of reception, are better than withholding the Lord from souls that He desires be united to Him. It is not just holding souls from Communion remember, but without God from souls.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-3079809955474230512014-10-27T08:09:56.528+00:002014-10-27T08:09:56.528+00:00I'm not convinced this will work. Catholics ap...I'm not convinced this will work. Catholics approach the Eucharist as if it is their right to receive. Shuffling up in a queue in the manner of consumers in a fast food joint, the present model is simply not working with or without confession. I would certainly encourage the latter but reintroduce a more rigourous fast for reception in a manner which quietly the reduces the rate at which we receive. Exceptions would of course be the sick and dying. A new understanding of 'communion' would be encouraged and we would be "in communion" with those people who canonically are unable to receive.Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-12111115878228703032014-10-26T23:27:41.621+00:002014-10-26T23:27:41.621+00:00Thank you, Sadie.
I can see where you are coming f...Thank you, Sadie.<br />I can see where you are coming from. Perhaps rather than discouraging frequent Holy Communion we need to encourage Confession as preparation for Communion, and return to the practices that demonstrate the sacred reality, that is, reception on the tongue while kneeling. Fundamentally, we need a return to sound Catechesis (in schools and in Homilies) on all aspects of the Most Holy Sacrament. <br />God BlessFr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-47105513411717136192014-10-26T19:59:08.041+00:002014-10-26T19:59:08.041+00:00The way forward out of this chaos is to discourage...The way forward out of this chaos is to discourage regular communion. We need a "new" Eucharistic theology and find alternative expressions towards Our Lord present in the blessed sacrament. The Church is being placed in an impossible situation and present pastoral praxis is creaking under the pressure.Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-67121970283003829282014-10-26T15:03:55.721+00:002014-10-26T15:03:55.721+00:00Thank you, Ellen.
You make a very good point: thos...Thank you, Ellen.<br />You make a very good point: those who seek to bring up their children with traditional morals have been badly let down because rebellious children can now say 'Even the Church isn't as hard and cold as you", The Dissenting voices at the Synod/in Rome have not helped families at all; they have opened them up to harm.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-7757372570483605692014-10-26T10:05:39.612+00:002014-10-26T10:05:39.612+00:00Thank you for this, Father. You are absolutely cor...Thank you for this, Father. You are absolutely correct. The "world" accepts "gay marriage", co-habitation, divorce, etc. and Catholics who try to follow, and teach their children, what the Church has always taught are a tiny minority. When traditional parents hear from their children that they are "unloving" and "rigid" and it even appears that this is what "The Church" is also now saying, how can they pass on the truth? Of course, we know that we must continue to stand firm and pray that God will protect our loved ones and especially His Church, but it is a huge cross and it is very necessary to hear that we are not alone. God is good and He is sending people like you, Father, as voices in the wilderness to comfort us. ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-82192638429253460572014-10-25T21:06:40.246+01:002014-10-25T21:06:40.246+01:00Thank you, Grandfather.
Secrecy at the Synod was a...Thank you, Grandfather.<br />Secrecy at the Synod was a very bad move and gave an ominous sign from the start. I wonder if the Modernisers knew there would be a battle but still expected to 'win' and end the day simply revealing what the Fathers had voted to accept. For this of course, they needed more 'progressives' among the Bishops than there actually are, thus the whole secrecy thing became seen as not the facilitation of confidentiality for the sake of free discussion, but rather more cloak-and-dagger for the sake of doctrinal subterfuge. It has done Francis no public good to have imposed this secrecy; rather, it has put him t -and a number of senior Bishops in a bad light. Thank God for the Faithful Bishops who stood up for the Truth.<br />Sadly, the cloak-and-dagger picture many have come to see in the Synod appears reminiscent of the way Vatican II was manipulated, though without the same level of success, though it also suggests too that the underhand machinations of Vatican II have continued on in the Church ever since the Council's close. Just a thought.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-7318622672779261802014-10-25T20:13:11.603+01:002014-10-25T20:13:11.603+01:00One of the accusations against Freemasonary is tha...One of the accusations against Freemasonary is that it is a secret society and yet here we have a secret Synod where the Faithful were deprived from hearing the views of the participants. I wonder why this was? Was it because those who controlled the Synod knew that their views were so much against the historic teaching of Holy Mother Church that they did not want to be identified as individuals and wished to vote in secret. Those who have come of this shambles with credit are the courageous ones who felt compelled to stand up for the truth and shamed those who, apparently, have lost their faith. Grandfathernoreply@blogger.com