tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post1017950174077513943..comments2024-03-28T22:37:25.540+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: Defending an unpopular popeEccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-32556828327395079202017-01-16T18:17:01.999+00:002017-01-16T18:17:01.999+00:00Unpopular ? Say it ain't so !
I struggle with ...Unpopular ? Say it ain't so !<br />I struggle with the fasting before Mass, the temptation being the worst upon entering the church: inhaling the aroma of fresh brewed coffee and knowing that there are fresh doughnuts awaiting. I'm just not capable of paying attention on an empty stomach.<br />But ! to become at peace with God (at least from my end of the stick) now I can chug, glug, and chomp to smite the rumbles that disrupt my participation (and that of my neighbors) in the Mass. <br />...or maybe I'll go with a full breakfast (monks' bean's coffee, nuns' jams) and not give scandal.<br />I feel so,.... accompanied, accommodated !<br /><br />One cheer more ! <br />(Or has this Captain run St. Peter's barque ashore ?)<br />*******<br /><br />Parting thoughts:<br /><br />- "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."<br /><br />- The last audience<br />http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2013/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20130227.html<br /><br /><br /> When I survey the wondrous cross<br /> On which the Prince of glory died,<br /> My richest gain I count but loss,<br /> And pour contempt on all my pride.<br /><br /> Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,<br /> Save in the death of Christ my God!<br /> All the vain things that charm me most,<br /> I sacrifice them to His blood.<br /><br /> See from His head, His hands, His feet,<br /> Sorrow and love flow mingled down!<br /> Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,<br /> Or thorns compose so rich a crown?<br /><br /> Were the whole realm of nature mine,<br /> That were a present far too small;<br /> Love so amazing, so divine,<br /> Demands my soul, my life, my all.<br /><br />"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."Elisabeth F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12789523780742101772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-68229408741432409642017-01-16T17:14:09.910+00:002017-01-16T17:14:09.910+00:00Oh dear....
I fear a battle between you and Anti....Oh dear....<br /><br />I fear a battle between you and Anti....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-6421144191972877382017-01-16T17:10:37.996+00:002017-01-16T17:10:37.996+00:00Well, if not Lepanto then:
https://www.youtube.co...Well, if not Lepanto then:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_bkDnLHk0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-82723367451263785182017-01-16T17:07:08.389+00:002017-01-16T17:07:08.389+00:00
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_the_Friendly...<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_the_Friendly_GhostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-66532385243606099972017-01-16T16:21:34.069+00:002017-01-16T16:21:34.069+00:00I'm a convert. Lately I wonder what for.I'm a convert. Lately I wonder what for. Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-89515459449207701402017-01-16T09:41:34.074+00:002017-01-16T09:41:34.074+00:00I doubt there will ever be a Francis II, unless Ka...I doubt there will ever be a Francis II, unless Kasper gets elected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-89570372492552858982017-01-16T02:37:41.563+00:002017-01-16T02:37:41.563+00:00I'm a woman so I have a lot better shot at bei...I'm a woman so I have a lot better shot at being pope right now than the rest of you. I've already decided my first encyclical is going to be Nomorum Novus Ordo.Kathleen1031https://www.blogger.com/profile/10201084623185206141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-79259117276730801542017-01-16T00:03:11.454+00:002017-01-16T00:03:11.454+00:00Lepanto, This sounds so good! I'd buy a front ...Lepanto, This sounds so good! I'd buy a front row seat!!Mary Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177771196355631149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-52070787888954945732017-01-15T23:30:29.896+00:002017-01-15T23:30:29.896+00:00Malta v Poland, there's only one way to sort t...Malta v Poland, there's only one way to sort this out - fight! Let's get these people in the ring. Francis could act as trainer in the progressive/modernist/heretic corner and Cardinal Burke could do the honours in the Catholic corner. I would pay good money to watch along with many others, I'm sure. St.Peter's square can hold a large crowd. Imagine what the TV rights would go for. Francis only has to announce that 'might is right' magisterially and all our decisions can be made 'mano a mano' with enormous profits to boot. It's a win/win folks. I commend this to the house.Lepantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487748842744745860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-92022218730095463032017-01-15T22:25:47.820+00:002017-01-15T22:25:47.820+00:00Surely someone can only be at peace with God on im...Surely someone can only be at peace with God on immediately leaving the confessional or in heaven? Even reciting the confiteor immediately before holy Communion would not help because of the awkward bits: "I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed" and "through my fault, through my most grievous fault." So it would help if the Maltese bishops could just give us a little clue. Sounds like a cue for a dubia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-9423671213565939992017-01-15T21:37:59.918+00:002017-01-15T21:37:59.918+00:00"Most of my readers have never been pope . . ..."Most of my readers have never been pope . . ."<br /><br />Speak for yourself, O Saved One !!!Zephyrinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179350648709554049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-91523448035025756432017-01-15T20:37:57.237+00:002017-01-15T20:37:57.237+00:00Morte laetitia - he knew half us would be dead of ...Morte laetitia - he knew half us would be dead of starvation by the 1980s because of overpopulation!<br /><br />Ordinary CatholicOsusannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182930197449324545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-43802020899046432272017-01-15T19:24:50.574+00:002017-01-15T19:24:50.574+00:00Next pope: Kasper the first.Next pope: Kasper the first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-52681382593304653992017-01-15T18:38:36.741+00:002017-01-15T18:38:36.741+00:00Funny there wasn't another Pope John for anoth...Funny there wasn't another Pope John for another 600 years or so.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-18638040586415457462017-01-15T17:54:22.371+00:002017-01-15T17:54:22.371+00:00"Rosica the Blockhead" made me LOL."Rosica the Blockhead" made me LOL.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00686466300503725349noreply@blogger.com