tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post714298597234660312..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: No-one expects ....Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-6438785140189622512015-05-10T01:51:42.995+01:002015-05-10T01:51:42.995+01:00The logo is a cornucopia of confusion. Par for the...The logo is a cornucopia of confusion. Par for the course. https://twitter.com/eb4eliza/status/597200684417703936Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-19111401326707204342015-05-09T09:47:57.616+01:002015-05-09T09:47:57.616+01:00Apparently local priests will be commissioned or c...Apparently local priests will be commissioned or co-opted to be part the "missionaries" and can even volunteer, subject to vetting of their suitability (does that mean all others will be forbidden from hearing confessions or just unable to reconcile these super rare reserved sins, or will we end up with two grades of confessors and two grades of the sacrament of penance?). <br /><br />One of the conditions of the vetting, according to reports, is that they won't turn the confessional experience into "a torture chamber" as Pope Francis puts it in his inimitable way. Yet again the holy father seems to have a peculiarly extreme view of what the clergy are like. South America must be a place of peculiar extremes. Personally I have never met anything but kindness and encouragement in the confessional. If anything, I wish I had been lovingly challenged to real conversion earlier in my life. <br /><br />The Pope's words seems to imply that the reason for the decline in confessions is because of the supposed harshness of priests. In reality I think it is because many priest told us we didn't need to any more! Perhaps Padre Pio ought to be the patron saint of these missionaries of mercy, but I wonder whether he would have passed the vetting process ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-59459322518867597832015-05-08T20:59:38.385+01:002015-05-08T20:59:38.385+01:00Long Skirts - I have to admit I had not noticed th...Long Skirts - I have to admit I had not noticed the three eyes but at first I thought there was a surfeit of hands!Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-91919945108538817412015-05-08T19:14:32.432+01:002015-05-08T19:14:32.432+01:00I think the first stop for the Missionaries of Mer...I think the first stop for the Missionaries of Mercy should be Germany and the Netherlands, where even the clergy don't go to confession.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537123281964278798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-52549407923065663232015-05-08T17:28:37.979+01:002015-05-08T17:28:37.979+01:00Quite frankly, the eyes are effeminate, reminiscen...Quite frankly, the eyes are effeminate, reminiscent of the ‘big-eyed’ artwork of the American pop artist Margaret Keane who began painting saucer-eyed waifs in the 1950s. This logo is so very unmasculine and saccharine in its totality. It makes me ill.<br /><br />Notwithstanding the aforementioned opinion of mine, I see the Mercy Outreach Patrol will start in London rather than Iraq (see url). I suppose one must start somewhere. No store front drop-in this.<br /><br /> http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/05/06/cardinal-nichols-to-celebrate-mass-for-gay-catholics/Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10151842936291490632015-05-08T12:47:43.592+01:002015-05-08T12:47:43.592+01:00Fr. Blake said:
"Yes, I hate that two headed...Fr. Blake said:<br /><br />"Yes, I hate that two headed man logo too"<br /><br />Two guys with three eyes.Long-Skirtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791967605782446951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-29246118534060424442015-05-08T06:40:18.483+01:002015-05-08T06:40:18.483+01:00If it is a mission to confirm people in error rath...If it is a mission to confirm people in error rather than use a bit of compunction for the sake of immortal souls, we'd be better off without it. Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-21350834955753550832015-05-08T00:13:57.836+01:002015-05-08T00:13:57.836+01:00I suggest that the Missionaries of Mercy be charge...I suggest that the Missionaries of Mercy be charged by Francis to begin their mission in those areas of the world where 'mercy' seems most desperately needed, i.e. Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Nigeria, Libya, etc.<br />Thereafter, when they've earned or gotten their stripes, they can move on to wherever they are directed to go by Francis. Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15322023504139605772015-05-07T23:09:44.700+01:002015-05-07T23:09:44.700+01:00Father,
I may be wrong but I suspect we will not ...Father,<br /><br />I may be wrong but I suspect we will not see much of the Missionaries of Mercy in my little remote part of the civilised world.<br /><br />But then we probably don't need them. I mean no one earns a latae sententiae excommunication here, even if they wanted to. <br /><br />They wouldn't have the faintest idea of what it was. Too busy nattering and joking away with their backs to the Tabernacle after Mass, before ambling out and round for coffee and a chat. <br /><br />Incidently, your colleague Fr. F seems to have been well and truly "nobbled". If you are still in touch with him give my regards!Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-7506811585778089872015-05-07T20:17:54.393+01:002015-05-07T20:17:54.393+01:00That logo is nausea inducing. So ugly. That logo is nausea inducing. So ugly. Sandpiperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513538957439176850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-37309518394994195242015-05-07T20:17:20.022+01:002015-05-07T20:17:20.022+01:00In fact, Father Blake, I predict the Missionaries ...In fact, Father Blake, I predict the Missionaries of Mercy are going to lift excommunication of womyn priests, and a dictate will come from Rome to each diocese demanding that women be ordained to the priesthood and allowed to be deacons. Sandpiperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513538957439176850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-31470976396855429682015-05-07T20:04:56.668+01:002015-05-07T20:04:56.668+01:00What I think the missionaries of mercy are going t...What I think the missionaries of mercy are going to do is tell the divorced and remarried and homosexuals that their sins are forgiven without abandoning their lifestyles. Sandpiperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513538957439176850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76472082079896159232015-05-07T19:44:05.286+01:002015-05-07T19:44:05.286+01:00Dear Fr Ray
The Holy Father's intention is, s...Dear Fr Ray<br /><br />The Holy Father's intention is, surely, obvious. In the greatness of his merciful heart, he wants to make it easy for Bishop Williamson to get absolved from the latae sententiae excommunication he incurred for consecrating a bishop without a pontifical mandate.<br /><br />Otherwise, as you point out, the whole business is practically meaningless.<br /><br />I hope we soon get to having another supper together!<br /><br />In Domino<br /><br />John HunwickeFr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com