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"One doesn’t desire to possess what one already has!"
The theological reality is that without the real presence of God, we would simply cease to exist. In this sense, everything that exists mus
Thank you Seamus.
Even in your original version there appears to be a contradiction between “I desire to possess you within my soul” and “I embrace you as already being there” . One doesn’t
Paddy@1.
I am sure that, just as Rome has a decardinalisation process transforming Cardinal McCarrick to Mr McCarrick, but hopefully not back to 'Unk' or 'Uncle Ted', they should also have a decanonis
This is all as it should be - the spotlight on the clay feet of a celebrity saint - as a means of reminding us that at any given moment the safety of any child depends not upon the distant rock-star p
Aidan, you are correct in this point, that some earlier versions (during lockdown) of the Act of Spiritual Communion, by St. Alphonsus, did incorrectly say 'as if you were already there'. Checking bac
I have read a great part of the McCarrick report.
To think that as a young man in Rome I stared at many of these guys in reverential awe, above all John Paul.
A feeble effort is made to exculpate him
A neat summary --5 Takeaways, they call it-- of the McCarrick Report in the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/theodore-mccarrick-vatican-report.html?smid=tw-share&fbclid=IwAR1
It is worth remembering tonight what Fr.Tom Doyle shared (below) with us back in 2014 and I know he was presenting evidence long before that as well.
From what I have read over the years I think ther
Listen to the Trees:
A passage from The Lord of the Rings (The Two Towers) Ch.4, by J. R. R. Tolkien. In their wandering and meandering, two of the main characters, called hobbits, meet a talking tre
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November 7 2020#17: "One doesn’t desire to possess what one already has!" The theological reality is that without the real presence of God, we would simply cease to exist. In this sense, everything that exists mus
Aidan Hart takes issue with “An Inappropriate Spiritual Communion” used in streamed Masses
November 7 2020Thank you Seamus. Even in your original version there appears to be a contradiction between “I desire to possess you within my soul” and “I embrace you as already being there” . One doesn’t
Full text of The McCarrick Report, published today in Rome.
November 10 2020Paddy@1. I am sure that, just as Rome has a decardinalisation process transforming Cardinal McCarrick to Mr McCarrick, but hopefully not back to 'Unk' or 'Uncle Ted', they should also have a decanonis
Full text of The McCarrick Report, published today in Rome.
November 10 2020This is all as it should be - the spotlight on the clay feet of a celebrity saint - as a means of reminding us that at any given moment the safety of any child depends not upon the distant rock-star p
Aidan Hart takes issue with “An Inappropriate Spiritual Communion” used in streamed Masses
November 7 2020Aidan, you are correct in this point, that some earlier versions (during lockdown) of the Act of Spiritual Communion, by St. Alphonsus, did incorrectly say 'as if you were already there'. Checking bac
Full text of The McCarrick Report, published today in Rome.
November 10 2020450 pages? It's more than Viganò and his gang may have bargained for.
Full text of The McCarrick Report, published today in Rome.
November 10 2020I have read a great part of the McCarrick report. To think that as a young man in Rome I stared at many of these guys in reverential awe, above all John Paul. A feeble effort is made to exculpate him
Full text of The McCarrick Report, published today in Rome.
November 10 2020A neat summary --5 Takeaways, they call it-- of the McCarrick Report in the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/theodore-mccarrick-vatican-report.html?smid=tw-share&fbclid=IwAR1
Full text of The McCarrick Report, published today in Rome.
November 10 2020It is worth remembering tonight what Fr.Tom Doyle shared (below) with us back in 2014 and I know he was presenting evidence long before that as well. From what I have read over the years I think ther
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