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| Topic Started: Monday, 2. October 2006, 11:21 (1,612 Views) | |
| Joe Valente | Monday, 4. May 2009, 21:27 Post #91 |
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"I am not saying that I am better than anyone else" seems to me that he is saying that he is better than a lot of other priests. I normally am very reluctant to publicly critisize a priest, but I am going to break my rule : These sentiments from most priests would impress me but in this instance they ring rather hallow to me. This The Fr.Brian Darcy, a Passionist priest, who writes a weekly column for Ireland's equivalent of the News of the World, a paper often referred to as " Billy's Weekly Liar", the same Fr. Darcy who juggles his time between Church, journalism and presenting a weekly Radio Ulster programme, funnily enough on a Sunday morning when most Catholics are at Mass, the same priest who painted a disturbing picture of some of his confreres form his time in Seminary and Novitiate (though it took him over 30 years to decide to do this), the same Fr.Darcy who courted public acclaim by giving Cardinal Daly a rough time on the Late Late Show, the same Fr.Darcy whose greatest claim is his involvement in show business. Sorry, Ned, right message for me but wrong messenger and wrong publication. |
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| Deleted User | Monday, 4. May 2009, 21:41 Post #92 |
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Joe and if you have any further tips for priests sermons
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| Rose of York | Monday, 4. May 2009, 22:10 Post #93 |
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Why not? We are here to express opinions, and somewhere we have a thread about standards of preaching. I'll ferret it out. |
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| Deleted User | Monday, 4. May 2009, 23:01 Post #94 |
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I am very defiantly having a confusing evening is a sign of positive encouragement, the thumbs up...or have I missed something |
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| Rose of York | Monday, 4. May 2009, 23:17 Post #95 |
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Penfold, sorry, I never knew what that meant, until you explained. Please accept my apologies, I misunderstood you. I found the link to the preaching thread. http://s10.zetaboards.com/Catholic_CyberForum/topic/105330/7/#new |
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| Deleted User | Monday, 4. May 2009, 23:22 Post #96 |
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but I am off to change heads anyway this one really has't been working to well this evening, I think I breathed in to much incense at Walsingham and the Divils have blown the synaptic circuitry.
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| Joe Valente | Tuesday, 5. May 2009, 11:36 Post #97 |
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Emptying pews may not be the disaster that it seems to be to some of us. Perhaps it should be seen as a spring cleaning and an opportunity for renewal. Unfortunately, in my lifetime especially since the implementaion of V11, the greatest dangers to the Church have come from within it's own ranks. Many of us may not have agreed with everything that V11 decreed but we accepted it as the will of the Church. Then we had the disidents like those who decided to form SSPX (no doubt causing the body of a great Pope to spin in it's tomb). They decided that they were right and all the rest of us were wrong. They could have remained within the ranks and quietly and discreetly continued to fight their cause at the higher echelons of Church authority. Instead, in fear of losing their battle and some prestige, their pride forced them to break ranks and attack the Papacy. The only result of this was to add a few more arrows to our enemies quivers. Then we have the "pick and mix" brigade. Some of them very vocal some less so but equally as misled and damaging. They want the benefits of Mother Church, Mass, Holy Communion, First Communion and Confirmation for their children, married in Church, a Catholic funeral, education in a good Catholic school for their children etc They don't want the constraints that being Catholic places on them, confession......no need for it. birth control ..........who wants more than 2 children contraception.............sex is for pleasure Let us abortion........let us have divorce........let us live with a partner........let us have sexual freedom.......let us settle for Mass once or twice a year let us have our child baptised even if we do not practice or intend to teach the child up to practice..........leave us free to practice homosexuality if we wish. Who are you to interfere in our lives ? Oh, by the way, we demand the right to Holy Communion as there is no such a thing as mortal sin. Such are our "pick and mix" catholics. The unfortunate result is that young people are growing up under their influence and example. Unfortunately some of our priests have become part of this "pick and mix" brigade. Many other priests are reluctant to speak out and condemn all of these things lest they lose some of their congregation. This means that there are few who are pointing out these dangers Our young people need guidance which , at present they are lacking, from Church and family. Someone to show them the examples of other young people like Dominic Savio, John Berchman, Maria Goretti and many others. Perhaps our beloved Church needs this emptying of the pews as a wake up call to all of us, clergy and laity alike. As an opportunity to renew our faith, our loyalty to Mother Church and the Holy Father, to reinstate the validity of the Commandments of the Church. If the emptying pews lead to this then we will have learned. Edited by Joe Valente, Tuesday, 5. May 2009, 11:40.
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| Ned | Tuesday, 5. May 2009, 18:38 Post #98 |
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God sometimes chooses the most unlikely people to be His messenger, amd He doesn't give them any choice. Look at Jonah.
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| Ned | Tuesday, 5. May 2009, 18:51 Post #99 |
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No publicity is bad publicity, Joe, but may I add, please, that he also presents Sunday Half-Hour at 8.30pm every Sunday on BBC Radio 2. |
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and if you have any further tips for priests sermons

I am very defiantly having a confusing evening
9:19 AM Jul 11