tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post1156058794238298963..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: The Maltese Straw that breaks the Church's backFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-46845524803627072412017-01-23T22:06:21.707-05:002017-01-23T22:06:21.707-05:00If it is up to ones own conscience to decide if th...If it is up to ones own conscience to decide if they are in a State of Grace or "believe that he or she are at peace with God" why bother with the Preisthood or even the Church! I think God just told me not to attend Mass any more... it's a waist of time, since my conscience now trumps The Church. Absolutely diabolical! <br /><br /><br />Ya know... according to a popular, now Bishop, all people will be saved anyway. This thinking has always made me ask.. if we are all saved anyway, then why follow any moral law, Church doctrine or preach the gospel? This all would be a wast. Why be a Catholic priest if you don't believe.. are they so institutionalize that they don't leave because they couldn't make it on there own? <br /><br />Come Holy Spirit..... I'm scared of the diabolical minds in today's Church. <br /><br />Sorry for the rant... I entered The Church 6 years ago because of the unity and the belief that it is the One True Church. Because of the chaos and disfunction evangilzing the One True Faith to those outside, seems ridiculous.R Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973805560139037023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-34345735219046323012017-01-23T22:04:11.081-05:002017-01-23T22:04:11.081-05:00If it is up to ones own conscience to decide if th...If it is up to ones own conscience to decide if they are in a State of Grace or "believe that he or she are at peace with God" why bother having a Priesthood or even the Church! I think God just told me not to attend Mass any more... it's a waist of time, since my conscience now trumps The Church. Absolutely diabolical! <br /><br /><br />Ya know... according to a popular, now Bishop, all people will be saved anyway. This thinking has always made me ask.. if we are all saved anyway, then why follow any moral law, Church doctrine or preach the gospel? This all would be a wast. Why be a Catholic priest if you don't believe.. are they so institutionalize that they don't leave because they couldn't make it on there own? <br /><br />Come Holy Spirit..... I'm scared of the diabolical minds in today's Church. <br /><br />Sorry for the rant... I entered The Church 6 years ago because of the unity and the belief that it is the One True Church. Because of the chaos and disfunction evangilzing the One True Faith to those outside, seems ridiculous.R Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973805560139037023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1460848523877072652017-01-23T21:58:48.316-05:002017-01-23T21:58:48.316-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.R Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973805560139037023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-83551314411646059982017-01-23T19:33:17.035-05:002017-01-23T19:33:17.035-05:00Susan:
My counsel is to go easy. Don't try to...Susan:<br /><br />My counsel is to go easy. Don't try to game every scenario. Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-8689325382077688992017-01-22T10:30:20.873-05:002017-01-22T10:30:20.873-05:00What does this mean for those of us who want to ad...<br />What does this mean for those of us who want to adhere to the Magisterium and the true teachings of the Catholic faith? If this issue is not resolved consistent with 2,000 years of our Lord's teaching, what are the faithful to do?<br /><br />If my parish priest teaches and encourages doctrines that are not Catholic, do I <br /><br />a) try to find a priest and parish that does teach the Catholic faith?<br />b) remain in my parish and ignore any teaching contrary to Catholic faith?<br />c) leave the Church entirely and worship as if I were away due to illness?<br />d) confront my priest and try to get him to change his mind?<br />e) some other alternative or option?<br /><br />Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-11074242086285716512017-01-18T17:11:52.257-05:002017-01-18T17:11:52.257-05:00Father Palka:
Only if you fix my errors!Father Palka:<br /><br />Only if you fix my errors!Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-34417967532926785952017-01-18T14:20:06.444-05:002017-01-18T14:20:06.444-05:00Well put, Father. I hope you don't mind me &qu...Well put, Father. I hope you don't mind me "stealing" this for my own parish bulletin!Father Edwin Palkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-28280642076508461342017-01-16T09:52:33.267-05:002017-01-16T09:52:33.267-05:00and the variation for the German church tax payer:...and the variation for the German church tax payer: <br />If, as a result of the process of discernment, undertaken with “humility, discretion and love for the Church and her teaching, in a sincere search for God’s will and a desire to make a more perfect response to it” (AL 300), a baptized Catholic who sees his church tax spent on anti-Catholic errands and thus quits the legal entity collecting the so-called church tax manages, with an informed and enlightened conscience, to acknowledge and believe that he or she are at peace with God, he or she cannot be precluded from participating in the sacraments of Reconciliation and the EucharistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-29657499989314297242017-01-15T20:03:33.402-05:002017-01-15T20:03:33.402-05:00Thank you for your straightforward language here, ...Thank you for your straightforward language here, Father. Can it be that the Pope wants X in Philadelphia and Y in Malta and, indeed, thinks that such a state of affairs is healthy? I just shake my head, I don't understand; one refrains in the secular venues from the least criticism of the Sovereign Pontiff but I have to admit that I've stopped defending his Holiness in this matter of the ambiguous parts of <i>Amoris laetitia</i>. What a world!Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-67097585972928449942017-01-14T22:23:44.369-05:002017-01-14T22:23:44.369-05:00I will be patient. I suspect the Pope will answer ...I will be patient. I suspect the Pope will answer that Dubia in good time, but I also suspect he will wait until others draw their own conclusions, voice their opinions, and give their answers first. I am reminded of the way Aquinas might answer a question. The Pope is smarter than me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-88263478288035412832017-01-14T22:03:59.072-05:002017-01-14T22:03:59.072-05:00I'm not sure what to make of this, but I find ...I'm not sure what to make of this, but I find it puzzling, to say the least.<br /><br />If, as a result of the process of discernment, undertaken with “humility, discretion and love for the Church and her teaching, in a sincere search for God’s will and a desire to make a more perfect response to it” (AL 300), a separated or divorced person who is living in a new relationship manages, with an informed and enlightened conscience, to acknowledge and believe that he or she are at peace with God, he or she cannot be precluded from participating in the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist <br /><br /><br />"An informed and enlightened conscience", if that expression means anything remotely Catholic, provides an empty set. If a person has an informed and enlightened conscience, he can't believe that his divorced-and-remarried-living-more uxorio is proper..... by definition.<br /><br />I read about this article at Fr. Zuhlsdorf's blog, since I've never visited this site before.Chris Garton-Zaveskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813410927108215663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-22858420480492533572017-01-14T19:01:33.264-05:002017-01-14T19:01:33.264-05:00We seem to have a case of the exception becoming t...We seem to have a case of the exception becoming the rule. There is also a mistake being made to couple the confidence we have in the mercy of our Lord with confidence in ourselves. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-91257731888430856382017-01-14T16:43:40.864-05:002017-01-14T16:43:40.864-05:00If this isn't a reason to ANSWER THE DUBIA, I ...If this isn't a reason to ANSWER THE DUBIA, I don't know what is!! Those closest to the Pope have been quite publicly condemning of the Cardinals' Dubia but in reality, the Dubia is a charitable invitation to the Pope to CLARIFY A.L. so that this so called 'confusion' stops. And yes, the four Cardinals were afraid something like this would happen, and how right their fear was! The Dubia is a LOVE GESTURE so that the Pope can steer the Church in the right direction. It's his Encyclical, and only He can do it. I'm hoping this situation may be a blessing in disguise, but with what we've seen and heard go on, I'm not holding my breath. Some say a schism cannot happen, but if this kind of thing continues, I don't see how it CAN'T. The Bishops of Malta are CLEARLY outside of the Church already! Talk about Diabolical Disorientation! Sheesh! TLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185788425122984772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-61331784210253644982017-01-14T16:24:44.880-05:002017-01-14T16:24:44.880-05:00I won't say the Pope is a heretic, but I will ...I won't say the Pope is a heretic, but I will say that he has failed, in his role of Pope, to safeguard sound doctrine and defend the unity of the Church. This was published in the house newspaper of the Vatican, which implies the Pope's approval. If he admonishes and refutes the statement of the Maltese bishops, I'll retract my comments.Thomas Tuckernoreply@blogger.com