tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post4390093125318619127..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Lord Sacks to the PopeFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88498220862684762712010-09-27T19:51:00.180+01:002010-09-27T19:51:00.180+01:00@Sadie That wouldn't ice-skating 'cinnabon...@Sadie That wouldn't ice-skating 'cinnabons' in Headingley in 'grim' Leeds, by any chance would it??almostholymolyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00558239371087788084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-18789750256202006622010-09-27T10:00:39.427+01:002010-09-27T10:00:39.427+01:00Lord Sacks does not "celebrate our difference...Lord Sacks does not "celebrate our differences". He has publicaly described the belief that Catholics hold concerning Jesus Christ in that revelation was completed in Him as "worrying" (Radio 4 -finding God series with John Humphreys a few years back). Furthermore, it is patently obvious that you have a lot more to talk about with those who hold the truth in common than with those who do not. To say otherwise is obviously silly. I'm sure the Pope would be more delighted to see him convert to the true Faith than engaging in dialogue with Lord Sack's differing beliefs. <br /><br />It's nice to be nice but being honest nicely is the nicest thing!Ma Tuckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86300275535520302092010-09-27T07:59:00.515+01:002010-09-27T07:59:00.515+01:00Another point: If the Chief Rabbi had so much as a...Another point: If the Chief Rabbi had so much as an inkling that Benedict were (or had been) a Nazi , as so many of his denigrators have suggested, do you think he would have agreed to meet him?Crux Fidelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949811845963570447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-41914184568653269082010-09-26T16:16:38.013+01:002010-09-26T16:16:38.013+01:00"Britain has been so enriched by its minoriti..."Britain has been so enriched by its minorities ..." So says Lord Sacks. Never mind that the Catholic Church was relegated to a minority position in Britain by dungeon, rack, and sword.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-9050560239590077322010-09-26T00:28:49.813+01:002010-09-26T00:28:49.813+01:00Fr. Ray,
Of course the CR knows that the Divinity...Fr. Ray,<br /><br />Of course the CR knows that the Divinity of Christ is a stumbling block. Why then should we believe that he would "celebrate" it, as in "we celebrate our differences"? The CR says that the Pope represents a "great faith". Really now. Does the CR think that the principal object of that "great faith", Our Lord Jesus Christ, is also "great"? Another CR of another time, circa 33 AD, thought that Our Lord was a blasphemer worthy of a criminal's death. It just doesn't add up. Methinks that the CR isn't being honest.wheat4paradisehttp://wheat4paradise.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42961607021921839842010-09-25T17:07:43.262+01:002010-09-25T17:07:43.262+01:00I suspect that what the Chief Rabbi has in mind is...I suspect that what the Chief Rabbi has in mind is the role of the Church in taking ethical monotheism to all the nations from its Jewish source, and that we Catholics can learn a lot from the Jews in what concerns the interpretation of Scripture.<br /><br />For example, in the parable of the Prodigal Son a Jew would notice, but a Gentile would miss, that for a Jew to ask for his inheritance while his father is still alive is tantamount to wishing him dead.<br /><br />Secondly, the Jews consider it degrading for a for a man to run (as the father does on seeing his son return) once he is past the age of forty.<br /><br />Thirdly, if a Jew goes off and defiles himself by going among the pigs, the usual form is for his father to rip the clothes from his back, never mind put a robe on him and rings on his fingers.Michael Petekhttp://www.crownofdavid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-21559839228471336412010-09-25T16:48:36.561+01:002010-09-25T16:48:36.561+01:00I suspect the CR might actually be aware the Divin...I suspect the CR might actually be aware the Divinity of Christ is one the divisions he spoke about.<br /> <br />He is quite bright you know!Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88485712652053107022010-09-25T16:20:50.610+01:002010-09-25T16:20:50.610+01:00Lord Sacks can always be relied on to say the righ...Lord Sacks can always be relied on to say the right thing,cannot be faulted.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412418782531527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50510540240014476942010-09-25T15:46:18.561+01:002010-09-25T15:46:18.561+01:00"We celebrate ... our ... differences ...&quo..."We celebrate ... our ... differences ..."<br /><br />Is Jesus Christ -- and Him crucified -- no longer a stumbling block to the Jews? Since when does a chief rabbi see Catholicism as a "great faith"? It's one thing to make nice and cooperate around noble humanitarian goals. It's quite another thing to whitewash the truth.wheat4paradisehttp://wheat4paradise.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-72693128189760066002010-09-25T14:43:31.892+01:002010-09-25T14:43:31.892+01:00Just spotted in the grim North - an E & W ordi...Just spotted in the grim North - an E & W ordinary wearing 'civies' presumably on his way back from a local Starbucks to our diocesan centre. <br /><br />B16 is forgotten.Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-83375720097827713042010-09-25T13:49:49.912+01:002010-09-25T13:49:49.912+01:00We celebrate both our commonalities and difference...<i>We celebrate both our commonalities and differences, because if we had nothing in common we could not communicate, and if we had everything in common, we would have nothing to say.</i><br /><br />I'm sorry, but that's a lot of blather. Does the Chief Rabbi really <i>celebrate</i> our "differences" over the person of Our Lord Jesus Christ? I find it hard to believe.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-59748267572229739362010-09-25T13:32:00.399+01:002010-09-25T13:32:00.399+01:00Far more eloquent and profound than Rowan Williams...Far more eloquent and profound than Rowan Williams!The Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-74718261809895020792010-09-25T13:28:32.298+01:002010-09-25T13:28:32.298+01:00Beautifully, poetically put!Beautifully, poetically put!epsilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785182500278281351noreply@blogger.com