tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8900674169124461039..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Boring oneselfFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-2769978214180899502019-11-25T17:22:55.527+00:002019-11-25T17:22:55.527+00:00Whatever the merits or demerits of permanent deaco...Whatever the merits or demerits of permanent deacons, they are as much <i>clergy</i> as permanent presbyters who don't become bishops.<br /><br />Did someone call them "laity"?Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-55858221291729990882019-11-23T13:04:04.643+00:002019-11-23T13:04:04.643+00:00I, in my simplicity, thought that Deacons are '...I, in my simplicity, thought that Deacons are 'clerical', as were/are the minor orders.. They are not merely 'laity', although his distinctions seem to me to suggest a lack of respect for the hoi polloi like me sitting in the pews. Thanks for your blog...The hoi polloi are getting a bit depressed and it is good to have a sharp mind explain to us and support us in our distress.JoeTownsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18271850806358024674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67648030962179864242019-11-22T11:21:26.115+00:002019-11-22T11:21:26.115+00:00Dear Dr Peter
I thought I dealt in the series I m...Dear Dr Peter<br /><br />I thought I dealt in the series I mention with how that idea developed ... I will check some time. There's a discussion in DiaKonia by J N Collins.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-54811658755402370552019-11-22T00:59:33.506+00:002019-11-22T00:59:33.506+00:00Remember that PF flat dislikes the Liturgy.
One o...Remember that PF flat dislikes the Liturgy.<br /><br />One of his first acts as Pope was to look at his watch during the Easter Vigil.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-59747738026074172272019-11-22T00:50:36.619+00:002019-11-22T00:50:36.619+00:00"Move the deacons away from the altar"
T..."Move the deacons away from the altar"<br />That gave me a good laugh.<br />"Put your hands on your head, and move slo-o-owly away from the altar now, and if I see any one of you guys trying to genuflect, he's gonna be sleeping with da loaves and fishes. As for reading out the gospel or giving a sermon, for-gedd-it."John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-76400194066828256822019-11-21T14:49:09.667+00:002019-11-21T14:49:09.667+00:00Dear Father:
How would you respond to the objectio...Dear Father:<br />How would you respond to the objection that the Acts of the Apostles present the first deacons as taking care of practical business (e.g. food distribution) to free up the Apostles, i.e., bishops, for their own cultic activity?<br />I know that the diaconate has become cultic and deserves to be seen thus, so perhaps the missing element is to say that Pope Francis is guilty here Peter Kwasniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136784193150446335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-90472344924030227472019-11-21T12:46:34.804+00:002019-11-21T12:46:34.804+00:00Dear Father. Just imagine the positive effect PF w...Dear Father. Just imagine the positive effect PF would have were he to cite Dom Gueranger's accurate observations about the Feast of the Presentation of The Blessed Virgin Mary;<br /><br /><i>The world, unknown to itself, is ruled by the secret prayers of the just: and the Queen of Saints, in her hidden mysteries, wrought far more powerfully than the so-called great men whose noisy Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19735582823825583442019-11-21T12:16:56.985+00:002019-11-21T12:16:56.985+00:00But, but, father,
don't you see, PF is not tea...But, but, father,<br />don't you see, PF is not teaching (actually it is clarifying) the Faith. He is teaching an anti-faith.<br />IvanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605312123658616414noreply@blogger.com