tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post7552306039257678092..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Here Comes the Cavalry...The Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-53252524854669173852012-03-09T00:11:10.479+00:002012-03-09T00:11:10.479+00:00That's what the Bishops seem to be sorely lack...That's what the Bishops seem to be sorely lacking in - enthusiasm, passion, vigour for, and dedication to, the moral truth that applies to ALL of humanity not just members of the Church. Rahner spoke of (and the idea was used rather disingenuously by theologians, I think) "practical Christians" but, shamefully, our Church, including the clergy (priests and Bishops) and religious, is full of practical atheists. It's slowly improving, in that it's mainly the generation of those from their 50s to 80s that are so irrationally opposed to faith and an objective morality. But Bishops and priests need to be appointed based on their adherance to Church teaching, and love of God and His Church, not on extraneous criteria such as seniority, politics, etc.Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-31106153697006222012-03-07T09:27:49.107+00:002012-03-07T09:27:49.107+00:00Forgive my deep unenthusiasm over this letter. Not...Forgive my deep unenthusiasm over this letter. Not that it's a bad one, but it ain't that great either. Why do I always get the feeling that when it comes to upholding Catholic teaching in the public square that the Archbishop's heart is not really in it?<br />I'm not inclined to be so charitable as to say better late than never. He should have made his position clear as soon as the policy of gay "marriage" was mooted, even if he was already conducting discussions with the Government behind closed doors. With his contacts in Parliament he must have known this was coming and prepared his strategy accordingly. <br />Instead, it looks as though he has had to be nudged out of his torpor and finally conceded: "Oh well, better say something."<br />He's waited for Cardinal O'Brien to take the flak. And, note that he isn't leading the charge. But, like a general safe at staff HQ in the First World War, he's sending a letter to be read to the PBI in parishes. <br />I'm sorry to say it, but it seems to me that he is a moral coward.<br />While he says he is supporting traditional marriage and relationships he continues to "affirm" the gay Masses in Soho.georgemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-79468712640819535532012-03-06T12:52:50.982+00:002012-03-06T12:52:50.982+00:00Better late than never; better weak than nothing. ...Better late than never; better weak than nothing. The Bishops ought to have adopted this stance and condemned the legalising of adoption by homosexual "couples" and the CPA, and granting of similar status, rights and privileges to "civil partnerships". It is as if all of what went before, the substantive undermining of marriage was insignificant, and that only the final nail in the coffin - the changing of the ancient term to describe the ever-existing, natural institution of marriage, has woken them up from their stupor. God, send us holy, fearless, prophetic Bishops!Lyndanoreply@blogger.com