tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8241761768630346084..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Off with his head?Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-85562213076417214842015-08-31T19:33:03.221+01:002015-08-31T19:33:03.221+01:00Some while ago, I looked at the Gospel pericopes c...Some while ago, I looked at the Gospel pericopes chosen for reading in the 3 year Sunday cycle - and particularly what was omitted. St John the Baptist was an astonishing victim of omission... http://ccfather.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/dont-mention-st-john-baptist.html <br /><br />Conclude what you will...Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37351568171858120972015-08-31T03:40:51.437+01:002015-08-31T03:40:51.437+01:00Agreed, Rose Marie.
But if I'm not mistaken, ...Agreed, Rose Marie.<br /><br />But if I'm not mistaken, the previous Missal and Breviary were at points even less "clear, precise, and concrete". Though I see now that I had overlooked some of the responsories and later readings (e.g. at Matins) in the older Breviary (also, lacking a copy in print, I had been relying on http://divinumofficium.com/), compare the two collects in the Steve Perishohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422656717551961275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-49334495960870940532015-08-29T23:50:32.860+01:002015-08-29T23:50:32.860+01:00The new Missal and Breviary repeatedly praise John...The new Missal and Breviary repeatedly praise John the Baptist's witness to the truth, but they don't say what truth. Would it have taken too much ink and paper to say "the truth about the sacred bond of marriage"? We are plagued today by pious encouragement to vacuous virtues of "openness" and "mercifulness" and "tolerance." No, let's be Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58881023534257037102015-08-29T15:42:24.034+01:002015-08-29T15:42:24.034+01:00Smile, with genuine joy - not a plastered on varie...Smile, with genuine joy - not a plastered on variety:<br /><br />'As History and S John Paul II both teach, the Rosary has been/is a flexible devotion.'<br /><br />Not all Rosaries are that of the Blessed Virgin Mary. That rests on her union with her divine Son, the Lord our God, as thus a reflection on the communion which is devoutly to be wished [and prayed for] between Him and us. And Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559188530721617753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-18715509239499015282015-08-29T14:11:33.429+01:002015-08-29T14:11:33.429+01:00When was the last time the hoi polloi stoned a bis...When was the last time the hoi polloi stoned a bishop, or separated his head from shoulders, or some such, for stubborn attachment to a heresy? <br /><br />That's one way to keep clericalism at bay.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833345391579579562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-51825935958330119102015-08-29T13:32:34.341+01:002015-08-29T13:32:34.341+01:00Fr. Hunwicke: Would you agree that the post-Vatic...Fr. Hunwicke: Would you agree that the post-Vatican II Missal and Breviary are an improvement in at least this one regard?<br /><br />http://liberlocorumcommunium.blogspot.com/2015/08/st-john-baptist-witness-to-truth-about.htmlSteve Perishohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422656717551961275noreply@blogger.com