tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post4474350641550024875..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: FOR SHAME!The Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-49721523128864181822016-11-02T01:33:23.101+00:002016-11-02T01:33:23.101+00:00Today is the Feast of All Saints, and those Saints...Today is the Feast of All Saints, and those Saints include the Holy English and Welsh Martyrs. I intend to pray to them daily this month for their intercession in strengthening the Catholic faith they did so much to defend and spread among the people of this country. Their speech was "yea, yea: no, no" [Matt 5:37] and they never hesitated to dispute with their tormentors, in the hope of converting them. <br /><br />In fact, let's all say the Prayer for the Conversion of England. <br />http://vultuschristi.org/index.php/2010/09/prayer-for-the-conversion-of-e/<br /><br />A practical step, which will do a lot more good than pretending there is 'more that unites than divides us'. John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-58582240253519091802016-11-01T16:56:55.539+00:002016-11-01T16:56:55.539+00:00 Perhaps, if and when the Pope visits Britain, he... Perhaps, if and when the Pope visits Britain, he will point out to us how much Catholics here owe to Henry 8th.Maryfanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-74519456098007060292016-10-31T21:41:08.945+00:002016-10-31T21:41:08.945+00:00Pope Francis, as usual has hit the nail firmly on ...Pope Francis, as usual has hit the nail firmly on the head.<br />“We have the opportunity to mend a critical moment of our history by moving beyond the controversies and disagreements that have often prevented us from understanding one another.”<br />Pope Francis calls us to abandon the doctrines so zealously defended by saints such as Francis de Sales and Ignatius Loyola. Pope Francis calls us to stop honouring martyrs such as Thomas More, John Fisher and Edmund Campion. These were the people who just perpetuated divisions.<br />“We too must look with love and honesty at our past, recognizing error.”<br />We must stop calling the Catholic Church the one, true Church. We must stop this silly nonsense of saying that our doctrines are the correct ones. We have ERRED!<br />“it was perpetuated historically by the powerful of this world rather than the faithful people”<br />The division between Catholic and Protestant could have been ended centuries ago if some Pope like me had been in office instead of all those powerful prelates who insisted on being totally rigid all the time.<br />“to tell that history differently” <br />Let us no longer talk about history the way it was. Let us rewrite it so that it appears that the Catholic Church was grievously to blame for the Reformation and dear Martin was just so spiritual he had to set up his own Church.<br />“With gratitude we acknowledge that the Reformation helped give greater centrality to sacred Scripture in the Church’s life.”<br />Let us from now on acknowledge the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura.<br />By following Francis’s lead we can end these divisions in a flash. We can all become Protestants. Only one little problem: What kind of Protestants should we become? There are so many different kinds to choose from. Mr Heinz and his 57 varieties has nothing on Protestantism.<br /><br />Highland Cathedralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519428794618769856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-886361015791634632016-10-31T19:15:51.712+00:002016-10-31T19:15:51.712+00:00What did you expect Lawrence from papa Franco the ...What did you expect Lawrence from papa Franco the Protestant!philipjohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128964006463059159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-10756892108896344112016-10-31T18:51:04.596+00:002016-10-31T18:51:04.596+00:00yes, there seems to be a number of made up new ...yes, there seems to be a number of made up new 'sins' these days. But what about the old ones that offended God? Is He no longer offended by sin?M. Prodigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598092468839468735noreply@blogger.com