Ah thank you Eddie for the clarification, it was wrong of me to let this go out without first checking the tax rate. Mea culpa.
Please don't let it distract from the rest of my comments.
To be honest I hadn't thought this through, the suggestion of withholding finances. It arose out of a statement someone made about laity having no power. This is the only weapon we have in the armou
Hi Frank,
My understanding is that the first collection goes to pay all the priests wages, the second is for charity and I pay separately to the parish to help with the running of the parish ... the
Phil@12, I think your half-German teenage niece seems to be indulging in something more than 'leicht ubertrieben' or a bit of hyperbole in her desperate excuse for not going to Mass. I have always und
Hi Phil @12
I hear your suggestion. The only thing about with-holding money in the Sunday collection is that it would hurt the people that truly benefit from it, i.e., the poor, needy, even colder cha
As the poor have indeed always been with us, did it ever happen that the wealthier members of Christendom society were declared by a bishop to be 'living in sin' if they sated themselves while ignorin
To Mary @1 and Frank @5
My half-German teenage niece stayed with us for her holiday last month. I asked her if she goes to Mass, she emphatically said no, and said that they must pay 40% taxes in Ger
Re the Centurion in Mt 8, I think the argument is based on the common connotations of the word pais in this connection at that time. It means "lad" rather than servant/slave (doulos, used in the same
Hear, hear! Delighted to read this statement. Unfortunately many dioceses including my own have already ordained permanent deacons and there will be five more ordained this September. I just wish this
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Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017Ah thank you Eddie for the clarification, it was wrong of me to let this go out without first checking the tax rate. Mea culpa. Please don't let it distract from the rest of my comments.
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017To be honest I hadn't thought this through, the suggestion of withholding finances. It arose out of a statement someone made about laity having no power. This is the only weapon we have in the armou
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017Hi Frank, My understanding is that the first collection goes to pay all the priests wages, the second is for charity and I pay separately to the parish to help with the running of the parish ... the
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017Phil@12, I think your half-German teenage niece seems to be indulging in something more than 'leicht ubertrieben' or a bit of hyperbole in her desperate excuse for not going to Mass. I have always und
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017Hi Phil @12 I hear your suggestion. The only thing about with-holding money in the Sunday collection is that it would hurt the people that truly benefit from it, i.e., the poor, needy, even colder cha
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017As the poor have indeed always been with us, did it ever happen that the wealthier members of Christendom society were declared by a bishop to be 'living in sin' if they sated themselves while ignorin
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017To Mary @1 and Frank @5 My half-German teenage niece stayed with us for her holiday last month. I asked her if she goes to Mass, she emphatically said no, and said that they must pay 40% taxes in Ger
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017Yes, Luke renames the "pais" a "doulos".
Time for dialogue on sexual ethics
August 10 2017Re the Centurion in Mt 8, I think the argument is based on the common connotations of the word pais in this connection at that time. It means "lad" rather than servant/slave (doulos, used in the same
Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Permanent Diaconate
August 11 2017Hear, hear! Delighted to read this statement. Unfortunately many dioceses including my own have already ordained permanent deacons and there will be five more ordained this September. I just wish this
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