tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post949952150953270377..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Reigning but not rulingFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-47856410692245713212011-04-14T03:19:09.970+01:002011-04-14T03:19:09.970+01:00DILLY, I think you are quite right!
He seems to lo...DILLY, I think you are quite right!<br />He seems to look serene, inspite of the aweful burden that has been placed on his shoulders.tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272003035464034763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-20477987557488031762011-04-13T10:48:15.624+01:002011-04-13T10:48:15.624+01:00I doubt if any feminist has ever objected to the p...I doubt if any feminist has ever objected to the phrase 'the sins of men' which is mentioned a number of times in the liturgy.<br /><br />Actually the word 'man' is gender neutral isnt it? The sexes used to be distinguished by werman and wifmanjohnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-78099051470884482132011-04-12T22:39:31.840+01:002011-04-12T22:39:31.840+01:00There are some - e.g. Father Gruner, Father Malach...There are some - e.g. Father Gruner, Father Malachi Martin (RIP), Abp. Lefebvre (RIP) and the Abbe de Nantes (RIP) - who believe that the Vatican is under the occupation of Freemasonry, and has been since the 1960s, and that there are 4 active lodges embedded therein. If this is true, then the perennial paralysis of modern Papacies should be traced to that first, rather than to Curial personalities. Moreover, if this is true, it could be said that the "progressive" mindset - otherwise known as the "Spirit of VII" - creates a good sheep's cover for these wolves.Torkaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-60821552191193973442011-04-12T22:16:13.521+01:002011-04-12T22:16:13.521+01:00Pelerin said:
I do hope Pope Benedict will not be ...Pelerin said:<br />I do hope Pope Benedict will not be remembered as a 'Pope of divisions.' Didn't Fr Z call him the Pope of Christian Unity?<br />For anybody who has not yet seen them, Fr Aidan Nichols has some very interesting things to say about that very idea:<br />http://ordinariateportal.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/aidan-nichols-the-ordinariates-the-pope-and-the-liturgy-part-ii/Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-62886096072753288292011-04-12T18:25:50.675+01:002011-04-12T18:25:50.675+01:00I also thank God that the Ven. John Paul 2nd refus...I also thank God that the Ven. John Paul 2nd refused Cdl Ratzinger's resignation. Am I alone in noticing that the Pope started his reign looking older and haggard, but gradually has grown younger looking and more serene? <br /><br />Welcome, Fr Ian, by the way.Dillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01205740584849200357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-49678489805427552172011-04-12T18:03:36.745+01:002011-04-12T18:03:36.745+01:00Margaret,
I do not think this something which has ...Margaret,<br />I do not think this something which has developed in the last five years. It was there under JPII & PVI JXXIII too.<br />It needs reform but the problem is, how?<br />BXVI would see the solution, I suspect, as conversion through catechesis and preaching. <br />I am sure he would like too see a smaller Vatican but then there has to be agreement by local Churches as to what is a Catholic.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-43573887500525681722011-04-12T14:53:47.947+01:002011-04-12T14:53:47.947+01:00Please tell me it is precis of something off the W...Please tell me it is precis of something off the Web?<br />As a linguist I find it shows a deviation from your normal use of language.<br />If these student observers looking at clerical blogs see this I fear it is not representative of your usual standard.<br />The infighting and paranoia amongst Catholics seem a type of hellish alienation your last post described so well.<br />RegardsMargaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-38523087001484214242011-04-12T13:36:10.798+01:002011-04-12T13:36:10.798+01:00I do hope Pope Benedict will not be remembered as...I do hope Pope Benedict will not be remembered as a 'Pope of divisions.' Didn't Fr Z call him the Pope of Christian Unity?<br /><br />However only yesterday I was reminded of the divisions which have arisen among the laity whenever I broach the subject of the two forms of the Mass with Catholic friends. We do seem to be becoming polarised. <br /><br />Someone I have known for many years of a similar age to myself mentioned the new translation soon to be in force and said strongly 'I hope it doesn't mean we are going backwards. And we don't want to see the Priest with his back to us again either.' She continued quite angrily and added 'We are all familiar with the translation we have got and if it changes I shall leave the Church and go to a C of E one.' She is the Catholic representative in her parish meeting up with other faiths too and is convinced that there will one day be women priests and is all in favour. She is also in favour of politically correct inclusive language objecting strongly to everyone being referred as 'man'. It never worried me as I regard myself as belonging to 'mankind' but there do seem to be women who do object to this which is another division between us.<br /><br />We have been sent a wise Pope and we can only pray that he may continue to guide us all for many years to come.pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-30740075072369401842011-04-12T13:12:57.915+01:002011-04-12T13:12:57.915+01:00While some people view the Pope as an absolute rul...While some people view the Pope as an absolute ruler with unlimited power, Pope Benedict hardly sees himself in that role. After decades in the Vatican he well knows how things work there. Conscious of his age and the limited time available to him, he doesn’t seek to be a revolutionary introducing radical change. I suspect he is conscious of the evangelical admonition: “One man sows, another reaps” and his goal is to plant the seeds which will flourish after he is gone.<br /><br />Like Moses, he may see his role as holding the Church together in difficult times, knowing that he himself will not get to “see the Promised Land” but conscious of his role in facilitating the path towards it. Others may see him as a caretaker Pope and are impatiently waiting for the day when someone else - younger and more ‘with-it’ - can get us back to more ‘progressivism’. I suspect they may be in for a disappointment.<br /> <br />But as the Holy Father has repeated frequently: “It is His Church, not ours” and the predictions of its imminent demise are - as always - premature.GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-504653991634981792011-04-12T10:55:08.710+01:002011-04-12T10:55:08.710+01:00I thank God daily that he did not follow his ambit...I thank God daily that he did not follow his ambition and retire, but listened to Gods call upon his life and ministry.<br />As an Anglican waiting to join the Ordinariate you will understand why! <br />His visit to England has done much to further enhance healing amongst Christians. I believe his work will be talked and written about for years to come.The Vatican will carry on ever changing and ever complaining, whoever sits on the Chair of Peter - but that's the way of things in any organisation.Fr Ian Westbynoreply@blogger.com