tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7775793092986058841..comments2024-03-28T20:30:48.788+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: AVANTI!Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-60134159420364156462015-06-04T22:51:18.985+01:002015-06-04T22:51:18.985+01:00@Banshee,
Chesed off more than likely.@Banshee,<br />Chesed off more than likely.Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67796774235416558262015-06-04T22:30:40.162+01:002015-06-04T22:30:40.162+01:00Well, that's a funny thing. English "merc...Well, that's a funny thing. English "mercy" is from Old French Old French mercit, merci, which is from Latin merces. That mercy is "forgiveness of offenses," and "disposition to forgive and show offenses."<br /><br />But the year we're celebrating was announced by the bull "Misericordiae Vultus", and "misericordiae" is not mercy. That'Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-86097614584491457672015-06-04T07:31:08.458+01:002015-06-04T07:31:08.458+01:00So often, Liam, your question on the new mercy V t...So often, Liam, your question on the new mercy V the old mercy (maybe we should have 'lipsync battle') is my question. Where's the line between confirming my wretched self in my error and with a shepherd's crood, leading me out of the mire and into Truth?<br /><br />BTW, I wonder what it would be like to have had that 'combine harvester' in Rome rather than a 'genetic Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1742741394804079542015-06-04T05:35:12.118+01:002015-06-04T05:35:12.118+01:00Jane said: "The Holy Father might need to def...Jane said: "The Holy Father might need to define his terms to help us understand what `the year of mercy` is about; to rescue mercy from the slush of modern usage."<br />But I have to wonder whether THIS Holy Father has any interest at all in doing that? He seems to thrive on using language strongly susceptible to misinterpretation so I tend to doubt that he would want to rush forth andUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416916703274216148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-28959393777710571122015-06-04T04:18:36.727+01:002015-06-04T04:18:36.727+01:00The good people of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in my ...The good people of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in my diocese will be the very last folk to be suckered in to a false notion of Mercy. Seven days a week, confessions are heard at 11 am and 5 pm, excepting Saturdays, when they are heard at 7 am, 9 am, 3 pm, and 5 pm. These people understand that mercy is God's response to *repentance*.Fr. Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02774638979095420695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64356898251022230112015-06-03T17:55:21.209+01:002015-06-03T17:55:21.209+01:00Jesus IS mercy. Mercy IS Jesus.
Overuse of words ...Jesus IS mercy. Mercy IS Jesus.<br /><br />Overuse of words leads to dramatic dilution in meaning and understanding.<br /><br />The word LOVE, for example has come to mean a sentiment, a feeling; compare that with the Crucifixion, or the stable in Bethlehem, or VIRTUE.<br /><br />I`m afraid that MERCY is undergoing the same reduction and metamorphosis: don`t people now understand mercy through Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350443286068574114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3370106285713891502015-06-03T02:34:08.295+01:002015-06-03T02:34:08.295+01:00Since it is likely that we will hear the word '...Since it is likely that we will hear the word 'mercy' resounding in our ears over the next months/years, I ask a question of you kind Father or your informed readers. <br /><br />My questions is this: Is there one whit of difference between 'mercy' and the theological virtue of Charity, which virtue according to the CCC states at 1824 "charity keeps the commandments of God Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10225553544498211282015-06-02T20:34:17.934+01:002015-06-02T20:34:17.934+01:00Salve regina! Mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo e...Salve regina! Mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve!<br /><br />"Set down in its current form at the Abbey of Cluny in the 12th century, where it was used as a processional hymn on Marian feasts. <br />The Cistercians chanted the Salve Regina daily from 1218. <br />It was popular at medieval universities as evening song, and according to Fr. Juniper Carol, it came to be Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350443286068574114noreply@blogger.com