tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post4376744249131821786..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: The Media and the PopeThe Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-23828920929161073932013-08-28T19:36:47.114+01:002013-08-28T19:36:47.114+01:00On Holy Thursday the Church commemorates two sacra...On Holy Thursday the Church commemorates two sacraments: Holy Orders and Holy Eucharist. The washing of feet is symbolic, not of charity, but of Our Lord's call to the priesthood.<br />Of course the Pope, being the supreme lawmaker of the Church, can do whatever he wanted, but I wished he had just annulled this law instead of violate it. Mariettanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-89480767943726966442013-08-28T19:28:40.145+01:002013-08-28T19:28:40.145+01:00Hughie,
On Holy Thursday, the Church commemorates ...Hughie,<br />On Holy Thursday, the Church commemorates our Lord's institution of two sacraments: Holy Orders and Holy Eucharist. The ritual washing of the feet has always been regarded as symbolic of the call to the priesthood, and that's why it was so jarring to see the Pope violate Holy Thursday rubric and traditional interpretation of the rite. Of course he is the supreme lawgiver of the Church. But I had wished he had annulled that rubric first instead of violating it. Or he could wash hundreds of people's feet, men's and women's, Christians' and Muslims' and what- have-you's on any other day but Holy Thursday.<br />I'm an old woman, just a few years younger than our Pope, but if I had been near him at that time, I'd have politely reminded him of Church's rules, much as I would my own father if I caught him about to violate our own household's rules. I'm still smarting over this Holy Thursday scandal and a few other instances where I thought the Pope was either being tacky or carelessly shooting off his mouth. So sorry. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-16837430738244501772013-08-24T02:01:34.053+01:002013-08-24T02:01:34.053+01:00The Pope is of course bound by the law of the Chur...The Pope is of course bound by the law of the Church. Church law is not arbitrary and cannot be changed on a whim. There are procedures to be followed and any change must accord with the doctrine of the Faith. Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-9093883382243173642013-08-23T18:05:53.037+01:002013-08-23T18:05:53.037+01:00Hughie: I think the question really is not whethe...Hughie: I think the question really is not whether he CAN set aside the law but whether he ought to have done so in this way. All this has been covered before, of course, but as Celia pointed out above, such actions do tend to open the door for those who have a problem with basic discipline. <br /><br />And many of "those liturgists and canonists among us" (thanks for that snark) weren't exactly offended as such, more resigned I'd say, but did think that there were better opportunities for demonstrating the sort of evangelisation you mention outside of the liturgy of Holy Thursday. And of course HH has subsequently done so, and I personally have no problem with that, but I do like respect for norms.jaykayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067428827648309867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-66397969408678588462013-08-23T10:18:56.410+01:002013-08-23T10:18:56.410+01:00"... to the Church the message was this: '..."... to the Church the message was this: 'It's okay to break the Church's liturgical law. The law of the Church does not matter'."<br /><br />Much though I admire your writings and insights about the Catholic Faith and the Church, I am afraid I have to say that you have got this wrong, big style. As far as the canon law is concerned the Pope, any Pope, has the power to set it aside in any specific case for a specific purpose. On Holy Thursday he chose to do so NOT to send out the message you suggest but, rather, in the interests of evangelizing these incarcerated youngsters by his actions and not his, or anybody else's, words. The evangelical message was one of Faith and Charity but most especially of Hope: All of you young prisoners -- Catholic, Protestant and Muslim alike; all of you, male and female alike -- may be separated from your families and society but you have not been separated from the love God and of his only son, Christ Jesus, Our Lord.<br /><br />I think that was a message worth sending, even if it offended the liturgists and canonists among us.Hughiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10184567496296840443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-85918001332296220192013-08-23T09:39:47.813+01:002013-08-23T09:39:47.813+01:00Thanks for the video. I'd never heard of this ...Thanks for the video. I'd never heard of this apparition before.BJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593104081224026799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-30111782107802429912013-08-21T22:51:06.049+01:002013-08-21T22:51:06.049+01:00The silence of the Church about the persecution in...The silence of the Church about the persecution including martyrdom of Christians in Egypt is scandalous. Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-74372851665967637002013-08-21T21:48:44.949+01:002013-08-21T21:48:44.949+01:00I wonder if you have seen this article from the Da...I wonder if you have seen this article from the Daily Mail, and if there is any truth in it?<br /><br /> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2398926/Pope-Benedict-says-resigned-God-told-mystical-experience-seeing-Pope-Francis-realised-God-wanted.htmlMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429803574298101511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-66831350678740342672013-08-21T20:12:51.209+01:002013-08-21T20:12:51.209+01:00The problem with Holy Thursday, feet, washing of, ...The problem with Holy Thursday, feet, washing of, is that Pope Francis validated the actions of all those ordinary priests who wash the feet of women and who conceivably have no idea- the congregation certainly doesn't-of why Christ washed the feet of the Apostles. Humility and service yes, but also purification of the men who were to take his teaching into the world. Which is why boring Pope Benedict, if I remember rightly, usually washed the feet of priests or seminarians: as usual he got the point others missed. <br /><br />As for the media, well they like to have their standard story. Benedict was cast years ago as the sinister, doctrinaire cardinal who 'covered up' sex abuse and worst of all didn't hug grannies every time he went out of the front door. Francis, who can't leave people alone, is therefore, conveniently cast as a cuddly liberal, a bit like John XXIII after Pius XII, if anyone can remember that far back. Never mind that doctrinally he's quite orthodox-as you rightly say, modern journalists, even the BBC's 'religious affairs correspondents' have no idea what the Catholic Church is about and tend to stick to familiar and lazy stereotypes. Celiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604937234890307888noreply@blogger.com