tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post1328661839221336448..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: In My Opinion... 7 Points On the Crisis in the ChurchAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-43135656010924641412015-09-15T22:35:15.358+01:002015-09-15T22:35:15.358+01:00Indeed something is dreadfully wrong in the Church...Indeed something is dreadfully wrong in the Church; I call it a loss of Faith. It disappeared along with the Traditional Form of Mass and the Catechism. <br />And yes, there are more sins that the adultery and abortion: there is the sloth, anger, gossip etc. I like to say that most of us are not deliberately wicked; just decidedly weak. We are all of us sinners seeking merciful healing, surely.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-62868497482839328722015-09-15T21:46:21.612+01:002015-09-15T21:46:21.612+01:00You say a lot Father,
There is something deeply w...You say a lot Father,<br /><br />There is something deeply wrong in the Church. Bishop Schneider has called for a Syllabus of errors of Vat II. The Mass of the Catholic Church is the Gregorian Mass in its permitted forms. There are others, the Ordinariate, and the New Mass, but the Gregorian derived, is the Catholic Mass. We must have Catholic schools with RE and Apologetics otherwise we can forget it.<br /><br />Above all we have to remember we are a Church of sinners of all sorts not just abortionists and adulterers and stop concentrating on those . That is the way of the World. We are not saints That is for the few. Most of us are just sinners whom just get on with life, nd hopefully also to Confession.Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-89593362087235300332015-09-14T22:23:46.216+01:002015-09-14T22:23:46.216+01:00I can empathise with Lepanto regarding Communion i...I can empathise with Lepanto regarding Communion in the hand. as I think I have said before I & my wife were at the Mass receiving the body of an old priest who had taught me &, rather than cause upset, we asked the celebrant (a very senior diocesan cleric RIP) if we could receive on the tongue as our hands were not consecrated & were therefore unworthy. He responded by laughingly suggesting he blessed our hands which I found disgraceful. Eventually he agreed that we might receive on the tongue but only after everyone else had received Communion. Apart from anything else this simply pointed out that at least some of the congregation knew how to receive the Body of Christ in a worthy manner.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-84161125920770809922015-09-14T13:40:36.614+01:002015-09-14T13:40:36.614+01:00Father, the faithfull know what we need is to get ...Father, the faithfull know what we need is to get organised we need a lay group and i am sure you know many good priests like yourself we need to get active within the faith and within society... we need to kick open the doors and bring the church out from under the bushel it has been hiding. We need to stop being afraid of secular society... we need to renew the church and the world. This gentleman hits the nail on the head, he is perfectly right<br /><br />https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_R0UkkdmZQdavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-7600272344313894902015-09-14T02:14:34.357+01:002015-09-14T02:14:34.357+01:00Keep fighting the good fight, Father! You are a ...Keep fighting the good fight, Father! You are a delightful blogger and your holiness and humility are felt by me, 1000s of miles from Great Britain. I've spent nearly a year in your country among the working class, and have a sense of the chaos of daily life, the struggles and the poor formation in Faith, any faith. The intra-class antagonism was a lot more intense in Britain than among my American working class cohort. And you know what? My American cohort, many of them, upon becoming affluent lost the Faith of our fathers as well. Everywhere the faith is in a shambles. <br /><br />My rosary tomorrow will be said exclusively for your intention. Sandpiperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513538957439176850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-52101568308064840702015-09-13T19:35:12.044+01:002015-09-13T19:35:12.044+01:00Father, I am aware of most of what you say. What w...Father, I am aware of most of what you say. What worries me is that so few in the Church are. Our former PP was overheard telling a parishioner that Communion in the hand was introduced 'by the Council', a priest providing 'holiday cover' assured everyone that no-one was unworthy to receive and told everyone present to do so at every Mass. People even of my generation (I am 68) succumb to the drip, drip of misinformation in conversations, homilies and newsletters provided almost every week and don't appreciate that anything is amiss, that the liturgy has been hijacked and that they are often being offered opinion instead of authentic teaching.Lepantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487748842744745860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-84466068619521607172015-09-13T14:44:31.314+01:002015-09-13T14:44:31.314+01:00It seems ironic that Protestants who take so much ...It seems ironic that Protestants who take so much of their false soteriology from a misreading of Romans, do not seem to be aware of this passage:<br /><br />Rom 8,17 "And if sons, heirs also: heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: yet so if we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him."<br /><br />According to the apostle, if we are to be glorified with Christ then we are to suffer with Him too. The likes of Carey know everything of sentimentality and nothing of reality as revealed by the Word of God. The Incarnation has indeed rendered a sacredness to suffering when it is offered up to God.<br /><br />However, in the last survey I saw, 55% of "vicars" did not believe in the Virgin Birth and Incarnation, therefore, it is not surprising if their "theology" lacks incarnational depth.Deacon Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549825303646357455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-39945645931607445962015-09-13T13:49:11.466+01:002015-09-13T13:49:11.466+01:00Your comment "All that said, many who know me...Your comment "All that said, many who know me often mistake my conviction... as self-assurance or even arrogance" is the similar to what I've been accused of by simply honoring my vows after divorce and annulment, continuing to challenge my former spouse's Subjective truth with the Objective Truth and correcting her errors of Faith concerning our marriage to our children. I just remark that I am not arrogant and prideful, just confident and steadfast because my positions are all factually correct, documented and inline with Traditional Church teaching. How such could ever be considered arrogant or prideful, I do not know. But I understand your pain, as they say...Dave Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125219877561369565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-14156433739225424342015-09-13T09:43:44.659+01:002015-09-13T09:43:44.659+01:00Well said...Amen
The Cross
Behold, in the cross i...Well said...Amen<br />The Cross<br /><br />Behold, in the cross is everything, and upon your dying on the cross everything depends. There is no other way to life and to true inward peace than the way of the holy cross and daily mortification. Go where you will, seek what you will, you will not find a higher way, nor a less exalted but safer way, than the way of the holy cross. Arrange and order everything to suit your will and judgment, and still you will find that some suffering must always be borne, willingly or unwillingly, and thus you will always find the cross.<br /><br />Thomas a Kempis<br />Imitation of Christ<br />Book 2; Chapter 12<br />Ever mindfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231921956177950005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-34838225782622504742015-09-13T07:52:07.451+01:002015-09-13T07:52:07.451+01:00Slightly off topic I know. But related to sentimen...Slightly off topic I know. But related to sentimentalism in Catholic thinking. Is the comment of Dr Carey in connection with the so called assisted dying bill. "There is nothing sacred in suffering" Sorry but there IS. This a typical example of a protestant lack of Faith in the full truth of the Incarnation. Suffering is part of life and can be redemptive and can atone for our sins. But they (protestants) can't see that. Thats why they want assisted pain free fluffy death. Paul Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155821750459419187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-523651452904696152015-09-13T07:10:33.381+01:002015-09-13T07:10:33.381+01:00There is no doubt that the holy Catholic religion ...There is no doubt that the holy Catholic religion has been tampered with and deformed. The Sunday liturgy no longer expresses the true Catholic Faith. It expresses a protestant view of Faith. The fullness of the Incarnation is not fully expressed nor taught from the pulpit. The wreakers have done a good job. The devil must be pleased with their work. <br />I was taught the catechism and I thank God that I was. It gives one the essential elements of the Faith in short succint sentences that stay with you all your life. It is an invaluable part of evangelusing the people. It is no wonder that so many badly instructed children lapse from the Faith as soon as they leave school. If not before. 95% I belive the figure is. And of course their children will not be Catholics. And soon in a couple of generations the Catholic Faith will be reduced to a remnant. Except perhaps where there are fully alive and orthodox priests and the ancient liturgy is still kept alive and is respected. Unfortunately there are bishops who fully subscribe to the anti Catholic anti tradition spirit that came from Vat2. It would be a step in the right direction if the bishops recognised the legitimacy of the SSPX. They are too happy kissing Korans and upsetting traditional Catholics who say the rosary and have big families.Paul Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155821750459419187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-70737334541161372762015-09-12T22:50:38.102+01:002015-09-12T22:50:38.102+01:00Thinking especially of the old Penny Catechism I a...Thinking especially of the old Penny Catechism I am troubled when parents who apply for Catholic schools without having their children at least baptised come out with "I want them to decide for themselves when they are older". Being baptised & learning your catechism by rote does not prevent any child as they reach adulthood from making a decision about their religious beliefs. In fact learning the catechism answers many questions which arise throughout your life & enable to to make INFORMED decisions about your religious beliefs. Even now (at my advanced age) I can still find answers to many of my questions about morality by simplifying the question to one of those in the Penny Catechism and finding out where I should be going. Like everyone else I don't always follow the answer I get but at least I had the chance to act properly and my sin is one which I knew was wrong.<br />I wonder what our children are taught even in our Catholic schools! I hear from Catholic teachers that it barely scratches the surface & yet it is what our hierarchy has laid down. Just to stress the point just this last week I spoke to a Jewish lady who in the past has taught RE in our schools.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.com