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To: Mrs. Don-o; BlatherNaut

Why would Francis ignore this:

[34] And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted; [35] And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed. Luke: Chapter 2

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Does he think the Blessed Mother ignored Simeon’s prophecy?


45 posted on 05/23/2015 7:55:34 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide
Why would Francis ignore this:

Perhaps because portraying our Blessed Mother as an ordinary woman is "ecumenical" ?

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46 posted on 05/23/2015 8:33:09 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: ebb tide
"Does he [Pope Francis] think the Blessed Mother ignored Simeon’s prophecy?"

Ebb, this makes no sense. You're once again conflating a feeling or temptation with a deliberate act (Mary "ignoring" Simeon) and then suggesting that it's Pope Francis who insinuated that very thing, which he did not.

Don't you see what you're doing? You're sinking into a mode of chronic, carping detraction. You might as well be Dr. Thorn-in-the-side, a committed anti-papist, by imputing evil to every single thing the Pope says. And you're failing to show one scintilla of filial respect for the Pope, which is required of you by your profession of Faith.

"Filial respect" does not mean that one is required to hold the Pope above all question and criticism. It does mean that one does so in a markedly respectful ---markedly respectful--- manner, in the manner that St. Catherine had with Pope Gregory XI, or (even more to the point), in the manner of Cardinal Burke when weighing the official acts and omissions of Pope Francis.

Cardinal Burke has been quite frank in stating that the Church needs a firm hand on the tiller, which She has not received from the present pontiff. And yet he has never, never, imputed base motives to Pope Francis, speculated publicly on his spiritual state, crafted rhetorical indictments against him, or in any way shown anything other than reverence for him as the Successor of Peter.

This linked article (Link here) is a good example of Burke's filial attitude.

I urge you to consider that "The Accuser," Satan, can use intemperate criticism of the Pope as a crowbar to split and wreck the Church. I ask you to consider who is a better model for us in our present struggle: the truthful son of the Church, Burke, or the fomenter of bitterness who is called "The Accuser," who is the true Enemy of Souls.

53 posted on 05/24/2015 7:50:52 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("The Catholic Church is for saints and sinners only. For respectable people, the Anglicans will do.")
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