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  • The Language of Doctrine

    March 30 2017
    Sean O'Conaill

    #18 "Do we not partake of the eternal sacrifice/atonement (obedience unto death) at every mass?" Of course we do, Kevin - but there is a critical need to understand that the 'sacrifice' that atones i

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  • The ongoing missal problem – light at the end of the tunnel?

    March 28 2017
    Glen

    If anyone bothered to look, when Queen Elizabeth I decided to translate the Latin liturgy into English back in the sixteenth century, she commissioned the finest literary agents at the time. She wante

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  • The Language of Doctrine

    March 30 2017
    Sean O'Conaill

    #17 Here is Luther on atonement: "But now, if God’s wrath is to be taken away from me and I am to obtain grace and forgiveness, some one must merit this; for God cannot be a friend of sin nor graci

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  • The ongoing missal problem – light at the end of the tunnel?

    March 28 2017
    John Collins

    Sean you are not alone !! I just dont use the new version..we had a vote in the parish and most wanted the 1998 version so we use that .. You are right though silence is deafening from our bishops ...

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  • The Language of Doctrine

    March 30 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Sean O'Conaill@10 “Only if God the Father is seen unambiguously as liberator rather than captor can he be freely loved”.-------------------- Sean my own personal understanding of atonement, ou

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  • The Language of Doctrine

    March 30 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    Sean, I chatted with Girard in 1978 and urged a dialectical approach to sacrifice. Luther overcomes the appearance of contradiction in Paul and the confusion of most Christians by his deep grasp of ho

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  • The ongoing missal problem – light at the end of the tunnel?

    March 28 2017
    Sean O'Donnell

    I am a bit worried that I appear to be the only one commenting on this. Is it because most are now happy with the current translations? Well I'm not! I still find it distracting and getting in the way

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  • The Language of Doctrine

    March 30 2017
    Mary Cunningham

    Tony, I agree with you. Jesus is powerfully present with us when we celebrate the Eucharist together as a Christian community. This excellent talk given by Gabriel Daly in Glenstal, is worthy of s

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  • ACP West Priests’ Meeting,

    March 30 2017
    Phil Greene

    Yes Lloyd , I agree, and it gets better 🙂 keep watching and reading and ... best of all ... applying 🙂 Enjoy !

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  • The Language of Doctrine

    March 30 2017
    Sean O'Conaill

    #11. The crucial question is whether we are punished by our sins, or for our sins. Not to be able confidently to preach that sin is self harm, and that this is the reason for the Father's interventio

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