tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post633093484267675933..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Canon Joseph FlanaganFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-87686233430923645702014-09-20T23:30:15.937+01:002014-09-20T23:30:15.937+01:00Fr Joe was a wonderful man, deeply authentic. When...Fr Joe was a wonderful man, deeply authentic. When I was a teenager, I often asked him to bless crosses which I gave to my friends. I would just turn up at the presbytery,(of course I had to first overcome the formidable vetting procedure of the housekeeper!) Father Joe would always be delighted to oblige. I was not Catholic, but he seemed unconcerned about this. I asked Father Joe rather than any other clergyman that I knew, because he was a genuine old school Catholic priest. Despite the horrific thuggish defamatory assault of the modern mainstream media on The Catholic Church, a good Catholic priest cannot be surpassed. I say this as a practising Buddhist.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577675558828408723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-41354273344495930482013-10-17T23:26:14.642+01:002013-10-17T23:26:14.642+01:00I was fortunate in that my life and his intersecte...I was fortunate in that my life and his intersected, in albeit a small way. He was one of the good guys, no mistake about that. <br /><br />Apparently, American tourists used to turn up at the Presbytery and ask "You still got that big Irish priest?" and when the answer was "Yes" they used to say "What time's he on?"Steve Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939442902428549403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-81542365352481269432009-05-25T17:31:07.546+01:002009-05-25T17:31:07.546+01:00The variation on this conversation I recall was
"...The variation on this conversation I recall was<br /><br />"Are you a Catholic?"<br />"Why?"<br />"You've got a Catholic face"<br />"I'm not"<br />"Funny, I thought you were. Why don't you think about becoming a Catholic?"Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-13749443503803696612009-05-25T15:37:54.398+01:002009-05-25T15:37:54.398+01:00Kala is feeling joyless because "they" have got to...Kala is feeling joyless because "they" have got to her,if she had read some of the anti Catholic propaganda of tha 19th C she would be even more joyless.<br /><br />So-called survivors of this abuse have made a lot of money,they write books,appear on TV and talk to anybody who wants to listen to them.<br /><br />Nobody is allowed to question their evidence for fear of being labelled a "denier".A lot of the more salacious stuff can be taken with a pinch of salt.<br /><br />I had 4 years being taught by Presentation Brothers and would defend them to the death and so would the majority who were taught by them.<br /><br />Most of these institutions are virtually run by bully-boy inmates and anything they said to frighten "new boys" was taken as Gospel.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-57879337836300165342009-05-25T09:42:58.505+01:002009-05-25T09:42:58.505+01:00NC Sue,I have a cousin from North Carolina,Cindy M...NC Sue,I have a cousin from North Carolina,Cindy McClary,something in the Health Industry,you may have heard of her.Lining in Florida at the moment.<br /><br />We are into Genealogy.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-2977389122832529622009-05-25T03:33:16.518+01:002009-05-25T03:33:16.518+01:00With the unrelenting anti-Catholicism from the med...With the unrelenting anti-Catholicism from the media, the sexual abuse scandals and the infighting between those Catholics who are faithful to the Magisterium and those not faithful which spill onto the public arena, I don't see much to be joyful about. I came to the conclusion one night last week after reading about yet another scandal this time a priest going off the rails in Florida that I don't much like being a Catholic. I will remain a Catholic because I believe it is the Church which Christ founded but I am rather joyless at the moment.Kalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88341481899629598362009-05-24T23:12:04.171+01:002009-05-24T23:12:04.171+01:00A "terrible sour Protestant face" - I've seen more...A "terrible sour Protestant face" - I've seen more than my fair share of those. (Along with a few sour Catholic faces, I must admit with chagrin...)<br /><br />Sometimes we forget that there is reason to be filled with GREAT joy as Christians. Fr. Flanagan apparently radiated that joy.NCSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617227847364562989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-28046500752628792742009-05-24T21:25:50.249+01:002009-05-24T21:25:50.249+01:00Monsignor Wallace was the best loved in our family...Monsignor Wallace was the best loved in our family because he gave us our first house No 8 Spring St.Father Joe rounded us up when we were on the missing list,he was always visiting and talking to strangers and getting them seeing the light.<br /><br />We have always been lucky at St.Mary Mags.And the present incumbent is also exceptional and a worthy successor.<br /><br />Our Patron Saint would be happy.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-30211076112452817972009-05-24T20:36:44.738+01:002009-05-24T20:36:44.738+01:00Sometimes people just need a gently nudge from the...Sometimes people just need a gently nudge from the right person at the right time in order to do things or make changes that, either consciously or subconsciously have been going through their minds for a while. Didn't something like that happen to a rather disagreeable tentmaker?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447511252614433412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-84229660909484828082009-05-24T17:20:20.951+01:002009-05-24T17:20:20.951+01:00Thank you, Father, for drawing attention to the cr...Thank you, Father, for drawing attention to the craaaazy Irish way of doing things - the part we can be proud of, the part where we're able to laugh at ourselves:-Depsilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785182500278281351noreply@blogger.com