tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post6523504882680727530..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Through Him to the FatherFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-55044533083233919812011-09-08T22:55:00.408+01:002011-09-08T22:55:00.408+01:00Spot on, Father. The restoration of a common orien...Spot on, Father. The restoration of a common orientation is a liturgical priority, and while we're at it let's get rid of the memorial acclamations; if the Eucharistic Prayer is directed to the Father, why are we invoking the Son at this point? Also, can we go back to the tradition of referring to the Son as Our Lord? I personally cringe when priest renders Per Christum Dominum nostrum as "we ask this through Jesus THE Lord". It sounds so aggressively protestant.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-40663300016620918062011-09-08T19:24:30.988+01:002011-09-08T19:24:30.988+01:00When I was a little boy in 1950s, we would go to t...When I was a little boy in 1950s, we would go to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; Roman Catholic Sermons were presented to us.<br /><br />Those sermons would catechize us poor, that we would know our Faith and how to defend it.<br /><br />When I was a little boy, we also had tomatoes.<br /><br />Being poor, my Mommy (God rest her soul), would use many methods of cooking in order that our meals would seem more plentiful than they actually were.<br /><br />Tomatoes, potatoes, some meat and celery mixed together and served with refried beans and homemade tortillas would make me so happy as a child, I could hardly stand it.<br /><br />It made me happy, just as the Mass did, with its wonderful ingredients; Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, that nurtured my soul.<br /><br />Tomatoes. <br /><br />Once upon a time, tomatoes were real food.<br /><br />Tomatoes have undergone a genetic modification. There is left only the concept of a tomato.<br /><br />What used to be a tomato now carries insecticide, growth hormones, birth control, and God only knows what else.<br /><br />Its reproductive properties have also been manipulated in this process. Farmers cannot grow these creatures without ‘seeds’ from laboratories, instead of Nature.<br /><br />Proud Men have taken reproduction away from God’s will, and placed it in their hands.<br /><br />Something like this video demonstrates:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCBvu_kijo<br /><br />Satan’s plan is to undermine everything God has created.<br /><br />He knows he cannot destroy God’s creation, but just like his “Nonserviam” changed him from the beautiful Lucifer to Satan, or the Devil, so he labors to change men and their beliefs.<br /><br />All of which brings us to your Moderrnists Catholics.<br /><br />Satan has changed their beliefs to non belief.<br /><br />They have become as genetically modified tomatoes; outwardly claiming Catholicism, but inwardly carrying poisons of heresy and doubt.<br /><br />A Priest that has fallen into Modernism would not have detected the problem.<br /><br />Can we remedy this situation?<br /><br />Certainly.<br /><br />In the case of tomatoes, stop buying genetically modified foods. Campaign against these things as this video demonstrates:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoWepmfH9B0 <br /><br />In the case of Modernism, reject that also.<br /><br />The campaign against modernism needs to begin at square one with sermons and catechisms on Proofs of the Existence of God, Scripture, and Tradition of Holy Mother Church.<br /><br />Priests had no problem catechizing the Satan worshipping Aztecs and the Mexicans with Divine assistance.<br /><br />Nine of ten million converted overnight.<br /><br />Now that Divine Providence has taken you to a problem, you need many of our prayers on your behalf that Divine assistance be also with you, to do the job at hand.<br /><br />God be with you.<br /><br />From Tepeyac Hill we will storm Heaven on your behalf.<br /><br />*Pablo the Mexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384415590309803327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-72890576215469412432011-09-08T18:52:47.347+01:002011-09-08T18:52:47.347+01:00It has just become possible to search for and gain...It has just become possible to search for and gain free access to out-of-copyright journal articles on the Trinity (or any other subject) by visiting the JSTOR advanced search page [1], ticking the "Include only content I can access" box, entering search term(s) (e.g., "Trinity"), and hitting the whoopee button! The background to this is described at [2].<br /><br />[1] http://www.jstor.org/action/showAdvancedSearch<br /><br />[2] http://about.jstor.org/news-events/news/jstor%E2%80%93free-access-early-journal-contentPatruushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05792337561584462641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-18980594815334045622011-09-08T17:38:13.399+01:002011-09-08T17:38:13.399+01:00Thought provoking, as ever. I read through this po...Thought provoking, as ever. I read through this post at first and thought "No, that's not right!" But on reflection...<br />When I pray at home or wherever, I automatically address "Dear Father", or "Our Father". But I can see that the natural attention to the Eucharist shifts focus at mass from God the Father's sacrifice and gift.<br />I know I drone on about my neighbours' kids(this is largely because I have none of my own to drone on about), but their 10 year old boy cheerfully tells me that he prefers Jesus becuase he's the young God and not "God the old God". Catholic, but not church-schooled; I'm hoping that explains his unique take on the Trinity.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592406521067190359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-29296938956925895562011-09-08T15:18:15.544+01:002011-09-08T15:18:15.544+01:00Very interesting and thought provoking - thank you...Very interesting and thought provoking - thank you, Fr.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422935508542878960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76180162742805191362011-09-08T14:10:49.616+01:002011-09-08T14:10:49.616+01:00I'm not sure I understand your point here. Pra...I'm not sure I understand your point here. Prayer, according to Teresa of Avila, is an intimate conversation with Christ. Dwelling on any aspect of his life - particularly his Passion - reaps immense spiritual rewards. Without mental prayer, the path to salvation becomes extremely difficult. <br />How can we ever give too much attention to Christ?Little Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035701805171136013noreply@blogger.com