Posted on 04/18/2005 2:22:37 PM PDT by Dajjal
This looks to me like the "Jewish messianic expectation" is actually referring to the attitude maintained before the coming of Christ, and the point is that Jesus is the fulfillment of that expectation. Hardly what you implied.
Did you read my post #40?
“Jewish messianic expectation is not in vain.”
yet,
"Christians cannot but contest the position of these Jews.”
I offered a more sensible interpretation in #37 and 41. You are unwilling to give up your private interpretation, which you admit would make the document self-contradictory, or even to attempt to justify it over the one I suggested in #37 and 41, which has the advantage that you yourself admit of avoiding a contradiction, and is perfectly plausible especially in the local context.
I've seen pro and con for him. Too much with the ecumenical Holy Communion which isn't even licit and yet his recent writings and admonitions to the other Cardinals put me in mind of Cardinal Arinze or Pope John Paul II. I will be looking for more sources, too. I'd like to think his more recent writings & teachings reflect his growth toward what our Holy Father labored for so many years to teach to us.
I will put it in in the hands of the Holy Spirit and pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy. God knows what he's doing.
EWTN listed (verbally or on their site, I don't remember) a similar recommendation and I've been praying in the same manner for the same outcome.
Our Parish tried liturgical dance. Even before it was okayed. If you've seen The Music Man, it looked a lot like the scene from the movie with the older ladies dancing around the Grecian urns. It was the Feast of the Assumption and people actually walked out in disgust and anger, and laughter.
That post of yours made absolutely no sense, even after reading it three times.
You're the one doing the "interpreting" and "suggesting", I'm merely quoting Cardinal Ratzinger.
" Quis custodet ipsos custodes?"
Good question. This does not bode well at all.
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