tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post8091568495243729093..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Idolatry?? (1)Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46014919365343924952017-06-19T17:52:16.336+01:002017-06-19T17:52:16.336+01:00I once visited a Hindu temple in Bristol, where th...I once visited a Hindu temple in Bristol, where there were pictures of a great many divinities. I said to a companion, 'If we look hard, I expect we shall find Jesus.' Sure enough, we spotted a picture of the Sacred Heart! Safe enough to reverence that, I think.Don Camillo SSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181985690276317480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22409874657604166312017-06-16T15:31:50.754+01:002017-06-16T15:31:50.754+01:00Vetutsta -When I once visited the Hindu Temple in ...Vetutsta -When I once visited the Hindu Temple in Neasden (as Fr Hunwicke writes it really does exist!) I was of course asked to take off my shoes. I felt this was merely an act of politeness and did not feel by doing so I was condoning Hinduism. We used to receive foreign students and the Scandinavians' habit was also to remove their shoes at the door.<br />When you remember the damage to Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88352447670145276962017-06-16T12:40:36.481+01:002017-06-16T12:40:36.481+01:00We need to be VERY careful about what we do, not j...We need to be VERY careful about what we do, not just for our own sakes, but because apparent religious indifference can undermine our witness to the Gospel. No doubt John Paul II had the best of intentions when he kissed the Koran -- but what could that possibly mean to a Muslim who was beginning to question whether he should convert to Christianity in spite of all the hardships this would Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843514873861242426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74444539060595244172017-06-15T16:47:26.093+01:002017-06-15T16:47:26.093+01:00I suggest that Catholics, and other Christians, as...I suggest that Catholics, and other Christians, ask themselves in these situations, "WWMD?" That is, "What Would Muslims Do?"<br /><br />In the current degenerate state of the Western Zeitgeist, no one would even think of inconveniencing a Mohammedan by putting them in these situations where Christians are supposed to be "ecumenical." And given the absolutely OreamnosAmericanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602268350813211243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25500377626530403632017-06-14T22:20:04.272+01:002017-06-14T22:20:04.272+01:00The Hallam situation is, it appears to me, a great...<i>The Hallam situation is, it appears to me, a great deal less scandalous than the "Earth Mother" devotions in which, according to reports, Cardinal Ravasi has taken part.</i><br />According to reports, as in, maybe? Oh, no, no! There is a video of the said apostate participating in the ritual. For a video click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCtMAH0KTmU" rel="nofollow">HERE<Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474855617410515549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-45214761691023796262017-06-14T21:15:36.723+01:002017-06-14T21:15:36.723+01:00At the risk of being a crank, I recall many of us ...At the risk of being a crank, I recall many of us were upset at John Paul II for participating in an aboriginal ritual "cleansing" by smoke rather than the Kyrie at a papal mass in Australia. We were told to shut up.<br /> We were beside ourselves when he kissed the Koran. We were accused of being in schism (or a trajectory toward schism) for criticizing him for the scandal he caused. Matt Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208000502364195859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-87983493822379135832017-06-14T19:27:14.648+01:002017-06-14T19:27:14.648+01:00What about removing shoes when visiting (as a tour...What about removing shoes when visiting (as a tourist) Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines, and mosques?vetusta ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454059029260192711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53580841204267689092017-06-14T15:46:57.598+01:002017-06-14T15:46:57.598+01:00I immediately think of the Macartney Embassy to th...I immediately think of the Macartney Embassy to the Imperial Chinese Court, and his refusal to kowtow to the Emperor on the basis that he'd be showing more respect that he would to his own Sovereign.<br /><br />As a simple Christian, I am bidden to acknowledge and worship my Triune God as having all Glory in the Heavens and on Earth, and I know of no exception given in our Faith whereby I Mario Josipovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11038990937345581165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-75898498815852580742017-06-14T13:34:51.653+01:002017-06-14T13:34:51.653+01:00We have a Hindu temple down a few blocks from my p...We have a Hindu temple down a few blocks from my parents' house. It was built when I was in junior high. I have never visited (although I did unsuccessfully lobby my parents to let me take Sanskrit classes there...), because all the open houses have been while I have been working! (Probably a sign that God does not want me rubbernecking.)<br /><br />But my understanding is that they do not Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27949404554580858842017-06-14T13:09:25.521+01:002017-06-14T13:09:25.521+01:00The only place, I think, where any official Cathol...The only place, I think, where any official Catholic okay has been given for "bowing to Mammon" is at a Japanese Shinto temple dedicated to Japan's war dead. It is sort of an iffy place, because it used to be the lead place for the creepy State Shinto cult, but it is also the sort of place that kids have to attend on field trips and where people think you hate their dead grandpa if Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57970117211664196102017-06-14T13:04:34.182+01:002017-06-14T13:04:34.182+01:00However, the act was and is promoting, explaining ...However, the act was and is promoting, explaining idolatry and therefore the question marks thereafter are redundant.<br />IvanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605312123658616414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-54138889744863436092017-06-14T11:45:46.063+01:002017-06-14T11:45:46.063+01:00Years ago, at Lourdes, friends of mine joined the ...Years ago, at Lourdes, friends of mine joined the queue for English-language confessions… to disconcertingly discover that the confessor was both deaf and loud.<br /><br />Imagine the embarrassment of all concerned when the whole queue heard the priest exclaim "Adultery?!" before a very red-faced young lady emerged from being shriven...<br /><br />I told this story to a priest friend, Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-60526969719689118892017-06-14T11:43:37.566+01:002017-06-14T11:43:37.566+01:00My family is Chinese and old-fashioned - when I vi...My family is Chinese and old-fashioned - when I visited the clan temple last year, my family worried I would offend the gods (not to mention the other families) by refusing the proper signs of respect. In the end, I stood at the back saying some psalms (quietly) while the others worshiped. I was then joined in my prayers by the temple servants, who, it turned out, were all Catholics from the Sprouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158776272303192025noreply@blogger.com