tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2260416030772274529..comments2024-03-28T23:52:48.762+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Ratzinger, Pope Francis, Surprises, and New WineFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-21146458263121839382016-01-21T15:39:48.376+00:002016-01-21T15:39:48.376+00:00I agree with your observations, Father. Very pithy...I agree with your observations, Father. Very pithy and sound. We must pray much for the Holy Father (Our Lady constantly encouraged this) and that he be healed of whatever it is that might afflict him, be it spiritual, mental, or physical.<br /><br />I recall the words of Luke 22:3:<br /><br />"And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, belonging to the number of the twelve. And Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-82805585439830035212016-01-21T10:31:33.949+00:002016-01-21T10:31:33.949+00:00Jacobi, in a conversation with an episcopal person...Jacobi, in a conversation with an episcopal personage about this matter, "a perverse ultramontanism" was the label we agreed best described the current mindset. Though "Liberal Ultramontanism" no doubt describes the same phenomenon, it is by no means confined to those who think of themselves as liberals.<br /><br />Far too many "conservatives" are woefully ignorant Deacon Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549825303646357455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88148298471001278842016-01-20T22:17:51.660+00:002016-01-20T22:17:51.660+00:00The great thing I see lacking here is observance a...The great thing I see lacking here is observance and understanding of the 4th/5th commandment, which is seen by the rabbis as being, not part of duty to neighbor, but to God. This is because the first people charged with teaching us the faith are our parents, We are failing to honor our fathers and mothers in the faith, by failing to honor the tradition they have passed down to us. And just as Fr. Michael LaRuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04824777871450270095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33830393559608622882016-01-20T21:11:15.398+00:002016-01-20T21:11:15.398+00:00The term Liberal Ultramontanism has appeared. It ...The term Liberal Ultramontanism has appeared. It describes so well the potential crisis which could afflict the Church. The manipulation of Pope Paul VI was the first example of this. <br /><br />There are powerful forces at work at present in the Church.<br /><br />The solution? Two, better still, three more Popes, and then a Council to sort things out!Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-16729317429545018002016-01-20T20:48:19.970+00:002016-01-20T20:48:19.970+00:00Breathes there a rational man who thinks the concl...Breathes there a rational man who thinks the conclave electors did not know who he was or what his personal creed was?<br /><br />Although there has been a lot of talk about surprises, he was not one of them.<br /><br />He is who the electors knew he was which tells one nearly all he needs to know about who is currently in control of the Church.<br /><br />As for the idea that Franciscus is beingMick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25839319871977090312016-01-20T17:17:30.328+00:002016-01-20T17:17:30.328+00:00Dear Fr Hunwicke,
The most positive gloss that ca...Dear Fr Hunwicke,<br /><br />The most positive gloss that can be applied by anyone who doesn't want to see or hear what the reigning Bishop of Rome is doing and saying is that he has made himself a front for innovators not that he is "made a front for innovators".<br /><br />I believe he is at the front of and very much behind all the innovators who have emerged during this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com