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Saturday, 21 March 2015
Compromised Catholic Media
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This program is from ChurchMilitant.TV
Friday, 20 March 2015
Homosexual activist says gay ‘marriage’ isn’t about equality, it’s about destroying marriage
With the continuing anti-family and anti-marriage agenda this is a good time to reexamine it from the perspective of those who undertake it. Notice at the one minute mark the nervous laugh after she says she has "three kids who have, um, five parents, more or less." It is her guilty conscience. Ms Gessen knows not only that the concept is absurd but that it is fundamentally against the natural and moral law.
After you read this, please consider making a donation to Patricia Jannuzzi, recently fired from Immaculata High School in New Jersey for stating the obvious. You might also consider making a comment on the page to challenge the haters that are lurking there. Below this reprint from LifeSiteNews is an advertisement out today to run on Sean Hannity about Patricia and the phone number for her bishop who has permitted this travesty of justice. It is from Michael Hitchborn of the Lepanto Institute which recently exposed the practices of CRS - Catholic Relief Services which are against Catholic teaching.
Can you Voxers get it over $25,000 by 12 noon EDT?
From LifeSiteNews, May 1, 2013.
May 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative pundits are saying that a homosexual activist exposed the hidden agenda behind homosexual “marriage” when she told an audience last year that the movement is not seeking equality but rather a total dismantling of the institution of marriage itself.
Masha Gessen, a journalist and author who campaigns for homosexual 'rights', made the comments last May in Australia on a panel at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. She said:
“The five parents break down into two groups of three,” she said. “And really, I would like to live in a legal system that is capable of reflecting that reality, and I don’t think that’s compatible with the institution of marriage.”
After you read this, please consider making a donation to Patricia Jannuzzi, recently fired from Immaculata High School in New Jersey for stating the obvious. You might also consider making a comment on the page to challenge the haters that are lurking there. Below this reprint from LifeSiteNews is an advertisement out today to run on Sean Hannity about Patricia and the phone number for her bishop who has permitted this travesty of justice. It is from Michael Hitchborn of the Lepanto Institute which recently exposed the practices of CRS - Catholic Relief Services which are against Catholic teaching.
Can you Voxers get it over $25,000 by 12 noon EDT?
From LifeSiteNews, May 1, 2013.
May 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative pundits are saying that a homosexual activist exposed the hidden agenda behind homosexual “marriage” when she told an audience last year that the movement is not seeking equality but rather a total dismantling of the institution of marriage itself.
Masha Gessen, a journalist and author who campaigns for homosexual 'rights', made the comments last May in Australia on a panel at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. She said:
It’s a no-brainer that (homosexual activists) should have the right to marry, but I also think equally that it’s a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist. …(F)ighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there — because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie.
The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don’t think it should exist. And I don’t like taking part in creating fictions about my life. That’s sort of not what I had in mind when I came out thirty years ago.Providing her own life as an example for her advocacy to do away with marriage, Gessen described the complex family structure in which three children whom she parents live: one of them is adopted with her ex-partner, another - whom she birthed – has a biological father in Russia, and the third is the biological child of her current partner and Gessen’s brother. These three children have five adults in parenting roles, but not all five adults parent all three children.
“The five parents break down into two groups of three,” she said. “And really, I would like to live in a legal system that is capable of reflecting that reality, and I don’t think that’s compatible with the institution of marriage.”
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Thursday, 19 March 2015
1,000,000 Catholics don't matter
Nope.
They just don't matter.
Not to John Allen.
From: Thomas Rosica [mailto:rosica@saltandlighttv.org]
Sent: March 24, 2011 2:53 PM
To: david.domet@xxxxx.com
Subject: For your VOX!
Source URL: http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/april-may-be-cruel-month-relations-traditionalists
More news for you and your VOX. May the Lord grant you the peace you are seeking this Lent. No
guarantees you will find it this side of the Resurrection but keep seeking.
Fr. Rosica
April may be cruel month for relations with traditionalists
By John L Allen Jr
Created Mar 24, 2011
For anyone hoping that longstanding ruptures between Rome and the traditionalist wing of the
Catholic church are on the brink of swift resolution, it may turn out that April is indeed the cruelest
month.
Sometime in early April, ...
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/april-may-be-cruel-month-relations-traditionalists
Indeed. Quite the email. Quite the report from John L. Allen, Jr.
Do these 1,000,000 plus Catholics matter?. As many have stated, they are a greater portion of the Church than Allen lets on. There may be 1.5 billion Catholics in the world but when you look at Europe and the Americas how many actually practice their faith.
If they are schismatics, which I content that they are not, then do they not matter? There is sure a lot of ecumenical outreach for heretics and interfaith outreach with those who deny Christ but precious little for these, our own brothers and sisters.
I am sorry for Bishop Williamson. I have great respect and sympathy for the bishops, priests and religious of the Society of St. Pius X and I understand the desires of those who worship at their chapels. I believe that one day Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre will be declared at least a Servant of God by the Church if not made Venerable. Who are we to say that the Holy Spirit was not acting through him to preserve the traditional Mass?
Father Zuhlsdorf and Father Hunwicke have some thoughts worth pondering.
As for Allen and company, they know and we know something. They have no progeny. There time is short, very short. They are working feverishly because they know it but they will not succeed.
They will fail.
This won't last much longer.
All we have to do is hold fast to the faith.
They just don't matter.
Not to John Allen.
One might wonder why any of this matters to the Vatican. The Society of St. Pius X claims a global following of around 1 million, which, if true, would represent .01 percent of the full Catholic population of 1.2 billion. Investing resources in trying to lure such a relative footnote back might seem disproportionate.Not to others whom we hoped would be more pastoral towards them.
From: Thomas Rosica [mailto:rosica@saltandlighttv.org]
Sent: March 24, 2011 2:53 PM
To: david.domet@xxxxx.com
Subject: For your VOX!
Source URL: http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/april-may-be-cruel-month-relations-traditionalists
More news for you and your VOX. May the Lord grant you the peace you are seeking this Lent. No
guarantees you will find it this side of the Resurrection but keep seeking.
Fr. Rosica
April may be cruel month for relations with traditionalists
By John L Allen Jr
Created Mar 24, 2011
For anyone hoping that longstanding ruptures between Rome and the traditionalist wing of the
Catholic church are on the brink of swift resolution, it may turn out that April is indeed the cruelest
month.
Sometime in early April, ...
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/april-may-be-cruel-month-relations-traditionalists
Indeed. Quite the email. Quite the report from John L. Allen, Jr.
Do these 1,000,000 plus Catholics matter?. As many have stated, they are a greater portion of the Church than Allen lets on. There may be 1.5 billion Catholics in the world but when you look at Europe and the Americas how many actually practice their faith.
If they are schismatics, which I content that they are not, then do they not matter? There is sure a lot of ecumenical outreach for heretics and interfaith outreach with those who deny Christ but precious little for these, our own brothers and sisters.
I am sorry for Bishop Williamson. I have great respect and sympathy for the bishops, priests and religious of the Society of St. Pius X and I understand the desires of those who worship at their chapels. I believe that one day Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre will be declared at least a Servant of God by the Church if not made Venerable. Who are we to say that the Holy Spirit was not acting through him to preserve the traditional Mass?
Father Zuhlsdorf and Father Hunwicke have some thoughts worth pondering.
As for Allen and company, they know and we know something. They have no progeny. There time is short, very short. They are working feverishly because they know it but they will not succeed.
They will fail.
This won't last much longer.
All we have to do is hold fast to the faith.
They want to debase the truth. It is an attack on Christ and His Sacrifice. It is an attack on the Eucharist!
What is behind the attempt by Kasper, Marx, Tagle and and the others who are attempting to change doctrine through pastoral practice and a talk of "mercy" as if it is something never practiced in two thousand years?
It is about sacrilege and debasing the Holy Eucharist. It is about denying that the Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary and debasing it to be the reenactment of the Last Supper rather than a re-presentation of that Sacrifice. If the Eucharist is just a meal, who are we to judge or restrict by law those who want to come? If they want to come, they must do as all of us. Repent of your sins with a firm purpose of amendment. Period. It is that simple. Are any of us truly worthy? Of course not, that is why we pray the Centurion's prayer three times, or once if we're more worthy as in the modernist rite. When we pray, "only say the word" the word is said in the confessional when the priest says, "Ego absolve te!" There is the healing. There is the mercy.
The Ordinary Form of the Mass, the Novus Ordo Missae is a sacrificial offering, assuming the form, matter and intent is there on the part of the priest. Sometimes, it is illicit even if it is valid. More than often, it is a "banal" product as then Cardinal Ratzinger called it. It is not possible that it can convert and convict in the same way as the the traditional form for its prayers are deficient and its celebration often not sufficient. The Mass according to the latest books by St. John XXIII was nearly eliminated. It was banished by those modernists who were out to undermine the faith and are now at their zenith. This form of the Mass more fully expressed the Catholic faith and the Sacrifice and there is no denying it. It is as straight forward as 2 + 2 = 4 and those who say otherwise want you to believe that it really equals 5.
They are at the height of their power now and they will come crashing down.
For your spiritual edification.
"A Meditation on the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass"
By Michael Sestak
August 2014
Some days back, a viewer on YouTube forwarded a
kind request, asking me to produce a film showcasing the beauty and richness of
the Latin Mass. I started the project, but never imagined where it would lead.
I worked on the video each day after work from
7pm - 3am for five consecutive nights. It was a draining experience. But I am
satisfied with the end result.
PURPOSE
"A Meditation on the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass" is not meant to be a mere inspirational drama, but a heartfelt
prayer, a Catholic meditation.
It should be viewed as such: Focused. Silent.
Penitent.
My sincere hope is that you will grow in your
love for God, and your Faith will be strengthened.
SYMBOLISM
After previewing the movie for my family, they
expressed concern about some of the symbolism, particularly the scene of the
Kiss of Judas and the priest kissing the altar. Please know that I based
everything on ancient Catholic teaching. For example:
"When the priest kisses the altar, he is
kissing Christ, *faithfully,* in contradiction to the kiss of betrayal by
Judas." In a sense, the priest is making atonement for the betrayal of
Judas.
"The priest reading the Introit represents
Christ being falsely accused by Annas and blasphemed."
"The priest going to the middle of the
altar and saying the Kyrie Eleison represents Christ being brought to Caiphas
and these three times denied by Peter."
"The priest saying the 'Dominus vobiscum'
represents Christ looking at Peter and converting him."
"The priest saying the 'Orate Fratres'
represents Christ being shown by Pilate to the people with the words 'Ecce
Homo.'"
"The priest praying in a low voice
represents Christ being mocked and spit upon."
"The priest blessing the bread and wine
represents Christ being nailed to the cross."
"The priest elevating the host represents
Christ being raised on the cross."
"The priest goes to the Epistle side and
prays signifying how Jesus was led before Pilate and falsely accused."
"The priest goes to the Gospel-side, where
he reads the Gospel, signifying how Christ was sent from Pilate to Herod, and
was mocked and derided by the latter."
"The priest goes from the Gospel side
again to the middle of the altar - this signifies how Jesus was sent back from
Herod to Pilate."
"The priest uncovers the chalice,
recalling how Christ was stripped for the scourging."
"The priest offers bread and wine,
signifying how Jesus was bound to the pillar and scourged."
"The priest washes his hands, signifying
how Pilate declared Jesus innocent by washing his hands."
"The priest covers the chalice after the
Offertory recalling how Jesus was crowned with thorns."
"The priest breaking and separating the
host represents Christ giving up His spirit."
Taken from "The Catholic Church Alone: The
One True Church of Christ" by the Catholic Education Company, New York,
page 551. The book has been out of print for many decades; used copies sell for
about $200.00 or more, but can be read freely on Google Books.
FINAL THOUGHTS by Fulton J. Sheen
Too many of us end our lives, but few of us see
them finished. A sinful life may end, but a sinful life is never a finished
life.
Our Lord finished His work, but we have not
finished ours. He pointed the way we must follow. He laid down the Cross at the
finish, but we must take it up. He finished Redemption in His physical Body,
but we have not finished it in His Mystical Body.
He has finished the Sacrifice of Calvary; we must finish the Mass.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Polish Bishops throw down the gauntlet to Synod manipulators: "People living in non-sacramental union deprive themselves of the possibility of receiving Holy Communion."
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas
of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham;
Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of
Warwick, throw down their gauntlets and demand Richard II to let them prove by
arms the justice for their rebellion
The Polish Bishops have concluded their annual plenary. The story is now being picked up by Voice of the Family, LifeSiteNews and PewSitter showing the importance of the matter - the outright rejection of Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried.
Individual Catholics must look to the Bishops of Poland in addition to those whom we already know as being faithful to Our Lord Jesus Christ and the teachings of His Church.
Here is their statement which flies in complete contradiction to the modernists who would seek to approve sacrilege.
The original communique can be found at the Polish Episcopal Conference website.
In view of the upcoming Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in
Rome, the bishops have undertaken a reflection on marriage and family. This
reflection demonstrated the importance of the family from the perspective of
philosophical, theological and legal issues.
Identified once again was the indispensable importance of
the sacrament of marriage, and the family for the growth of Christian life
within the Church.
Emphasized was the need to promote the pastoral care of
families, to strengthen the faithful in understanding and the implementation of
sacramental marriage, as understood as a sacred and indissoluble union between
a woman and a man.
The teaching and the tradition of the Church shows that
people living in non-sacramental union deprive themselves of the possibility of
receiving Holy Communion.
Pastoral care must be provided for those living in such unions so that they may be able to keep the faith and continue in the community of the Church. Pastoral care of those in non-sacramental unions should also take account of children, who have the right to participate fully in the life and mission of the Church.
Pastoral care must be provided for those living in such unions so that they may be able to keep the faith and continue in the community of the Church. Pastoral care of those in non-sacramental unions should also take account of children, who have the right to participate fully in the life and mission of the Church.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Our sister in Christ, Patricia Jannuzzi, needs us!
To my Voxers and fellow Bloggers,
If you have not heard by now of Patricia Jannuzzi, let me tell you.
She is a Catholic teacher removed from her position teaching at Immaculata High School in Somerville, New Jersey for personal comments made about the sanctity of marriage. She is not at retirement age and has been devastated financially by this. Our good friend Barona, at Witness for Church and Pope in Toronto, wrote about her situation.
Where is her bishop?
Where are the pastors?
Where are the Catholics that did this injustice?
Patricia's friends have taken out a petition to show support for her. It can be found at:
https://www.change.org/p/immaculata-high-school-somerville-nj-support-patti-jannuzzi
Let us show our Catholic sister and mother that we care for her, love her and will pray for her during this difficult time when even Hollywood celebrities are overcome with evil and mock her.
As someone who was touched by your kindness and generosity of prayers, words and promises of funds recently when threatened with an unjust lawsuit by a prominent media cleric, Holy See consultant and spokesman and adviser to Pope Francis, it behooves me to do this for my sister -- our sister Patricia on this her name sake day of St. Patrick. You offered me funds should they have been necessary. Thankfully they were not. Those funds are necessary now along with your prayers for our Catholic sister.
Patricia's friends have taken out a petition to show support for her. It can be found at:
https://www.change.org/p/immaculata-high-school-somerville-nj-support-patti-jannuzzi
Let us show our Catholic sister and mother that we care for her, love her and will pray for her during this difficult time when even Hollywood celebrities are overcome with evil and mock her.
"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you
for my name's sake, for your reward will be great in heaven." May these
words of Our Blessed Lord be a great comfort to Patricia and her family.
As someone who was touched by your kindness and generosity of prayers, words and promises of funds recently when threatened with an unjust lawsuit by a prominent media cleric, Holy See consultant and spokesman and adviser to Pope Francis, it behooves me to do this for my sister -- our sister Patricia on this her name sake day of St. Patrick. You offered me funds should they have been necessary. Thankfully they were not. Those funds are necessary now along with your prayers for our Catholic sister.
You know what to do.
http://www.youcaring.com/family-fundraiser/patricia-jannuzzi-catholic-educator-needs-your-help-/322057
And to all you out there whose guilty consciences cause you to continue to flame outrage at this woman and her family by expressing how "appalled" you are in the combox at that fundraising site above, why don't you come here and give a real man a try with your screaming. The combox is open, come on; let's have a go. Or are you afraid to confront a real man rather than a line on a computer. Cowards, all of you.
And to all you out there whose guilty consciences cause you to continue to flame outrage at this woman and her family by expressing how "appalled" you are in the combox at that fundraising site above, why don't you come here and give a real man a try with your screaming. The combox is open, come on; let's have a go. Or are you afraid to confront a real man rather than a line on a computer. Cowards, all of you.
God bless you.
Vox
After teaching Catholic Theology for 31 years at Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ, our mother, Patricia Jannuzzi, was removed from teaching for stating on Facebook:
“We need healthy families with a mother and a father for the sake of the children and humanity.”
Our family is about to lose our health benefits. Our mother has recently and successfully battled breast cancer without missing a single day of teaching, except for the day of her operation. Health benefits are important to our family.
In addition, we have home, insurance, automobile and many other family expenses including educational expenses for two teenage sons. (One in college, one in high school.)
Our mother is 57, and hoped to teach until retirement at 65. Due to the overwhelming attacks in the media on her statement of Catholic belief, we do not believe she will be able to find another teaching position. Her salary & benefits total: 75,500 a year. Given her age, we are hoping to raise 7 ½ years of salary & benefits as our goal to protect our family. But for now we are raising 100,000 to cover salary and health benefits moving forward.
I hope you can find it in your heart to help our family. Any contribution is welcome. God Bless! Please forward this!
Our mother is 57, and hoped to teach until retirement at 65. Due to the overwhelming attacks in the media on her statement of Catholic belief, we do not believe she will be able to find another teaching position. Her salary & benefits total: 75,500 a year. Given her age, we are hoping to raise 7 ½ years of salary & benefits as our goal to protect our family. But for now we are raising 100,000 to cover salary and health benefits moving forward.
I hope you can find it in your heart to help our family. Any contribution is welcome. God Bless! Please forward this!
Cardinal Tagle: Please explain, I'm just a simple guy
The Filipino Cardinal said, “Every situation for those who are divorced and remarried is quite unique. To have a general rule might be counterproductive in the end. My position at the moment is to ask, ‘Can we take every case seriously and is there, in the tradition of the Church, paths towards addressing each case individually?’ This is one issue that I hope people will appreciate is not easy to say ‘no’ or to say ‘yes’ to. We cannot give one formula for all.”
The Cardinal, with all respect, needs to explain himself. At the bottom of this post is the full reprint of the article from the Catholic Herald on his talk; but for the time-being, let me explain.
It is really simple.
- Catholics who marry civilly or in a protestant service without the permission of the local Ordinary and witness by the Church's minister - a priest or deacon; are not married and they are living in a continual state of fornication and thus, mortal sin.
- Catholics who divorce and remarry civilly or in a protestant service (or Catholic if you live in Aurora, Ontario) without the benefit of a Decree of Nullity are living in a perpetual state of adultery and therefore, mortal sin.
- A Catholic who approaches Holy Communion in such a state will commit the sin of sacrilege which is also a mortal sin.
- A Catholic who, objectively speaking, dies in a state of mortal sin will go to Hell for all eternity and be cut off from God.
Those four points above make-up my understanding of Catholic teaching in this regard. Because I believe in the Truth as transmitted by Christ through two-thousand years of magisterial teaching, I feel it important to tell you what that teaching actually is; because it seems to me that someone is spinning here and it isn't me.
Am I wrong?
Or is the Cardinal?
As if the statements of Cardinal Tagle at the bottom of this post are not bad enough; another speaker at the conference was Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.
Oh my; this post is going to be a lot longer than I had intended.
Well, Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., was once interviewed by Father Thomas J. Rosica, CSB at Canada's Salt + Light Television, Our Catholic Channel of Hope. You will begin to get the picture on his theology by losing the twenty-two minutes and twenty-two seconds which you'll never get back from watching it.
You can also find out about this wayward Dominican at Protect the Pope wherein you will find that this Dominican is a dissenter on the Church's teaching on a number of areas involving homosexual behaviour. Here we have a report on his appearance at the 2014 Divine Mercy Conference as reported by Protect the Pope and copied below in the event that something mysterious happens with that blog and we maintain the original bolding:
Let's take a little look, shall we?:
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A selection of Fr Radcliffe’s writings
expressing dissent from the Church’s teaching:
Fr Radcliffe gave the following
contribution to the Church of England ‘s review of homosexuality and gay
marriage:
Fr Radcliffe OP expands the meaning of
fertility to include gay sex
But not every marriage is fertile in this
way. We must avoid having a mechanistic or simplistic understanding of
fertility. Jesus speaks a fertile word: This is my body, given for you. He is
God’s fertile word. And surely it is in the kind and healing words that we
offer each other that we all share in fertility of that most
intimate moment. When Jesus met Peter on the shore after Easter, he offers him
a word that renews their relationship. Three times he asks him; ‘Do you love me
more than these others?’ He allows him to undo his threefold denial. Sexual
fertility cannot be separated from the exchange of words that heal, that
recreate and set free.
How does all of this bear on the question
of gay sexuality? We cannot begin with the question of whether it is permitted
or forbidden! We must ask what it means, and how far it is Eucharistic.
Certainly it can be generous, vulnerable, tender, mutual and non-violent. So in
many ways, I would think that it can be expressive of Christ’s self-gift.
We can also see how it can be expressive of
mutual fidelity, a covenantal relationship in which two people bind themselves
to each other for ever. But the proposed legislation for ‘gay marriage’ imply
that it is not understood to be inherently unitive, a becoming one flesh. [...]
And what about fertility? I have suggested
that one should not stick to a crude, mechanistic understanding of fertility.
Biological fertility is inseparable from the fertility of our mutual tenderness
and compassion. And so that might seem to remove one objection to gay marriage.
I am not entirely convinced, since it seems to me that our tradition is
incarnational, the word becoming bodily flesh. And some heterosexual
relationships may be accidentally infertile in this sense, but homosexual ones
are intrinsically so.
Sexual ethics is about what our acts say.
And I have the impression that we are not very sure of what gay sexual acts
signify. Maybe we need to ask gay Christians who have been living in committed
relationships for years. I suspect that sex will turn out to be rather
unimportant.’
Fr Radcliffe on Holy Communion for
Catholics who are divorced and re-married:
I would conclude with two profound hopes.
That a way will be found to welcome divorced and remarried people back to
communion. And, most important, that women will be given real authority and
voice in the church. The pope expresses his desire that this may happen, but
what concrete form can it take? He believes that the ordination of women to the
ministerial priesthood is not possible, but decision-making in the church has
become ever more closely linked to ordination in recent years. Can that bond be
loosened? Let us hope that women may be ordained to the diaconate and so have a
place in preaching at the Eucharist. What other ways can authority be shared?’
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The Catholic Herald has a collection of articles about Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. You will have not difficulty finding out more by doing some searching.
The next explanation that His Eminence needs to give is this:
Why Eminence did you appear on the same program with a Preacher who holds and teaches such heterodoxy and;
Did you correct him?
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Cardinal Tagle: There is no "formula for all" on Communion for the divorced or the re-married.
Cardinal Tagle was speaking at the Flame 2 Youth Congress earlier this month
The Archbishop of Manila has said that there is no all encompassing answer to the question of Communion for the divorced and remarried. Speaking to the Catholic Herald at the Flame 2 Youth Congress earlier this month, Cardinal Luis Tagle, said it was not a question of simply saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but that every case should be judged individually.
He said: “Every situation for those who are divorced and remarried is quite unique. To have a general rule might be counterproductive in the end. My position at the moment is to ask, ‘Can we take every case seriously and is there, in the tradition of the Church, paths towards addressing each case individually?’ This is one issue that I hope people will appreciate is not easy to say ‘no’ or to say ‘yes’ to. We cannot give one formula for all.”
Speaking about the upcoming extraordinary synod, Cardinal Tagle said: “The questions asked were an invitation for people to really examine their conscience. For example, in your parish if you are aware that something is happening are you just aware? Or have you already started doing something? There’s the question of the youth, the elderly, and in the case of the Philippines, families that are separated by migration because of jobs. We know what is happening and we know about the negative effects. But what are we doing? Are we just talking about it?
“We must remember that this is an international gathering so people are coming from different contexts. It is the same gospel and the same truth, but you cannot avoid people thinking: ‘How do I present this teaching to my people?’. No single country, diocese or parish can exhaust all possible responses, so it will be a learning moment where the diversity could help all of us.”
Cardinal Tagle spoke of the need to experience Christ for evangelisation: “An evangeliser must first be evangelized. For how can I share the person of Jesus Christ with others if I have not experienced Him myself?”
The Flame 2 Youth Congress attended by approximately 8,000 young Catholics. Surrounded by young people who had gathered for the country’s largest national Catholic youth event at the SSE Wembley Arena, Cardinal Tagle said: “Where there is mercy there is joy. I am only a cardinal and a bishop because of the mercy of God and the kindness of other people.”
The event included prayers incorporating dance and reflection, and ended with exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament led by Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster.
Rome: We have a problem
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, "MERCY!"
Having enjoyed that little diversion, let's get on with the matters at hand.
When the Grand Lodge of Italy praises the election of Jorge Bergoglio as Bishop of Rome be very concerned about "mercy."
Now, we have the Italian Communist magazine, "Il Manifesto" with the same Bishop of Rome on its cover, proclaiming that "mercy could be the way out for the difficult path of reform, announced but not yet implemented." According to Il Manifesto, the Pope wants to "combine an unchanged doctrine and structure with an exclusive pastoral through the "magic word" mercy." When a communist magazine praises the Bishop of Rome by very concerned.
Does Il Manifesto know something we don't? Where have we heard this before?
“Will this Pope re-write controversial Church doctrines? No. But that isn't how doctrine changes. Doctrine changes when pastoral contexts shift and new insights emerge such that particularly doctrinal formulations no longer mediate the saving message of God's transforming love. Doctrine changes when the Church has leaders and teachers who are not afraid to take note of new contexts and emerging insights. It changes when the Church has pastors who do what Francis has been insisting: leave the securities of your chanceries, of your rectories, of your safe places, of your episcopal residences go set aside the small-minded rules that often keep you locked up and shielded from the world.” This quote given by Father Thomas J. Rosica, CSB various lectures is documented on LifeSiteNews and YouTube in his own words. If he thinks this way what of others?
I need make no comment on the above paragraphs; you dear reader, are quite well-informed and can draw your own conclusions. Rather, as this same Bishop of Rome lauded by Freemasons and Communists desiring to go "Forward" has called for an "extraordinary year of mercy" to go along with the extraordinary and ordinary synod, let me ask some questions.
Where is the mercy for Father James Haley?
Where is the mercy for the Catholics of Chile with a voyeur, homosexual and pederast appointed as a bishop over them?
Where is the mercy for the victims of Cardinal O'Brien in Scotland or those who now pay for his new retirement home in the country?
Where is the mercy for Asia Bibi still suffering in Pakistan awaiting her execution and who herself has begged for mercy?
Where is the mercy for the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate?
Where is the mercy for those Catholics who gave "spiritual bouquets" of rosaries only to be mocked by the person for whom they were said?
Where is the mercy for Patricia Jannuzzi, threatened, mocked and intimidated for her faith?
Where is the mercy for my friend, and countless other victims raped and sodomised around the world by clergy and given the gift that keeps on giving.
Where is the mercy for me and my legal bill and stress upon my family and friends incurred by an unjust persecution for doing what I am doing right now?
But who am I to judge?
Strike the Shepherd and the sheep scatter.
In our times and in this calamity that has befallen the Church it is not from these Romans that one is going to find mercy.
There is only one true mercy and it is found in Him.
Having enjoyed that little diversion, let's get on with the matters at hand.
When the Grand Lodge of Italy praises the election of Jorge Bergoglio as Bishop of Rome be very concerned about "mercy."
Now, we have the Italian Communist magazine, "Il Manifesto" with the same Bishop of Rome on its cover, proclaiming that "mercy could be the way out for the difficult path of reform, announced but not yet implemented." According to Il Manifesto, the Pope wants to "combine an unchanged doctrine and structure with an exclusive pastoral through the "magic word" mercy." When a communist magazine praises the Bishop of Rome by very concerned.
Does Il Manifesto know something we don't? Where have we heard this before?
“Will this Pope re-write controversial Church doctrines? No. But that isn't how doctrine changes. Doctrine changes when pastoral contexts shift and new insights emerge such that particularly doctrinal formulations no longer mediate the saving message of God's transforming love. Doctrine changes when the Church has leaders and teachers who are not afraid to take note of new contexts and emerging insights. It changes when the Church has pastors who do what Francis has been insisting: leave the securities of your chanceries, of your rectories, of your safe places, of your episcopal residences go set aside the small-minded rules that often keep you locked up and shielded from the world.” This quote given by Father Thomas J. Rosica, CSB various lectures is documented on LifeSiteNews and YouTube in his own words. If he thinks this way what of others?
I need make no comment on the above paragraphs; you dear reader, are quite well-informed and can draw your own conclusions. Rather, as this same Bishop of Rome lauded by Freemasons and Communists desiring to go "Forward" has called for an "extraordinary year of mercy" to go along with the extraordinary and ordinary synod, let me ask some questions.
Where is the mercy for Father James Haley?
Where is the mercy for the Catholics of Chile with a voyeur, homosexual and pederast appointed as a bishop over them?
Where is the mercy for the victims of Cardinal O'Brien in Scotland or those who now pay for his new retirement home in the country?
Where is the mercy for Asia Bibi still suffering in Pakistan awaiting her execution and who herself has begged for mercy?
Where is the mercy for the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate?
Where is the mercy for those Catholics who gave "spiritual bouquets" of rosaries only to be mocked by the person for whom they were said?
Where is the mercy for Patricia Jannuzzi, threatened, mocked and intimidated for her faith?
Where is the mercy for my friend, and countless other victims raped and sodomised around the world by clergy and given the gift that keeps on giving.
Where is the mercy for me and my legal bill and stress upon my family and friends incurred by an unjust persecution for doing what I am doing right now?
But who am I to judge?
Strike the Shepherd and the sheep scatter.
In our times and in this calamity that has befallen the Church it is not from these Romans that one is going to find mercy.
There is only one true mercy and it is found in Him.
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