tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post339312606475577104..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: Bishop Egan’s Pastoral Wisdom on FuneralsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-65582277280897417322015-01-19T22:55:33.051+00:002015-01-19T22:55:33.051+00:00@ Deacon,
Cheer up. The priests have not been bu...@ Deacon,<br /><br />Cheer up. The priests have not been bumped off, I hope ?<br /><br />They can always go and join the steadily growing Traditional orders - which is probably where they will eventually end up anyway! Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-2076907756869145782015-01-19T01:35:13.074+00:002015-01-19T01:35:13.074+00:00"He’s not going to sack you. With the rapidly..."He’s not going to sack you. With the rapidly crashing number of priests, you are too valuable!"<br /><br />Jacobi, that is far too rational - the real world is not so logical. If I were to tell you that one of the fastest growing new religious orders in the world with over 300 priests has been decimated in months, simply because they rubbed the ideologues up the wrong way, I think that would illustrate that nobody is indispensable.<br /><br />Whenever the prevailing ideology in an institution laughs at logic, reason, truth, goodness and beauty, it is impossible to deal with it in a logical way. I am sure that is not the case in Hexham and Newcastle, but nobody can afford to make assumptions these days. One should always prepare to encounter irrationality at every turn.Deacon Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549825303646357455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-78231340968698196262015-01-18T22:59:05.185+00:002015-01-18T22:59:05.185+00:00Thanks for the comment.
The experience of 'sho...Thanks for the comment.<br />The experience of 'shocked' contradicts the homily I heard recently where three times the priest said the deceased 'is now in heaven'. One of these priests doesn't know if he believes in heaven; another does but doesn't seem to believe in Purgatory. What a mess we are in.<br />PS I don't blog often because Father does so well, and I'm not sure if I want to say anything that might end up not worth saying.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-67778604756446378292015-01-18T21:38:16.805+00:002015-01-18T21:38:16.805+00:00@ Collar and Tie,
What “shocked” has reported, i....@ Collar and Tie,<br /><br />What “shocked” has reported, i.e., a priest saying that we don’t know if there is a heaven because no one came back, (after all Christ came back) is heresy, and Sacrilege, i.e., inviting non-Catholics and presumably some Catholics not being in a state of Grace, to receive Holy Communion. <br /><br />That cradle ”Catholics” thought this was wonderful shows just how much in the last fifty years the Church has Secularised, and been allowed to. Of course those are the cradle Catholics that have remained. Most have long since walked away from all this.<br /><br />This is the direct responsibility of the bishop, who I understand is Bishop Seumas Cunningham. He should now put a stop to this priest otherwise he, the bishop, assumes responsibility for heresy and Sacrilege.<br /><br />The Requiem Mass acknowledges that the soul has gone to Judgement, resulting in either Heaven or Hell, and is a mourning prayer for Mercy. The bereaved may be a bit tense, but I bet the deceased is even more so as he awaits the Judgement!<br /><br />Father, you should take this up directly with your bishop whatever diocese you are in. He’s not going to sack you. With the rapidly crashing number of priests, you are too valuable!<br /><br />Tie, good to hear from you again!. <br />Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.com