tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post6328029874478205264..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Brighton Argus: Contacting AdvertisersFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-68635383433089073662013-09-17T12:26:16.207+01:002013-09-17T12:26:16.207+01:00"...If you can bear to hear the truth you'..."...If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken<br />Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<br />Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<br />And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:" ....<br />Kipling suggests that enduring such trials will lead to earthly rewards, but if endured 'in odium fidei', I think they will be enjoyed in eternity. <br />Keep it up, Fr Ray.<br />Paul TullyPaul T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15422220131381814558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35242234666131924002013-09-16T16:21:33.056+01:002013-09-16T16:21:33.056+01:00I saw a good little film a few months ago. Needles...I saw a good little film a few months ago. Needless to say, it did not receive any fanfare from the MSM. It was called For The Greater Glory. It was about the murder of priests and the persecution of Catholics by the Freemasonic revolutionaries in Mexico.<br /><br />There comes a time when turning the other cheek is not an option. I know that things aren't that bad just yet, but who knows where all this will lead.<br /><br />This attack on a Catholic priest is not just some disengenious "reporter" who is so talentless and lazy that he is reduced to trawling the internet in search of news. The man may not know it, but it is a wider agenda at play and he has fallen into the hands of evil. Just looking at the comments on that rag fills me with pity for those commenting. They strike me as the most uneducated who are told what to think and have their world view prepackaged for them by the MSM. The may be zombies, but they are dangerous and we can see groupthink coming into play here.<br /><br />Stand your ground father and profess the truth from the rooftops.<br /><br />This stuff isn't new.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKeOHZ9NWao<br /><br />fraz1971https://www.blogger.com/profile/16605092741060893834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-65346551174399082742013-09-16T15:48:03.156+01:002013-09-16T15:48:03.156+01:00Jane Ireland,
If you read Gardners twitter feed it...Jane Ireland,<br />If you read Gardners twitter feed it is obvious that it is not a personal attack on me, but a delight in a 'stitch up' of a Catholic priest -<br />READ IT!Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-38613284918058863352013-09-16T14:21:01.798+01:002013-09-16T14:21:01.798+01:00Fr Ray,
Then you have forgiven him?
Perhaps this j...Fr Ray,<br />Then you have forgiven him?<br />Perhaps this journalist has already suffered enough? Today he is reduced to reporting on the plight of 'bunny rabbits' at Ford open prison! As you imply, it can be a hard life being a journalist on a minor newspaper.<br />If you extend the olive branch, it will not be because he deserves it, but because you choose to show mercy. And perhaps it may provoke a generous response? markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08108496407682790927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-57285126264405361212013-09-16T14:06:05.570+01:002013-09-16T14:06:05.570+01:00These attacks against Catholics are everywhere the...These attacks against Catholics are everywhere these days. It is organised and constant. Every facet of Catholicism is being attacked. <br /><br />It is a very old battle as you well know father.<br /><br />You must continue with your head high father. You are doing Gods work.<br /><br />Here is why they hate and fear the Catholic Church. You use technology (Blogging). I do think that the church has to start tackling everyday issues from a Catholic perspective. If the Inquisition still had power, the world would be a better place.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQpNb2pu4M<br /><br />God bless you Father Blake.<br /><br />fraz1971https://www.blogger.com/profile/16605092741060893834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50848231988181669662013-09-16T12:55:49.021+01:002013-09-16T12:55:49.021+01:00Mark,
I am told to feed the poor, I am told to for...Mark,<br />I am told to feed the poor, I am told to forgive my enemies. I have been remembering the Argus staff at the altar. I feel sorry for them, I think there is a terrible injustice that they are paid peanuts if their stories appear in a 13,000 circulation newspaper, they only make a living wage if their story is taken up by a National, hence even senior journalists working for Newsquest have to earn money through doing extra jobs, in Brighton such as becoming chorus boys in the local theatre.<br /><br />It is unjust and makes such journalists unjust.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17553327903456536732013-09-16T12:30:45.884+01:002013-09-16T12:30:45.884+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08108496407682790927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10359565944249491862013-09-16T07:34:55.617+01:002013-09-16T07:34:55.617+01:00I'm sorry but I live my catholic faith as publ...I'm sorry but I live my catholic faith as publicly and honestly as I can, however I see here not attack specifically on the catholic faith. Yes, I have already acknowledged that what was written and said about fr blake was not right and was obviously hurtful. I know what it is to have your words taken out of context and twisted and it is hurtful and infuriating. I also know what it feels like to be personally attacked and I know what bullying is more than most people so I don't appreciate the 'once you've been round the block'. Once you got to a point of such a low as I did you fully understand bullying and it takes a lot to drag a person back up. Bt for me, the easy route was for them to suffer as much as I had, to feel the hurt I did, to be punished, to be humiliated, to lose everything because of what they had done to me. Yet that is NOT the teaching of the Catholic Church as I know it. Yes, this was an attack on fr ray personally and not the Catholic Church, that does not mean I am condoning it. However, as much as you fight for justice it may not always come in the form we wish or want it to. Many more people have been condemned far worse than fr blake. I am insulted you portray him as a martyr, I'm sorry father, as much as I appreciate you and what you do, I look at those nuns in Syria, I look at those publicly practicing their faith and, not only may they be puclicly humiliated for it, they may also be horrendously slaughtered and murdered. Yes fight for personal justice, go through the right means, but to start going beyond that on a sort of crusade and ripping another man of is reputation and livelihood to me seems wrong. He has surely ripped himself of his own reputation among the eyes of many. I might be young but you are wrong to dismiss me, because I am the Catholic Church alive and breathing today, and I love the Catholic Church. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825120755377694008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63856957988446379822013-09-15T22:03:30.616+01:002013-09-15T22:03:30.616+01:00Dear Father Blake
You are absolutely right to see...Dear Father Blake<br /><br />You are absolutely right to seek justice! We all know that you practise charity with honesty. It seems to be the honesty that people can't handle these days!<br /><br />Looking at Jane Ireland's blog - she's young and has a lot to learn - I'm sure she means well, hopefully she will understand what it means to be publicly, uncompromisingly Catholic eventually - not for the lily-livered!epsilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785182500278281351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-64794913629531095452013-09-15T19:43:49.776+01:002013-09-15T19:43:49.776+01:00http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pope:-mercy-is-the-...http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pope:-mercy-is-the-true-force-that-can-save-man-and-the-world-from-the-'cancer'-of-sin-29013.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825120755377694008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42049638266688299472013-09-15T18:15:14.841+01:002013-09-15T18:15:14.841+01:00I enjoy your posts and offer my heartfelt support....I enjoy your posts and offer my heartfelt support....but I wish you'd spellcheck and proofread before publishing.Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580253432208073322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-48465537983316993782013-09-15T18:04:53.634+01:002013-09-15T18:04:53.634+01:00Father....I think you should keep blogging as usua...Father....I think you should keep blogging as usual. It is obvious you are causing a stir with your blog....and that your blog is getting publicity. That is not always such a bad thing.<br /><br />Continue your writing, Father....and let this wash over, if you can. Soon it will be forgotten...people have such short memories. But your blog will be better known.amaqulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951856281426436982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-61155655864103371182013-09-15T16:09:59.677+01:002013-09-15T16:09:59.677+01:00I have read the original blog and the Argus articl...I have read the original blog and the Argus article and it is very clear the journalist was making a deliberate attempt to smear your name. The journalist and the Editor of the Argus really need be taken to account on this. Making a substantial donation to the good work done by you and your parish on behalf of the homeless seems the very least they can do. <br /><br />Please do continue to blogDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093069286318218168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-61426589425697795872013-09-15T13:31:04.571+01:002013-09-15T13:31:04.571+01:00Fr you were in my thoughts at Mass today. I could ...Fr you were in my thoughts at Mass today. I could see how your original post could be manipulated against you but that said, I too encountered the same lying and deception by a few "poor people", on a much, much smaller scale but it does happen.<br /><br />God bless all your hard work and please "keep on blogging".Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279636741004463756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-24233631495661783012013-09-15T03:05:47.273+01:002013-09-15T03:05:47.273+01:00Dear Fr. Blake,
Thank you for continuing to post...Dear Fr. Blake, <br /><br />Thank you for continuing to post. Your blog has been an encouragement to me for several years--these last months in particular--as a voice of reason, faith, and continuity. <br /><br />I comment on blogs maybe once a year so this is it for 2013, but your blog is worth it. <br />Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154564662751252064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-9324392580212232222013-09-15T02:35:43.586+01:002013-09-15T02:35:43.586+01:00Father,
I think carl Jung would have used the wor...Father,<br /><br />I think carl Jung would have used the word Anima for a male journalist... so called....some people do not know they have a soul.<br /><br />I am sorry for your trouble... only one answer in this case... stand up to bullies.<br /><br />An Ave Maria for you when I put my head on the pillow.<br /><br />God Bless,<br /><br />stuartRabies Theologorumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07030624468149641157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88362326375705290832013-09-15T02:12:32.693+01:002013-09-15T02:12:32.693+01:00Father, we are with you and we love you.
Father, we are with you and we love you. <br />Roses and Jessaminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382837693414491679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-31593062489965729352013-09-15T00:07:38.022+01:002013-09-15T00:07:38.022+01:00I am so glad that you are fighting back, Father. I...I am so glad that you are fighting back, Father. If you had 'caved in' many of us would have been hurt. This young man might have won a temporary professional advantage (until his venality is exposed) but his current employers will hopefully be very worried, as they should be. My guess is that several aspiring journo's working for failing rags are currently scouring Catholic blogs in order to destroy a few more priests and make their names. Lepantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487748842744745860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-85808977353622160002013-09-14T23:31:54.820+01:002013-09-14T23:31:54.820+01:00Jane, Justice demands that the truth be known.
I ...Jane, Justice demands that the truth be known.<br /> I don't know which of part of that causes a difficulty, but have you any idea what would happen were Fr. Blake to crumble under the bombardment? Those of us who have been round the block a few times know exactly how bullies work. The attacks would increase in intensity until Fr. Blake was psychologically beaten down.<br />In misapprehending Fr. Blake's purpose it is frankly preposterous to suggest he is pursuing a vendetta. Since when did the sinned against become the sinner? Fr. Blake is not merely defending himself. He is upholding the integrity of the Catholic Church, as he should.<br />Living Catholics were once known as the Church Militant for a good reason - to square up to those over many centuries who have sought the demise of the Catholic Church through falsehoods, defamation and violence. <br />It's what the holy martyrs understood when they gave their lives for the sake of justice and truth.<br />Each such attack, though it may seem insignificant in the wider world, is yet another attempt to trash Our Lord Himself.<br />How much easier it would be for Fr. Blake to find solace in the shadows. Who would willingly put himself up for a good kicking? Fr. Blake's courage for Christ surely demands support, not casual dismissal by a few pick and mix quotes.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-22435562340497991122013-09-14T22:57:08.509+01:002013-09-14T22:57:08.509+01:00I saw Bill Gardner on the ITV 'Tonight' pr...I saw Bill Gardner on the ITV 'Tonight' programme, described as a 'senior reporter' and talking about on-line bullying. The anchor for this programme, Julie Etchingham, is a practising Catholic.<br /><br />I suspect Gardner is being head-hunted by the BBC as we speak, and his rise from the desk of a provincial rag to 'Newsnight' is only a matter of time.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50252473538628491722013-09-14T21:24:29.520+01:002013-09-14T21:24:29.520+01:00Gannett owns the Louisville Courier-Journal, which...Gannett owns the Louisville Courier-Journal, which has always been anti-Catholic, but it's pretty horrifying that a Catholic political cartoonist publishes cartoons that mock the Church and her Sacred Doctrine. <br />Thank you Father for your vocation. My friends here at Franciscan University are trying to reach out to the Brighton-like poverty in Steubenville, and really appreciated your comments. Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76240723340587316902013-09-14T19:16:34.143+01:002013-09-14T19:16:34.143+01:00thanks for your support Marythanks for your support MaryFr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26067405176201810402013-09-14T19:04:05.158+01:002013-09-14T19:04:05.158+01:00Great to see you blogging, Fr Ray!Great to see you blogging, Fr Ray!Mary O'Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06111088825250138537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-14270730240686772112013-09-14T16:43:58.673+01:002013-09-14T16:43:58.673+01:00Father, I am deeply saddened by the damage that ha...Father, I am deeply saddened by the damage that has been done to your reputation and I think that you are quite right to demand a public apology. It is distressing to see the stress and anxiety that you are suffering as a result of this vicous attack and it makes me even angrier with the Argus. I like the idea of contacting advertisers and I'll talk to other parishioners to see what we could do. MoiraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854985982600168481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-83787925285565261842013-09-14T15:20:23.955+01:002013-09-14T15:20:23.955+01:00Cathy,
Thanks for pointing this out. The phone cal...Cathy,<br />Thanks for pointing this out. The phone call from the unscrupulous Bill Gardner was the first I heard about it.<br />I think far from 'slamming' I laughed because of the silliness and perversion of it all, the idea of a wedding celebrating sexual perversion is so odd to me. I then gave him the answer he expected.<br /><br />Yes it bullying.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.com