Posted on 08/30/2015 11:23:57 AM PDT by marshmallow
Bishop Philip Egan said the 'alert' is for everyone in the diocese to help put Laudato Si into action
The Bishop of Portsmouth has placed his diocese on “environmental alert” as well as directing people to examine their lifestyles in confession, after reading Pope Francis’ encyclical.
Bishop Egan called Laudato Si one of the most “challenging” papal encyclicals of our time, adding it prompted him to look at how his diocese should respond.
In a pastoral letter Bishop Egan said the alert should impact the way the diocese, acts, pray and thinks “leading [it to a conversion of mind, will and heart.”
In his message Bishop Egan highlights ways in which the faithful can respond practically to the Holy Father’s encyclical.
He calls for every member of the diocese to “have a greater awareness of environmental and ecological issues” and to raise awareness amongst others through writing, ecumenical initiatives and evangelisation teams.
The bishop also calls on his diocese to moderate their own lifestyles.
“Everyone in the diocese should consider how they might respond in practice to the Pope’s call,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
An "in tune" Catholic's confession in the year 2015;
"Bless me Father for I have sinned, it's been one month since my last confession. Since then, on four occasions I tossed recyclables in the general trash and I bought a large, oil-burning heater......"
“You can’t take communion until you get rid of that oil-fired heater.”
What an idiot!
That’s funny!
I think the best response to this secular hooey is to radically reinterpret what they have said to mean something very different and objectionable. For example:
“He calls for every member of the diocese to “have a greater awareness of environmental and ecological issues” and to raise awareness amongst others through writing, ecumenical initiatives and evangelisation teams.
This could be reinterpreted as him saying: “It is the duty of Catholics to drive the Muslims from their midst, to help save the environment and protect the ecology from their pollution.”
And “Catholics must raise awareness by writing of their opposition to Islam, make political initiatives against Islam, and evangelisation of Muslims to leave their pagan faith and become Christians.”
Just imagine how this bishop would gag on his tea and crumpets after reading that.
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