tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post4271921304560680892..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Francis take on WYDFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34711608322859428002013-07-24T22:07:40.809+01:002013-07-24T22:07:40.809+01:00I'm sorry. I'm very put off by the whole &...I'm sorry. I'm very put off by the whole "Woodstock" WYD...Pope as celebrity-star show on the road on stage happening.... It's all very NOT in the spirit of St Francis. Why not have a Youth Pilgrimage to Rome? Not to mention the lack of Christian modesty and consecrated hosts found on the ground at previous such events. I was REALLY put off that the Liturgies were changed from Latin to Portuguese just recently. <br /><br />"The contemporary Church prefers to practice an electoral Catholicism. It prefers the enthusiasm of great crowds to individual conversions." <br /><br />Nicolás Gómez Dávila (18 May 1913 in Bogotá – 17 May 1994)<br /><br />WE CAN HOPE AND PRAY IN EARNEST THAT THE <br /><br />MODESTY, DECORUM, PIETY, REVERENCE AND <br /><br />DEVOTION WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE AT THIS <br /><br />WYD.....at least improved over the last WYD:<br /><br />http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/weltjugendtag/party-und-gebete-weltjugendtag-feiert-den-apst-19506168.bild.html<br />ServusMariaeNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13963287463957393931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-61721328576434981052013-07-24T14:16:42.373+01:002013-07-24T14:16:42.373+01:00The big problem in Rio is that the authorities hav...The big problem in Rio is that the authorities have set about clearing the slums ( favelas) where the multitudes have freely lived happily for decades;they were nice & handy for their work and even electricity was available free of charge.<br /><br />The new housing developments are outside town and rent etc has to be paidnickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412418782531527758noreply@blogger.com