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To: TotusTuus

What has Burke gained?


22 posted on 02/24/2005 6:29:47 PM PST by sinkspur ("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
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To: sinkspur
What has Burke gained?

Look at your own tagline. He, like all other Bishops, is to preach the gospel in and out of season. It is his mandate from Christ to teach, rule, and sanctify the faithful under his charge. All indications suggest that he is trying to bring about a peaceful and amicable solution to a problem involving a parish Church run by a disobedient board of directors. A board which is defying the Holy See as well as him.

Through the years, on these FR poster boards as well, we have discussed time and time again how many of the Bishops have been weak at fulfilling their sacred duties regarding a variety of issues. Here, we have a Bishop trying to bring to a close through proper Canon Law and mediation a situation which can only cause more problems down the road without proper intervention now - problems of breaking apart the mystical Body of Christ.

Among other things, he gains my respect and admiration and I hope that of others.

26 posted on 02/24/2005 6:58:12 PM PST by TotusTuus (I'm not the one promulgating schism in the Church!)
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To: sinkspur
What has Burke gained?

believe it or not, grudging respect from a fair number of people.

42 posted on 02/24/2005 7:55:41 PM PST by Desdemona
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To: sinkspur
What has Burke gained?

A reputation that he is not to be trifled with in such matters. For once we have a bishop who has shown some serious backbone and I'm amazed to see so many of the FR Catholic girly-men whining about it.

I laud and support Archbishop Burke.
86 posted on 02/25/2005 9:09:57 AM PST by Antoninus (In hoc signo, vinces †)
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