tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2183173537317386591..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Holocausts and the Holy InnocentsFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-44594002916877445492019-01-01T10:23:31.589+00:002019-01-01T10:23:31.589+00:00Goodbye 2018. One of, if not the most, saddest yea...Goodbye 2018. One of, if not the most, saddest years in the history of this little island that was once so dear to me. I heard a northern Ireland protestant loyalist saying recently that he and his buddies were absolutely dumbfounded at how this could have happened in the republic. Tragic.Johnjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454858012397139365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-31599451503088990542019-01-01T10:22:26.669+00:002019-01-01T10:22:26.669+00:00Goodbye 2018. One of, if not the most, saddest yea...Goodbye 2018. One of, if not the most, saddest years in the history of this little island that was once so dear to me. I heard a northern Ireland protestant loyalist saying recently that he and his buddies were absolutely dumbfounded at how this could have happened in the republic. Tragic.Johnjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14454858012397139365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-91725103716466723342018-12-30T14:38:10.120+00:002018-12-30T14:38:10.120+00:00Fr.Fantastic piece of writing/sermon!It is the bes...Fr.Fantastic piece of writing/sermon!It is the best writing i have read for many a year.Literature at its best in brilliant expose of the crass selfishness of modern times in a way which leaves me wanting to take it to my Parish Priest and ask him to read it out at Sundays Masses.I will endeavour to copy it down for posterity -to use when fine polemic will cut the Western selfish world into philipjohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128964006463059159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19365849967699251552018-12-29T23:27:50.742+00:002018-12-29T23:27:50.742+00:00The usual feeling is that most adult women who abo...The usual feeling is that most adult women who abort a child are suffering under duress, or are temporarily imbalanced, or are outright mentally ill.<br /><br />This is the kindest conclusion, because otherwise we have to assume that Medeas are among us.<br /><br />It also seems to be true, because most women going for an abortion without duress come up with the kind of reasoning that one sees inBansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9707065811355887872018-12-29T20:24:40.995+00:002018-12-29T20:24:40.995+00:00You may be interested, Father, in this article fro...You may be interested, Father, in this article from one of those of us who have "stayed behind" in the Lichfield diocesan magazine. Mr Whitehouse is the father of a daughter with Down's Syndrome, a member of General Synod, and my fellow-churchwarden.<br /><br />https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/2018/02/16/valuing-people-downs-syndrome/Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365402242052425654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27791518626450882472018-12-29T14:14:51.055+00:002018-12-29T14:14:51.055+00:00ABS, while Zippy, may the Lord have mercy on him (...ABS, while Zippy, may the Lord have mercy on him (he recently died in an accident), was undoubtedly right, we are very far from the stage of prosecuting people. We can only pray for a time when enough people become so clear-sighted about the evils of abortion that all the criminals will be prosecuted and guilty women will be treated as the equals that they claim to be. In the meantime, Michael Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044897013849386271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-38347131843249722362018-12-28T21:37:05.791+00:002018-12-28T21:37:05.791+00:00Dear Father. Is an adult woman who choses to have ...Dear Father. Is an adult woman who choses to have her unborn baby killed a moral agent and ought she be prosecuted?<br /><br />Prolifers say, "no."<br /><br />https://zippycatholic.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/an-argument-that-the-pro-life-movement-does-not-consider-women-to-be-moral-agents/Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-63045686941491626152018-12-28T21:32:01.764+00:002018-12-28T21:32:01.764+00:00Thank you for this, Father - from Ireland. Mr. V. ...Thank you for this, Father - from Ireland. Mr. V. is actually a Doctor, medical-type. I think he went to a posh Anglican boarding-school (Church of Ireland) but whatever they thought him of Christianity doesn't seem to have taken, let alone basic medical ethics. Could I suggest that we also pray for (as we say in Ireland) the likes of him? So many "educated" people enabled this eviljaykayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067428827648309867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58452303006198437832018-12-28T18:32:30.645+00:002018-12-28T18:32:30.645+00:00I have a friend who was sent back to Germany as a ...I have a friend who was sent back to Germany as a small boy in the 1930s, because his mother had died, and his father could not care for him. He returned to the United States just before the outbreak of the war. On a visit, years later, he was out, looking at his old haunts, when he became disoriented, because he could not find the Schule Strasse. <br /><br />A cousin told him it was returned to armyartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00621738173563972139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-36885128172288058322018-12-28T18:07:47.203+00:002018-12-28T18:07:47.203+00:00Dear Fr. Hunwicke. You have said it all.
Now awai...Dear Fr. Hunwicke. You have said it all.<br /><br />Now await: The HOWLS of protest from The Enlightened Ones.Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-69858537999395018272018-12-28T17:31:32.155+00:002018-12-28T17:31:32.155+00:00My husband works with people who have Down's. ...My husband works with people who have Down's. They and their parents are among the happiest we know. Kids with DS have special joys that are unique to them. who are the "perfect" among us who pass a death sentence on those who are not "normal?" A lack of love is the most serious lack of all. Doctors feel obligated to offer abortion. How sad. Parents should know that there Lady Jane Perduehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816304333109576404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10476410905522893092018-12-28T17:29:51.568+00:002018-12-28T17:29:51.568+00:00My husband works with kids who have Down's. Th...My husband works with kids who have Down's. They & their parents have joys unique to them, and it brings out the best in all to assist others with special needs. <br />"Whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to Me." Lack of love & compassion is the real problem. Yes, there are few kids with Down's now allowed to be born. If only new parents were told thatLady Jane Perduehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816304333109576404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22691714981531937252018-12-28T16:09:48.375+00:002018-12-28T16:09:48.375+00:00Thank you Fr. Hunwicke. We do all this, and yet we...Thank you Fr. Hunwicke. We do all this, and yet we expect peace in our time.Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795851343763536594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-54710432426478028962018-12-28T15:57:35.104+00:002018-12-28T15:57:35.104+00:00One notable atrocious element of this evil law is ...One notable atrocious element of this evil law is that disabled children can be aborted almost until birth. I suspect the Referendum result was contrived by some means, particularly allowing ineligible voters from abroad, but sadly no evidence. Prayer and campaigning is there is left.<br /><br />Happy Christmas Fr even in this saddest of times. Your wit and learning is a wonderful thing. I pray Prayerfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01561992635589480308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-5262294207238143012018-12-28T14:44:27.920+00:002018-12-28T14:44:27.920+00:00Bravo. Thank you.Bravo. Thank you.Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67810860233088443282018-12-28T12:32:12.272+00:002018-12-28T12:32:12.272+00:00Amen.Amen.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11981406912579076381noreply@blogger.com