The croc was so polite and seemingly tamed for all those years when it lured the church into turning its back on reason, common sense, learning, lay experience, and the imperatives of Vatican II. Now
Eddie@6, once again I stand/sit in awe of your knowledge and erudition.
There are two things that I have learned from reading the late, great Raymond Brown about Apostolic Succession that made me sit
Seamus, I hope your brother priests do regard this as "our Forum as ministers and as church". But do they?
Or is Eddie nearer the mark when he speaks about " ...the few who tune in to this forum". N
A blessed feast of St Augustine to you and your confreres!
I always remember as well that it's Goethe's birthday (1749) and how he aimed to be a counter-weight to the Saint.
Could one sum up Augusti
Brendan Hoban has forwarded the following:
While I wouldn’t rush to justify my throw-away comment on Pope Benedict, and Joe O’Leary’s list of evidence to the contrary is impressive there are nu
I'm sure the best way to give the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith something to really worry about would be a 'Reductio ad Rebibam', or 'ad absurdum' if you prefer. Every Pope, Cardinal and
As I see it the problem is that the ultra Conservatives see the unity of the church as doctrinal immobility, instead of reaching out to call others into a communion of faith and love.
Thanks for that reminder that we are God's work of art. He is the Potter we are the clay willing to be fashioned into whatever form God Wills.
And a happy feast day on the day of st. Augustine your or
The Detroit priest who did backflips over this had a video of his own baptism to refer to - so what are the rest of us to do?
Stop making video or audio recordings of sacraments, probably - just in
In this way of thinking the words of Baptism and the other Sacraments are like a magical formula intended to have a magical effect on the person receiving them--- a bit like the incantation of a witch
Comments
All recent Comments
Facing down the Catholic Church’s crocodile – the weekly Western People article from Brendan Hoban
August 28 2020The croc was so polite and seemingly tamed for all those years when it lured the church into turning its back on reason, common sense, learning, lay experience, and the imperatives of Vatican II. Now
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Eddie@6, once again I stand/sit in awe of your knowledge and erudition. There are two things that I have learned from reading the late, great Raymond Brown about Apostolic Succession that made me sit
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020Seamus, I hope your brother priests do regard this as "our Forum as ministers and as church". But do they? Or is Eddie nearer the mark when he speaks about " ...the few who tune in to this forum". N
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020A blessed feast of St Augustine to you and your confreres! I always remember as well that it's Goethe's birthday (1749) and how he aimed to be a counter-weight to the Saint. Could one sum up Augusti
Brendan Hoban’s Western People article 18th August – The Church must breathe in a modern society
August 24 2020Brendan Hoban has forwarded the following: While I wouldn’t rush to justify my throw-away comment on Pope Benedict, and Joe O’Leary’s list of evidence to the contrary is impressive there are nu
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020I'm sure the best way to give the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith something to really worry about would be a 'Reductio ad Rebibam', or 'ad absurdum' if you prefer. Every Pope, Cardinal and
Critics of Pope dividing the Church
August 14 2020As I see it the problem is that the ultra Conservatives see the unity of the church as doctrinal immobility, instead of reaching out to call others into a communion of faith and love.
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020Thanks for that reminder that we are God's work of art. He is the Potter we are the clay willing to be fashioned into whatever form God Wills. And a happy feast day on the day of st. Augustine your or
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020The Detroit priest who did backflips over this had a video of his own baptism to refer to - so what are the rest of us to do? Stop making video or audio recordings of sacraments, probably - just in
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020In this way of thinking the words of Baptism and the other Sacraments are like a magical formula intended to have a magical effect on the person receiving them--- a bit like the incantation of a witch
Popular Posts
Categories