"The God of compassion is incompatible with the God of the Law." Yes!!! Young people need good role models and no better a role model than Peter McVerry. Fear is so destructive and there is much fear
Is this utopian pseudo church of compassion attracting our youth? It seems to me that it isn't. So then, what is? To my knowledge the Reality magazine has not been flying off the shelves in Newsagents
Fr McVerry is a great example of Christianity at work and I admire him greatly. However, Jesus, although He showed compassion, he still adhered to the law of God, He did not come to remove one jot.
In reply to Brendan McCarthy: my reference to quitters was to lapsed Catholics who write in to the Irish Times telling those of us who are still practising how inferior we are. They have been doing it
I've been re-reading Luke's Acts of the Apostles. I'm encouraged by the number of times Paul gets into trouble. In Thessalonika, he and Silas annoyed the religious establishment so much that citizens
The quote of a young Catholic in posting No. 56 above is both appalling and worrying if indeed it is as typical as Fr Egan suggests. Clericalism, sectarianism and sexism, all embraced in one short sta
Joe, I was referring to the dialogue that is going on at the bottom. The kind that rises like damp and over times does untold damage. A certain event in May is indicative of this. Why is there a desi
I wish you every success in implementing The Second Vatican Council and want to congratulate you on your humanitarian and brave support of Fr. Flannery. God bless.
84 year old great-grandmother.
Hi Jim, I'm a traditional Catholic too, also not a priest. Ive come to almost the exact opposite conclusion. These men's committment (even when I disagree with the argument) gives me hope! The reason
Well said. No mention though of Enda's speech. Surely that's the fear McVerry speaks of, of clergy agreeing publically with criticism of Rome. If Tony Flannery was to be silenced for speaking on the o
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Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012"The God of compassion is incompatible with the God of the Law." Yes!!! Young people need good role models and no better a role model than Peter McVerry. Fear is so destructive and there is much fear
Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012Is this utopian pseudo church of compassion attracting our youth? It seems to me that it isn't. So then, what is? To my knowledge the Reality magazine has not been flying off the shelves in Newsagents
Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012Fr McVerry is a great example of Christianity at work and I admire him greatly. However, Jesus, although He showed compassion, he still adhered to the law of God, He did not come to remove one jot.
We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne
April 8 2012In reply to Brendan McCarthy: my reference to quitters was to lapsed Catholics who write in to the Irish Times telling those of us who are still practising how inferior we are. They have been doing it
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012I've been re-reading Luke's Acts of the Apostles. I'm encouraged by the number of times Paul gets into trouble. In Thessalonika, he and Silas annoyed the religious establishment so much that citizens
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012The quote of a young Catholic in posting No. 56 above is both appalling and worrying if indeed it is as typical as Fr Egan suggests. Clericalism, sectarianism and sexism, all embraced in one short sta
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Joe, I was referring to the dialogue that is going on at the bottom. The kind that rises like damp and over times does untold damage. A certain event in May is indicative of this. Why is there a desi
ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery
April 9 2012I wish you every success in implementing The Second Vatican Council and want to congratulate you on your humanitarian and brave support of Fr. Flannery. God bless. 84 year old great-grandmother.
We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne
April 8 2012Hi Jim, I'm a traditional Catholic too, also not a priest. Ive come to almost the exact opposite conclusion. These men's committment (even when I disagree with the argument) gives me hope! The reason
ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery
April 9 2012Well said. No mention though of Enda's speech. Surely that's the fear McVerry speaks of, of clergy agreeing publically with criticism of Rome. If Tony Flannery was to be silenced for speaking on the o
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