tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2506987533360802137..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: A unique grace of the Holy Spirit?Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46081766305495950432018-10-10T14:11:56.366+01:002018-10-10T14:11:56.366+01:00Excommunicating yourself because of a bad Pope doe...Excommunicating yourself because of a bad Pope doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Remember that Christ is the head of the Church , not the Pope. We should pray for him - although I agree it isn't easy. Exsurgat Deus et dissipentur inimici eius.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837600848388357206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-70336142555609070772018-10-07T11:34:22.944+01:002018-10-07T11:34:22.944+01:00My dear Father H,
Did you find the comment I prof...My dear Father H,<br /><br />Did you find the comment I proffered to veer too far into some kooky End-times theory? It certainly was not meant in that style, but only to point up an oddly (and possible) literary parallel. I cannot think of any other reason that my comment would not appear.<br /><br />Have I overlooked some other essential feature of commenting here on your blog?<br /><br />Ben of the Bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300583569226801488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-23334261320482003262018-10-06T16:15:10.411+01:002018-10-06T16:15:10.411+01:00Sadly, I find myself not in communion with the See...Sadly, I find myself not in communion with the See of Rome. I'm not sure exactly when this happened in the midst of papal insults and exhortations, but I remain where I was, a lifelong practicing Catholic. It is the Holy See that has moved, in the person of this pontiff. <br /><br />I've stopped receiving communion, as I cannot accede to part of the Eucharistic prayer, e.g., "Be John the Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899858119936750764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-66333547977570793292018-10-06T00:01:40.768+01:002018-10-06T00:01:40.768+01:00I recall that Mgr Quixote's friend Sancho expl...I recall that Mgr Quixote's friend Sancho explained to the Guardia that the Mgr. would say several prayers at the tomb of Franco. "One would scarcely be enough."Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036933832060349206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10211409495150918132018-10-05T20:16:46.474+01:002018-10-05T20:16:46.474+01:00Well, they are not my bishops, so I don't need...Well, they are not <i>my</i> bishops, so I don't need so much gin as the good Father. Then I quickly considered who are <i>my</i> bishops and reached again for the Tanqueray. Hands across the pond, as it were.Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-60526231144521989242018-10-05T20:13:07.960+01:002018-10-05T20:13:07.960+01:00Oh, dear. I first saw the referenced text quoted ...Oh, dear. I first saw the referenced text quoted by the inestimable Eccles (the Saved One) and I naturally took it to be the usual over-the-top parody of his own composition. Do you mean it is not?Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80225075407711207802018-10-05T19:09:17.332+01:002018-10-05T19:09:17.332+01:00While in Sainsbury's earlier today we were rel...While in Sainsbury's earlier today we were relieved to see that the present incumbent of the See of Westminster is taking thought for his post- Francis future: we have done our little bit to help by purchasing a charming box of "Vinnie's Biscuits" - a snip at only £3.00 ("lovingly baked since 1853")scotchlilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518174475224623151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27458847975243409312018-10-04T18:48:59.219+01:002018-10-04T18:48:59.219+01:00I first read the communique in Eccles is Saved and...I first read the communique in Eccles is Saved and assumed it was a wind up. It's rather worrying to realise that grown men have actually put their names to this It reveals a great insecurity on the part of both the Pope and the Bishops that they feel the need to send out this sort of sycophantic clap trapNeil Addisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489922704972084561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80569516849617415022018-10-04T17:45:13.483+01:002018-10-04T17:45:13.483+01:00The encomia are indeed disturbing. They make Pope...The encomia are indeed disturbing. They make Pope Francis sound like a cult leader. Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-78498202470477892532018-10-04T15:53:45.430+01:002018-10-04T15:53:45.430+01:00Gin seems an excellent choice.
Francis is like H...Gin seems an excellent choice. <br /><br />Francis is like Haile Selassie. The humble one is all about his own power, and demands that he be fawned over, yet his power is slipping away. The words are meant to please, yet they have a comic opera quality to them. The palace courtiers will continue to utter their fawning phrases, but nobody will listen to them outside of the inner circle. <br /><br armyartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621738173563972139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53582570863141774842018-10-04T15:28:44.662+01:002018-10-04T15:28:44.662+01:00Surely, dear Father Hunwicke, one of your learned ...Surely, dear Father Hunwicke, one of your learned readers might recall the precise passage, but the particular phraseology of this communiqué sounded some bells deep in my memory. I haven't my library with me at present, and so I cannot hunt up the book, but it seems to me that this talk of "at peace in this present crisis" is strongly reminiscent, if not identical, to the words putBen of the Bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300583569226801488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37460849892024955472018-10-04T14:41:16.187+01:002018-10-04T14:41:16.187+01:00We know he is serene
We can see it in his face
Its...We know he is serene<br />We can see it in his face<br />Its attested to by Max Beans<br />Francis is a volcano of holy graceMick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58473158874197745312018-10-04T13:15:12.232+01:002018-10-04T13:15:12.232+01:00An analogy: communion for Protestant spouses of Ca...An analogy: communion for Protestant spouses of Catholics. Pastorally, if you think of a checklist approach, the question is whether the spouse agrees with enough items to be admissible. (If they agreed with everything, why then they should be seeking to be received into the Catholic Church and this situation would not arise. So the answer could never be 100 per cent.) The more items you william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-5127537413386635432018-10-04T11:58:40.335+01:002018-10-04T11:58:40.335+01:00Yiddish is useful for pithy comments. My father wo...Yiddish is useful for pithy comments. My father would have said: "A groyse oylem, und nito eyn mensch." A great crowd (of people), and not a single honest man.Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26464474171966642942018-10-04T11:20:47.172+01:002018-10-04T11:20:47.172+01:00I want to die like my father, serenely in his slee...I want to die like my father, serenely in his sleep, not screaming and terrified, like his passengers. ( with thanks to Bob Monkhouse)Fr. David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829634318188896693noreply@blogger.com