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Comment on Terry Fitzpatrick Homilist March 24-25, 2012 by StriderWriter

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Comment on Liberated from a failing institution by Mark

Mark — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:40:25 +0000

Brad, faith in Christ and faith in the church are two separate entities. You have to draw a line somewhere. If you don’t then you will follow these other humans (the Catholic church) into error. They are admittedly highly educated and devoted philosophers and theologians who study scripture daily. They are academics. Are they balanced and worldly wise? Some maybe, others not so. To blindly follow would be to state that they have never made errors. Is that what you are suggesting? At what point do you acknowledge that they are erring? Do you ignore errors and attribute them to individuals or is there a problem with the ideology? Errors and misjudgements in all walks of life are being highlighted and shot down on a daily basis. As I’m sure you are well aware; there is a climate of transparency and universal knowledge unfolding due to advances in global communication. The practical application of ideologies is being studied on a daily basis. This exiled group of people believe, rightly it appears, that certain injustices exist. This makes for uncomfortable reading for the church. You add nothing to their struggle for justice by stating that they have turned their back on Christ. I think their point is that they have not. They have been unable to affect the Church from within and are tired of the intolerance brought to bear on them. What is your intention? To cause them guilt and fear? I feel sorry for you if that is how you have been raised. Is that what the Church teaches you? People like you are the reason they left. I could shame you by asking what good you are doing, but I am above mind games and torture.

I’ve said my two cents and I only visited here to see what masses were on in Brisbane on Easter Sunday.

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Comment on Mary Pease – Homilist June 5-6 2010 by Georgie Mangan

Georgie Mangan — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:12:44 +0000

Hi Mary….just finished reading your story. I knew you weren’t well but not to what extent. I am sending you all the LOVE and LIGHT to “EXPECT A MIRACLE” on your behalf in my prayers. You are such a caring doctor and person that anyone who crosses your path couldn’t help but be enlightened with your kindness as our family has been over the last 20 years. Thanks to your friends Peter and Su for taking you to SMX. It appears your faith has been renewed in many areas of spirituallity and has given you the strength and courage to cope with your cancer. Love Georgie Mangan and family. XXXX

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Kevin Gyblee — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:43:04 +0000

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Comment on Is it the Vatican that is in schism with Vatican II? by Tim Roberts

Tim Roberts — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:40:10 +0000

type in above message “Labor’s SOCIAL and foreign policy agenda.”

Comment on Is it the Vatican that is in schism with Vatican II? by Tim Roberts

Tim Roberts — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:39:04 +0000

The point of a book of homilies is it’s archival and systematic, unlike an escapist film, as powerful as films can be. It lets us look more objectively and discover the diversity of a community over 29 years, rather than succumb to bullying stereotypes.

One of the stereotypes is that the old St Mary’s church community was “socialist” during the Peter Kennedy era. Middle class, affluent, professionals who are a tad eccentric in their theology and vote Labor is hardly ‘socialist’. Neither was Peter’s St Mary’s ‘Greens’, or have links with greens or push an ‘environmental’ agenda, it was far more akin to Labor’s socialist and foreign policy agenda. Environmental concerns have come to the fore more recently at SME since the 2009 split – not before.

I knew Catholics 1980s, 1990s at St Mary’s who were more left than Peter Kennedy and saw his St Mary’s as too middle class and conservative. The sort of Catholics who were among the first to link their ‘pro-life’ (anti-abortion) beliefs, with their ‘anti-war’ pacifist beliefs. Low and behold many years later, in this presidential election year, this is one of the fastest growing political groups in the USA, who among their political agenda, are anti-abortion, yet do not support protesting outside abortion clinics, protests which have led to bombings, and other violence outside clinics in USA and elsewhere.

Comment on Is it the Vatican that is in schism with Vatican II? by Perry Mason

Perry Mason — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:58:02 +0000

Tim might be onto something with his own idea for a book, but I think the more exciting prospect is for a new Dan Brown type blockbuster based on this interview with Fox. All the elements are here. Evil popes, conspiracy theories, pagan rituals, secret societies, political intrigue, Opus Dei controlling the judiciary … (Admittedly, that last one is undermined by the fact of millions of abortions happening with the approval of the legal system – but let’s not have logic or facts get in the way of a good yarn.)

Comment on Liberated from a failing institution by Brad

Brad — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:46:41 +0000

Christ said “whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” If the Catholic Church teaches something then Christ is teaching it. The Catholic Faith is a package not a pick and mix, you can’t just choose what you want to, and not want to believe in. You are no longer Catholic and have become Protestants and by turning your back on the Catholic Church you have turned your back on Christ and are in grave danger of loosing your souls.

Comment on Is it the Vatican that is in schism with Vatican II? by Tim Roberts

Tim Roberts — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:17:32 +0000

I of course am not suggesting in my above post that an attempt has not been made to record St Mary’s 1980-2009 history, that being the book “Peter Kennedy: The Man Who Threatened Rome”. That was written along the lines of the above Matthew Fox considerations. Much was missed. Much in that book, particularly first person accounts, is interesting, but they are mostly overviews, reflections, not by and large, archival.