tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post30108105310733884..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: Unwitting Agents of Satan?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-8441728073906693212014-10-25T16:44:44.363+01:002014-10-25T16:44:44.363+01:00Thanks, Lynda.
Indeed. Any terms chosen need to be...Thanks, Lynda.<br />Indeed. Any terms chosen need to be clear in describing the sinful reality they seek to express. I tried to find a number of terms other than 'intrinsically disordered' and 'irregular situation' but to be honest nothing I tried (such as 'inherently flawed' and 'inappropriate relationship') did the job. The Bishops have an impossible task if they are looking to find terms that will not offend, because the offended are seeking terms that apply positive qualities to a negative reality, which we cannot do.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-52365923560666632632014-10-25T14:07:19.251+01:002014-10-25T14:07:19.251+01:00Dear Father Dickson, Of course one ought not choos...Dear Father Dickson, Of course one ought not choose a term that is "acceptable" to those who adopt manifest obstinate grave sin as a whole way of living. Firstly, the term would be false (with all the consequent evils), and secondly, it would be supportive of people in their mortal sin, rather than telling them the truth they need to hear if they are to be helped to repentance and conversion, without which they cannot be saved. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-27257875370043899002014-10-25T13:44:42.467+01:002014-10-25T13:44:42.467+01:00Thank you.
It is the blinding desire to be welcomi...Thank you.<br />It is the blinding desire to be welcoming that makes many welcome even those who seek to undermine the faith: Tolerance (except for Traditional Catholics) being the order of the day, we are to tolerate sin in the Church and thereby give the impression that sin is tolerated in heaven. What nonsense. <br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-17710682012048637912014-10-25T08:45:30.781+01:002014-10-25T08:45:30.781+01:00Comment to Sadie, if I may Father.
Come on Sadie,...Comment to Sadie, if I may Father.<br /><br />Come on Sadie, surely also once a year and that at Easter or thereabouts? Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-78849924081809771042014-10-24T22:53:41.486+01:002014-10-24T22:53:41.486+01:00Dear Father,
The 'backdraft' from the Rel...Dear Father,<br /><br />The 'backdraft' from the Relatio at the Synod seems to be taking hold.<br /><br />A Call to Action are having their annual conference in Liverpool tomorrow and have a session entitled 'Remarriage and the Eucharist - After the Synod.'<br /><br />Even more disturbing is the news that they have posted up a message of welcome to Liverpool from Archbishop Malcolm McMahon.<br /><br />We are shocked but not surprised by these developments.<br /><br />In Christ<br />Alan and Angeline<br /><br />torchofthefaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128214322674215841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-39700947781303523522014-10-24T17:30:32.505+01:002014-10-24T17:30:32.505+01:00Thank you Lynda.
I agree with you; irregular union...Thank you Lynda.<br />I agree with you; irregular union and misdirected desire are far too broad, but i struggled to find anything that was specific yet would be considered 'acceptable' to those in such life-styles.<br />God BlessFr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-3870117788100679072014-10-24T17:02:11.268+01:002014-10-24T17:02:11.268+01:00"Misdirected desire" or "irregular ..."Misdirected desire" or "irregular union" are not accurate, true descriptions of a desire to have sexual relations with a person of the same sex, or having sexual relations with a person other than one's spouse, because they are much too vague, broad, general references that could refer to much lesser evils, evils of an entirely different order. And there is very little unwitting going on at high levels of the hierarchy. Lord, have mercy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-41047087464176509472014-10-24T06:51:55.137+01:002014-10-24T06:51:55.137+01:00Thank you, 'Sadie',
While there is a real ...Thank you, 'Sadie',<br />While there is a real and serious problem today in that there are few Confessions and almost everyone at Holy Communion (and this certainly needs serious address) reserving Holy Communion for the sick and dying would not be in harmony with the feeding of the 5000 or with Catholic Tradition.<br />God BlessFr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-76800694140130479782014-10-23T21:42:49.249+01:002014-10-23T21:42:49.249+01:0099% of "pastoral problems" would disappe...99% of "pastoral problems" would disappear if the praxis of regular communion was reversed. Communion should be reserved for the sick and dying. Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-41637194435895086012014-10-23T12:54:46.691+01:002014-10-23T12:54:46.691+01:00"May the Good Lord intervene"
AMEN! to ..."May the Good Lord intervene"<br /><br />AMEN! to that, Father.Dave Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125219877561369565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-23715661054614479952014-10-23T12:51:22.883+01:002014-10-23T12:51:22.883+01:00Thank you, David.
maybe the defenders waited hopin...Thank you, David.<br />maybe the defenders waited hoping they would if the Modernisers would shoot themselves in the foot...<br />Next year may well be a re-run of this but the question is, who will Francis invite and leave out? he does not appear to stay clear of giving the impression that he is manipulating the whole thing for a human agenda. May the Good Lord intervene.<br />God BlessFr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-41990825321549185062014-10-23T10:52:34.332+01:002014-10-23T10:52:34.332+01:00Good commentary Father, and mirrors some of my own...Good commentary Father, and mirrors some of my own. The subtle and not-so-subtle assaults upon doctrine and the Sacrament of Matrimony were hard to ignore - and not speak up about by any sane Catholic. Oct. 13th was nothing short of the intervention of the Holy Ghost to preserve His Church and I wrote as much. It can't be ignored as such, considering anyone of those who stood for the Faith that day could have done so much earlier on their own but did not. Such is human weakness, I suppose, that extra strength was needed, given and accepted that fateful day to Card. Burke & Co. And His intervention will happen again one year from now if the same scenario is brought to the table. I wonder... how many more will stand for the Faith and Marriage then?Dave Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14125219877561369565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-35806302342368384762014-10-23T08:34:56.230+01:002014-10-23T08:34:56.230+01:00Thank you Lepanto.
Not believing in miracles and d...Thank you Lepanto.<br />Not believing in miracles and denying Christ's claim to be God...and this is "serene theology done on one's knees"? I think God.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-10792232360680653472014-10-23T08:33:07.004+01:002014-10-23T08:33:07.004+01:00Thank you, Francis.
You are exactly right: the dif...Thank you, Francis.<br />You are exactly right: the difference is how sexuality is seen. The thing is, those who believe in the Bible as the Word of God and the Church as the Body of Christ sent to teach and preach repentance, are being marginalised today by those who see the Bible as a guide book and the Church as a human institution. Men in this latter camp seem to be residing in the very highest ranks of the Church.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-50142171974896618092014-10-22T22:03:59.609+01:002014-10-22T22:03:59.609+01:00Cardinal Kasper, for one, admits in his published ...Cardinal Kasper, for one, admits in his published writings that he does not believe in the biblical accounts of miracles (including, I suppose the Resurrection) he also says that Jesus never claimed to be God. Now if the Pope's right hand man is, apparently and by his own admission, not a Catholic or even a Christian then where on earth does that leave us? We are in deep trouble and I cannot understand how anyone who actually subscribes to the Creeds can't see it.Lepantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487748842744745860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-21557766123405160752014-10-22T20:59:14.612+01:002014-10-22T20:59:14.612+01:00Cardinal Pell was right -- the issue of communion ...Cardinal Pell was right -- the issue of communion for the divorced and remarried at the recent synod is a stalking horse. The real issue is homosexuality.<br /><br />The big theological dividing line in the Catholic Church on sexual matters at the moment is between those, on the one side, who believe that same-sex attraction is a form of carnal concupiscence resulting from fallen human nature -- and, on the other side, those who believe that same-sex attraction is willed by God and created by God.Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769697942265014482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-11520873002710219362014-10-22T19:17:24.543+01:002014-10-22T19:17:24.543+01:00Thank you, D.A.,
Actually, the PM's are turnin...Thank you, D.A.,<br />Actually, the PM's are turning the Church into a force for the enshrining of secular, social engineering. The 'world' began it, now some in the Church want to rubber-stamp it. <br />All in all, to overturn Revelation safeguarded by 2000 years of teaching is either wicked arrogance or lack of intelligence. It is certainly a loss of Divine and Catholic Faith.<br />God has it all in hand, though.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-17747744910828326112014-10-22T18:23:40.058+01:002014-10-22T18:23:40.058+01:00If we can simply neglect Christ's clear teachi...If we can simply neglect Christ's clear teaching in the Gospels about morality so that praxis contradicts doctrine, then we have enshrined hypocrisy at the heart of our faith. I think you are spot on about changes in pastoral practice leading to change in doctrine, but this may been their plan all along. Marx and Schonborn have said openly that the Church should recognize and bless civil unions.<br /><br />However, if all these areas of settled doctrine are suddenly not settled and now up for grabs, if Scripture, Councils and Tradition can just be ignored, then surely all areas of doctrine are similarly questionable. If Christ's teaching about remarriage being adultery can be discarded then what about "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church"? If Trent's anathematization of divorce and remarriage is now kaput, what about Vatican I's Pastor Aeternus?<br /><br />The PM's do not seem to realise that the changes they propose also cut away all logical grounds for their own authority and claims to be able to speak in the name of Christ. They are turning the Magisterium into a perpetual lame duck and severing all authority from its source in Christ. That may also be part of their ultimate plan as they seem to act as though they possess raw, brutal power without any accountability for how that power is used. Things will get pretty hairy if they are not stopped. We are getting close to the point where only direct intervention by God will save the Church.Deacon Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549825303646357455noreply@blogger.com