tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post9212633478598099750..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Family Synod thoughtsFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35233046902058117822014-10-07T08:12:36.731+01:002014-10-07T08:12:36.731+01:00Pelerin, Breitbart has reported the "Manif&qu...Pelerin, Breitbart has reported the "Manif" :<br /><br />http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/10/06/Tens-of-Thousands-Take-to-the-Streets-in-France-in-Defence-of-Traditional-Family-ValuesJeremiah Methuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344139605953558862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-43926416848399602102014-10-06T17:44:21.359+01:002014-10-06T17:44:21.359+01:00Having a much needed 'sort out' and tidy u...Having a much needed 'sort out' and tidy up today I have come across a beautiful poem which I had cut out of the Catholic press many years ago and later lost. It probably dates from either the year of Humanae Vitae or the year the Abortion Act was passed in Britain. It is signed by someone called Mary Collingwood although whether she wrote it or merely contributed it I do not know.<br /> - o -<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />Side by side on the very front<br />bench<br />Four little boys and one little wench<br />Whilst a baby of indiscriminate sex<br />Blissfully lolled 'gainst a masculine chest.<br />The mother, young for so much care<br />lost in her God knelt quietly there<br />Accepting from Him the lives of those<br />Who on her flesh His Breath imposed.<br /><br />Backward and forward the argument goes<br />A shuttlecock way from the 'Ays' to the 'Noes.'<br />Shall we decide on six or on seven<br />Five, four, three, two or maybe eleven?<br />And which one prevent, with our right to consent;<br />Which one accept, with our right to reject;<br />And which shall we choose for the one who will lose<br />The right to be born,<br />Happy, forlorn<br />Simple or clever-<br />If one life we sever<br />Who knows?<br />Shadowy fingers<br />And half-formed toes<br />Are all that the light<br />Of an X-ray shows.<br /><br />What precepts shall guide us<br />whose voice decide us?<br />Stretching at leisure, crowing with pleasure<br />The baby awoke from a wonderful sleep,<br />And kicking ringed legs rediscovered his feet,<br />The power that was his to raise and to lower,<br />Make them go faster, keep them at slower.<br />Entranced with this measure of power and pleasure<br />Miracle newly by himself wrought,<br />From toes to fingers and in his face lingers,<br />A fragment of Joy from the First Fiat caught.<br /><br />This poem left a big impression on me and I'm pleased that I have rediscovered it.Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15289355626221840822014-10-06T09:14:05.319+01:002014-10-06T09:14:05.319+01:00Another 'Manif pour tous' took place in Pa...Another 'Manif pour tous' took place in Paris yesterday in support of the family. The organisers estimated 500,000 took part whereas the police put the numbers at 70,000.<br /><br />Did anyone see any mention on the British news? I didn't. However the 'France 2' tv channel led their evening bulletin with the event and it can be seen on the internet.<br /><br />There was also a similar demo in Bordeaux.<br /><br />The comment from b. is interesting. However many couples have already had a 'blessing' or two before their wedding so perhaps that is why the custom has died out.Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-2645290334047123462014-10-01T15:19:10.883+01:002014-10-01T15:19:10.883+01:00Children used to be called "blessings". ...Children used to be called "blessings". Not any more. When congratulating a newly wed couple, nobody wishes them the "blessing of children" any more. It is very sad and terrible.b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04386999171312040089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-89255691084025022232014-10-01T12:11:40.236+01:002014-10-01T12:11:40.236+01:00October 1, 2014
All the Cardinals at the Synod on...October 1, 2014<br /><br />All the Cardinals at the Synod on the family in their catechesis will use the irrational right hand column in the intepretation of Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church<br /><br />http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2014/10/all-cardinals-at-synod-on-family-in.htmlCatholic Missionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025127342963192930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-37697930120750873622014-09-30T00:24:45.264+01:002014-09-30T00:24:45.264+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17802789012067093102014-09-30T00:20:06.804+01:002014-09-30T00:20:06.804+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-40551803678350910412014-09-29T16:39:33.351+01:002014-09-29T16:39:33.351+01:00As a mother of 5, I have always been the one with ...As a mother of 5, I have always been the one with the most children in any mothers' group I've joined. (When I had only 3 I had the most.) It can be awkward. Lately, though, God has blessed me with Catholic friends who have more children. It is amazing how that affects one's attitude toward fertility! It is a joy to be around families who welcome children as blessings. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974177636805657825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-21695227268299079432014-09-28T19:51:27.734+01:002014-09-28T19:51:27.734+01:00Well, said, Sarochka. You and your husband live th...Well, said, Sarochka. You and your husband live the Faith, as most baptised Catholic husbands and wives did until being turned to the world in recent decades. I am one of nine siblings - when children our family didn't have many things that so many people now denote as necessary. God bless you, your marriage and your family. May all of you remain strong in the Faith and continue to give witness to it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-24628390322572004882014-09-28T12:23:23.004+01:002014-09-28T12:23:23.004+01:00We're living under a powerfully imbued economi...We're living under a powerfully imbued economic philosophy, which aggressively began 200 years ago. It's the absolute dominant paradigm that rules macro-economics down to the most micro-economics, the family. "Money is fertile and people are sterile." It's the exact opposite of divine mandate. It's the exact opposite of the Laws of Nature. We have an economic system set up opposed to the moral law and to the very laws of Creation. The blessing of being Catholic is that despite our social programming which may never permit us to break the dominant paradigm, we have the Church to guide us, if only we are obedient. "Do whatever He tells you." <br /><br />I feel blessed to make about $130,000 a year. I have eight children. And I'm open to have as many as God grants me. But very few people (Catholic included) whom I know who have similar incomes to mine, have large families. At every echelon of income there is another economic excuse for not having more children. Someone making $30,000 a year may not believe this. But wake up making $130,000 and you quickly find other things to monetarily fret about. Of course at some point, and at some income level, you may in fact run out of legitimate excuses that even the modern poorly formed conscience can justify. Then, it becomes "I have other ways to serve the Kingdom other than having more children. "I run the schola at the Latin Mass" or "I play the banjo at the Novus Ordo." I've heard several varieties. At every level of income the excuse-maker is being deceived by the Father of Lies. <br /><br />The culture of sterility is everywhere and affects everything. You can see it of course in our modern Church architecture. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835223918176453873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-1864001030400242822014-09-27T23:15:44.634+01:002014-09-27T23:15:44.634+01:00Dear Tristan,
Why do you follow the crowd and exp...Dear Tristan,<br /><br />Why do you follow the crowd and expect to own your own home? We live on one not very good teacher's income and will never be able to own our own home. That is the price I have to pay for being a stay-at-home mother so that my children grow up with their mother. In other European countries it's not even the norm to own your own home - you rent. On judgement day, God isn't going to ask you whether you own your own home, whether you've paid the mortgage, whether you've left your children an inheritance... but he will ask you how you brought up your children. God bless. Be counter-cultural!Sara Harvey-Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057405059069401942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-5159059930074577752014-09-25T23:18:37.778+01:002014-09-25T23:18:37.778+01:00Yes, it's a worldly, evil attitude rather than...Yes, it's a worldly, evil attitude rather than a natural, Catholic one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-64813522987187457602014-09-25T19:10:48.707+01:002014-09-25T19:10:48.707+01:00Dymphna,
Exactly right.
It's not lack of fin...Dymphna,<br /><br />Exactly right.<br /><br />It's not lack of finances, it's lack of Charity ...and a profound lack of sensus fidelium.<br /><br />There is no lack of rationalizations for this behavior. <br /><br />I've even seen "God has called me to serve the kingdom by blogging, rather than having more children."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835223918176453873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-89840635578160998702014-09-25T15:49:23.686+01:002014-09-25T15:49:23.686+01:00Westerners hate children. Oh we claim to love them...Westerners hate children. Oh we claim to love them but we slaughter them before they are born, stick them in daycare as soon as they are born, buy them stuff to keep them out of our way and complain about them until they leave the house for good. I've never seen a Third World or Middle Eastern woman do this and I've been struck by how much happier their children seem. Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34419714378764992082014-09-25T10:57:56.214+01:002014-09-25T10:57:56.214+01:00"For the days are coming in which they shall ..."For the days are coming in which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that that have not borne, and the breasts that did not nurse.'"<br /><br />Yup. We are all functional Malthusians nows.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835223918176453873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-5395929865582907302014-09-24T14:51:08.179+01:002014-09-24T14:51:08.179+01:00A brilliant post - but whilst you seem to draw the...A brilliant post - but whilst you seem to draw the comparison between the prevailing culture and counter-cultural Christianity there is a brutal economic truth which no amount of catechesis will alter. When I was a child (not that long ago) it was possible to buy a home on one income. That is now impossible. <br /><br />I am resigned to the fact that I not be able to afford a house until I marry, and quite simply, if we do not both work, then the mortgage will not be paid. <br /><br />Unless my wife or I gets an amazing income (remembering the average income of the UK is £27k) having more than one child simply will not be possible.Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328612448134323195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-77155919291361029532014-09-24T12:31:31.598+01:002014-09-24T12:31:31.598+01:00Evidenced clearly by the commenters on this blog, ...Evidenced clearly by the commenters on this blog, we see how so many "good" Catholics are clueless products of the naturalist, secularist modernity. They believe themselves to be Catholics "in the know", but they are clueless agents of Naturalism and Whigism.<br /> <br />And, as shown by your experience on the bus, we can see how so many Muslims are living in conformity with the Logos. <br /><br />Good luck Catholics, running upstream against the natural order of Creation!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835223918176453873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-13457665257433902422014-09-24T12:27:00.782+01:002014-09-24T12:27:00.782+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-37751999337767126252014-09-24T12:22:34.593+01:002014-09-24T12:22:34.593+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-61883997206923865522014-09-24T03:12:58.292+01:002014-09-24T03:12:58.292+01:00@Gem. I apologize for brinigng up former outspoken...@Gem. I apologize for brinigng up former outspoken thoughts on female religous attire, and since Father Ray was admiring, I think, 'Hagars' attire, it seemed strange that no one thinks it rather awful when it comes down to it. Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26110615552644240532014-09-23T17:42:38.580+01:002014-09-23T17:42:38.580+01:00I tend to agree with your reflections Father, this...I tend to agree with your reflections Father, this time is no different.Православный физикhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313371333531421128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-47201705952885926562014-09-23T13:06:14.491+01:002014-09-23T13:06:14.491+01:00Yeah, but could vit: PLEASE drop me a line so I co...Yeah, but could vit: PLEASE drop me a line so I could answer. Vit, please post comment on the last blog I did and I will answer you there as I saved it...incase it was "disappeared." Or better yet, I will just post a new post on my blog and you can see my answer there. Please don't "disappear" this response, Fr. B.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-79230172480206093552014-09-23T13:00:28.260+01:002014-09-23T13:00:28.260+01:00Enough of veils, burqas I think I have said someth...Enough of veils, burqas I think I have said something more important this trivial rubbish, nor am I interest in racist Muslim bashing. <br /><br />ENOUGH!Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-84040434732112145422014-09-23T08:47:05.156+01:002014-09-23T08:47:05.156+01:00p.s. @Gem. Usually you go off ya nut at any mentio...p.s. @Gem. Usually you go off ya nut at any mention of a Catholic Mass-going female with anything the size of postage stamp on her noggin; - why not got off at the demure admiration of a women stuck in a devilish falsehood being required to live in a shroud while she's alive? Just asking.Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-85794530997078813682014-09-23T08:43:13.561+01:002014-09-23T08:43:13.561+01:00My hope for the synod is that unfaithfullness gets...My hope for the synod is that unfaithfullness gets the chop; or unfaithfullness gets recognised by the rest for what it is. <br /><br />Why, oh why, do contemporary Christian's find demon worhsipping, animal-blood sacrificing false-prophet followers 'sympathetic'? Not, it would seem, as poor deluded souls needing Christ, but, seemingly, without Christ, in and of themselves?<br /><br />If I had to count up the references made in contemporary 'catholicism' to infidels in the attempt to make a point (Christian?)...well...why bother with Christ? Christ never proclaimed infidels as exemplars of salvations. He only ever pointed to a rich 'Samaritan' as a basic standard for not being a self-centred creep (for all we know the Samaritan's wealth was cause and effect for the poor creature by the road-side). What does this mean?<br /><br />Since I have never been the cruchiest cookie in any Catholic packet, I would welcome serious responses.Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.com