Adamant in Our Support of the Pope (Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer on the Regensburg Controversy)

Spirit and Life ^ | 9/22/2006 | Fr. Thomas J. Euteneuer

[Pyro7480]

Adamant in Our Support of the Pope

A friend of mine offered a tongue-in-cheek reflection about the recent flare-up of Islamic fanaticism concerning the Pope’s remarks. “There is a large group of picketers in front of the Cathedral demanding that the Pope apologize for Notre Dame's loss to Michigan this past Saturday!” Right on! But that humorous portrayal of a protest indicates that there are humane ways for decent people to handle their differences, and killing innocent people is not one of them.

Quite frankly I’m disgusted by barbarians acting in the name of God. When savages burn the pope in effigy, I am offended — especially since a few passing remarks about Muhammad’s practice of forced conversion hardly merit such a vicious overreaction. Such a reaction should be reserved for the shameless remarks of a guy like Hugo Chavez when he calls our President the devil.

Equally offensive are drones like Rosie O’Donnell who thinks that Christian conscientious objection is to be classed in the same category as, say, televised beheadings, church burnings, death threats, mass murder and suicide bombings. How many left-wing commentators have we heard this week condescendingly scolding the pope for not being a “realist” about how his remarks would be taken? Any clear-thinking man who read the pope’s speech will know that it dripped with realism: he said that any religion that divorces itself from rationality ends up justifying violence in the name of God. But just to prove that they are a peaceful, rational religion the fanatical Muslims made sure to butcher a nun in [Somalia] following the pope’s talk.

Decent people are fed up with fanaticism in whatever form it takes, and I am glad to hear more people speaking out about this now. It’s time for all of us to stand up and tell the Catholic-haters of the world that we are not taking this any more.

Our pope is the leader of Christianity and its most palpable symbol of unity. He is the Vicar of Christ no matter what others may believe about him. No other man on earth has that title—or that burden. He is being unjustly attacked, reviled, defamed and threatened with death and destruction. Our adamant support of him in this time of crisis means simply that we are willing to stand up and defend our very Christian civilization.

We must never be afraid to stand up for the pope! I am whole-heartedly convinced that he is the only one who can infuse wisdom into the leaders of our world to deal with the immense problems of our day. We will defend him, no matter how high the cost. In doing so, we will be standing with Don Juan of Austria and Pope Pius V in their Rosary Crusade against the Turks at Lepanto in 1571 (which we commemorate on October 7th, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary). We will be side by side with Jan Sobieski who stood at the gates of Vienna on September 11, 1683 and defended the freedom of our Christian civilization. We also stand with Chesterton and Belloc who reminded us poignantly that Christendom has not seen the last of these assaults. The time to stand with the pope is now, not years later when the barbarians are at the gates.

And while you’re at it, sign up for our spiritual bouquet to send to the Holy Father through HLI’s Rome office next week. He will appreciate our tangible show of support!

[Pyro7480]

Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer ( EYE-ten-our) became president of Human Life International in December of 2000. Human Life International is the world’s largest pro-life organization with affiliate offices and associates in seventy-five countries around the world. In five years of service to this unique mission Fr. Euteneuer has traveled more than 500,000 miles as a pro-life missionary and visited more than forty countries.

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[wagglebee]

Quite frankly I’m disgusted by barbarians acting in the name of God. When savages burn the pope in effigy, I am offended — especially since a few passing remarks about Muhammad’s practice of forced conversion hardly merit such a vicious overreaction.

Especially when you consider that their reaction to a totally valid observation that they enjoy cutting off people's heads was a call to cut off the Holy Father's head.

[pipecorp]

I'm just glad Adam Ant has come out of retire.......oops , my bad.

[Pyro7480]

LOL! When I did a search to see if it had been posted, a couple a threads on Adam Ant came up. ;-)

[Nihil Obstat]

Dim drums throbbing, in the hills half heard,
Where only on a nameless throne a crownless prince has stirred,
Where, risen from a doubtful seat and half attainted stall,
The last knight of Europe takes weapons from the wall,
The last and lingering troubadour to whom the bird has sung,
That once went singing southward when all the world was young.
In that enormous silence, tiny and unafraid,
Comes up along a winding road the noise of the Crusade.
Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far,
Don John of Austria is going to the war,

[Pyro7480]

We're getting close to that date. ;-) That is the greatest poem in the English language of the modern era, but since it is so politically-incorrect, it is hardly ever taught in English and/or literature classes.

[kerryusama04]

I thought the pope punked out on this?

[Pyro7480]

Don't believe the drive-by media spin.

[OKIEDOC]

The unholy past of the Muslim cleric demanding the Pope's execution Lsd, casual sex, alcohol, this is the unholy past of the Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary who is demanding the Pope's execution following his comments against the prophet Mohammed Full Story: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23367406-details/The+unholy+past+of+the+Muslim+cleric+demanding+the+Pope%27s+execution/article.do MESSAGE: AND THEY SAY THAT THESE GUYS ARE THE MUSLIM MINORITY, I THINK THE MAJORITY.

[TaxachusettsMan]

See o'er Lepanto's waters spred
The Moslems' dark array!
A voice to Christendom went forth
And gave the word to pray.
Jesus! Mary! Names of strength
Invoked and not in vain!
They triumphed in our hour of need
And triumph will again.

[jschwartz]

GOT THAT YOU CATHOLICS? YOUR POPE SAID THAT THE PROPHET MOHAMMED AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE "INTOLERANT AND VIOLENT". THE NO GOOD LYING PONTIFF! JUST FOR THAT, WE'RE GONNA KILL ALL OF YOU!

AND IF YOU WON'T LET US GO NUCLEAR, WE'LL GO NUCLEAR!

[Aquinasfan]

HLI knows how to pick them!

[Convert from ECUSA]

"Quite frankly I’m disgusted by barbarians acting in the name of God. When savages burn the pope in effigy, I am offended — especially since a few passing remarks about Muhammad’s practice of forced conversion hardly merit such a vicious overreaction. Such a reaction should be reserved for the shameless remarks of a guy like Hugo Chavez when he calls our President the devil. Equally offensive are drones like Rosie O’Donnell who thinks that Christian conscientious objection is to be classed in the same category as, say, televised beheadings, church burnings, death threats, mass murder and suicide bombings. How many left-wing commentators have we heard this week condescendingly scolding the pope for not being a “realist” about how his remarks would be taken? Any clear-thinking man who read the pope’s speech will know that it dripped with realism: he said that any religion that divorces itself from rationality ends up justifying violence in the name of God. But just to prove that they are a peaceful, rational religion the fanatical Muslims made sure to butcher a nun in [Somalia] following the pope’s talk. Decent people are fed up with fanaticism in whatever form it takes, and I am glad to hear more people speaking out about this now. It’s time for all of us to stand up and tell the Catholic-haters of the world that we are not taking this any more. Our pope is the leader of Christianity and its most palpable symbol of unity. He is the Vicar of Christ no matter what others may believe about him. No other man on earth has that title—or that burden. He is being unjustly attacked, reviled, defamed and threatened with death and destruction. Our adamant support of him in this time of crisis means simply that we are willing to stand up and defend our very Christian civilization."

Father Euteneur nailed it with a great big hammer!

[PatriotGirl827]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[Bigg Red]

Wow! This priest is a real man. I pray we get many more like him in the priesthood.

[Bigg Red]

Wow! I read that whole poem. Quite inspiring.

I had certainly heard of Chesterton, but I am pretty sure that I had never seen that poem before, even though I attended 12 years of Catholic school and earned a BA in English. As a girl, I would not have had much interest in martial images, so it's possible that I was shown the poem but then quickly forgot it.

Perhaps boys would be more interested in reading abd in poetry if they were given this type of subject matter instead of the PC drivel they are forced to endure today.

[Bigg Red]

I just finished "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam", and, right now, I am reading Blankley's book on the Mohammedan threat. Now you two have inspired me to learn about the battle of Lepanto. Do you have a book to recommend?

[OKIEDOC]

Sorry to dissapoint but I'm not Catholic.

However, I was a great fan of Pope John Paul.

I get your sarcasm and yes the Muslims are highly intelligent when it comes to things mechanical but in the common sense mental health, area they are greatly lacking.

This proves you can take a Camel Jock off his goat but you can not get the goat out of the jock.

I was perusing through the California medical residency programs last night and I noticed that many programs have a majority of resident doctors from places like Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt and other third world Christian hating countries.

Funny but 40 or 50 percent of California is Hispanic and yet there are very few if any Latinos in California residencies.

I did receive a notice that UCLA has a program to recruit Hispanics doctors to California residencies.

However, that doesn't mean that Indian,Syrian, Pakistani, Iranian or Egyptian program directors have to accept them into their programs.

Many Iranian, Syrian and Indian resident doctors will flat out tell you they are smarter than Hispanics or American graduate doctors.

Burns a persons butt but what can you do when the system allows these potential terrorists into your country.