tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3834655455316496842..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Our Cunning Plans and GodFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-79907002218325174562012-09-27T21:03:50.452+01:002012-09-27T21:03:50.452+01:00Saint Athanasius.
How did he inculcate the Priest...Saint Athanasius.<br /><br />How did he inculcate the Priests and the Faithful that were spoiled by heresy?<br /><br />How was Catholicism re-established?<br /><br /><br />*Pablo the Mexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384415590309803327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-48970073755540377842012-09-27T16:33:54.032+01:002012-09-27T16:33:54.032+01:00I have to be honest and say that, from my experien...I have to be honest and say that, from my experience, the Catholic aptitude of searching for excuses not to evangelise is epic in its proportion (others experiences might be different).<br /><br />John Vaughan Neil recently said that the Catholic Church is in a state of paralysis when it comes to publicly evangelising. I have to say that I believe that he is 100% correct.<br /><br />The problem is that there needs to be some level of conversion of heart towards Christ, because without this it seems to me that most seem to be apathetic.<br /><br />I am convinced that the approach taken by Youth 2000 is presently showing signs that there may be future generations who will consider that Christianity is more than going to Church once a week.<br /><br />I have to say that unless that a similar approach is taken with adults then we are pretty much in the territory of St. Patrick who had to wait (to a certain extent) for the old generation to pass away.<br /><br />Despite detractors I am convinced that the New Evangelisation is the only way to deal with this issue. The best examples I have seen are rooted in tradition (and do not throw the baby out with the bath water i.e. just how Pope Benedict advises). Unfortunately 'good examples' are few and far between (but it is early days).<br /><br />I am not a youth worker, but I am absolutely convinced that if we do not have solid youth workers/catechists in our congregations then it is time to prioritise getting these kids to solid youth events elsewhere in the country, otherwise we are literally pouring the church money down the drain.<br /><br />Things were so dire at St. Mary's that three of us completed the paper work (H&S), hired a mini bus (£45 a day) and took the youth of the parish to Youth 2000 at Walsingham. It was either that of see our church add to to the 94% teen Catholic lapsation rate. We will be doing it again.<br /><br />The catechesis is sound and at least the youth saw for once that they are not alone.ORA PRO NOBIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17546605493757534530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63123449037680098982012-09-27T14:28:38.723+01:002012-09-27T14:28:38.723+01:00Father
You say that Faith is passed on "in ...Father<br /> You say that Faith is passed on "in the space within a Divine embrace". I hope that It is not too fanciful to suggest that human relationships are nurtured and flourish in the space between an "human embrace". That is the space where people listen to each other and develop sympathy, compassion and understanding of what it is like to be each other. This is the space where relationships grow and flourish. It is out of this flourishing that the Gospel may be lived. What we catholics often say to, and about, each other, for example, in the "cyberspace between us" does not bode well for "the end of helping the people of our time to recognize and discover anew the signs of the presence of God.” RCSawstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701777838702348393noreply@blogger.com