tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3115393003125676918..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: St Charles Borromeo's CenturyFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-55029264314917001962014-11-07T16:33:47.978+00:002014-11-07T16:33:47.978+00:00As a latter day son of St Camillus, nursing the si...As a latter day son of St Camillus, nursing the sick and dying as a religious brother I am delighted to see our holy and wig-less founder mentioned in Fr Ray's history of the 16th Century. Thank God that the inspiration of so many courageous men and women from that troubled century lives on, bringing people closer to God in today's troubled world. Fra Giovanni.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17890899674334691572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-60661414640443693382014-11-06T22:53:18.285+00:002014-11-06T22:53:18.285+00:00Ah - now I can read it!Ah - now I can read it!Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-30495568856040218302014-11-06T01:32:13.466+00:002014-11-06T01:32:13.466+00:00Wonderful!
Father, I graduated with a degree in Hi...Wonderful!<br />Father, I graduated with a degree in History (Medieval from Jesuit Xavier here in Cincinnati). Some how the history of the Papacy was a "once over lightly".<br /> Do you have a recommendation for a good read to fill in my loss?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />BillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811626187793298428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63042661246869903702014-11-05T22:26:14.159+00:002014-11-05T22:26:14.159+00:00Father your history crib is excellent. The Cathol...Father your history crib is excellent. The Catholic Church is truly in turmoil today, wasting away and disintegrating by whatever means of measurement is used, and we will need that crib if we are to make any sense of what is happening. <br /><br />You quoted in your “S” word comment,<br /><br />“The real problem is a internal schism, or as said above submerged schism”<br /><br />Well the Protestant Reformation was seen as an internal schism but one that would be resolved. It took over a hundred years to realise it wasn’t going to be.<br /><br />History does not repeat itself exactly, but the similarities with the present are remarkable. A failed Council, (5th Lateran), a great ferment of ideas in the world, Popes swinging between concession and Continuity, some resented for reform (Hadrian VI). Paul II not terribly competent but at least he had the sense to all the Council of Trent. It still needed St Pius V however, to sort out the mess.<br /><br />All so similar to what is happening today. Yes, we will need another Council and another St Pius V to sort out the current mess and shambles, but that is probably 2/3 Popes away.<br /><br />That a Reformation is at work in the Church at present is pretty clear. Ralph Wiltgen virtually said so in 1966. Malcolm Muggeridge complained in 1980+/- that his conversion was delayed because of it. Michael Davies for decades effectively said so. Pope Benedict in March 2010, complained of “a completely different Church”, emerging and others such as Mosebach in September 2012. In the past six years in particular it has been openly discussed. <br /><br />Yes it would seem that there is a Reformation under way, I would call it a Relativist Reformation, but it is there - and as real as the proverbial sack of potatoes.<br /><br />The question now is where and what form will the Counter Reformation take. Well I have my suspicions, but one thing is absolutely certain, the armoury of this Counter Reformation will include a restored traditional liturgy of the Mass and of traditional Catholic devotions.Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-70783039750692167052014-11-05T04:55:32.465+00:002014-11-05T04:55:32.465+00:00But with the Counter-Reformation,there are some th...But with the Counter-Reformation,there are some things to be Lamented to this day(Jesuitical seperation of Piety and Liturgy,Abolition of the Reredos etc...)Josemaria Paulo Jeromino Martin Carvalho-Von Versterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128928800453615354noreply@blogger.com