tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post5993007714864413658..comments2023-04-27T04:14:30.583-07:00Comments on Straight from the Heart: Modernizing the ChurchDonna Farleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11884647995104136193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-91184229757599308332013-03-09T12:46:43.977-08:002013-03-09T12:46:43.977-08:00Thank you for your kind words, my dear Catholic fr...Thank you for your kind words, my dear Catholic friend. May the Lord bless you and keep you. And may the Lord bless and guide the successor to Benedict XVI, whoever he may be.Fr. Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933248163052873060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-4825639647587846162013-03-09T12:12:53.072-08:002013-03-09T12:12:53.072-08:00Thank you for your gracious, articulate remarks ab...Thank you for your gracious, articulate remarks about the current media handling of the selection of Pope Benedict's replacement. You would be correct in thinking that the members of the American media, both print and TV, do not question the dogmas of popular secular religion. They think in terms of politics, of liberal and conservative. They have no idea what filled the minds and hearts of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. They do not know the difference between dogma and discipline: that the Church could allow married priests tomorrow, but the Church may not ordain women, ever. They do not know, or care, that the selection of the Pope, and of the parish priest, for that matter, should be made by the Holy Spirit, acting through Christ's prayerful sons. <br />I am a convert from Methodism to Roman Catholicism; I attend a Byzantine Catholic Church that is two hours away from my home whenever I can. I also pray Vespers with a small Orthodox congregation near my home. I pray for Church unity, and I pray for you, Father. Glory to Jesus Christ! Thank you for answering God's call to the priesthood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415815443006499013.post-65742834302199566352013-03-08T14:31:38.723-08:002013-03-08T14:31:38.723-08:00But FATHER!! EVERYbody knows that interviewers ar...But FATHER!! EVERYbody knows that interviewers are direct descendants of Einstein; and the interviewees have barely made it into kintergarten. And as for the Pope; well who care, unless she has some 'relevance' to the world of today. Someone,( Who was it now?) suggested we start with 'Our Father....'<br />We could perhaps add the -traditional-<br />"Lord, have mercy; Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com