Posted on 09/17/2005 4:08:47 AM PDT by livius
“Traditional Islam: The Path to Peace”
Address by King Abdullah II of Jordan
Remarks by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Archbishop of Washington and CUA Chancellor
CUA Columbus School of Law
Sept. 13, 2005
Your Majesty, King Abdullah
Your Majesty Queen Rania
Prince Ghazi
Members of the delegation from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Father President
Distinguished guests from many faith communities
Dear friends all,
Your Majesty,
A few months ago, when I was privileged to pray for you on another occasion in this capital city, I asked Allah, the compassionate and merciful Lord of all the world, to bless you and to help you make your country a bridge across which all nations might walk in unity, fellowship and love. As I listened to your words today, I believe my prayer is being answered.
Indeed, the Amman Message of November of last year is a blueprint and a challenge not only to the great world of Islam, but to the whole human race. Your thoughtful leadership is a stirring invitation to all of us, especially to the people of the Book, the family of Abraham, who share so much and who are called to be brothers and sisters in God’s one human family.
You have taken to heart the words of Pope Benedict XVI when he addressed the Muslim leaders gathered with him in Germany last month and invited them all to join him in eliminating from all hearts any trace of rancor, in resisting every form of intolerance and in opposing every manifestation of violence. As you quoted in your splendid talk to us today, Pope Benedict called his listeners, in this way, to turn back the way of cruel fanaticism that endangers the lives of so many people and hinders progress for world peace.
Your Majesty’s call and that of the Holy Father are in so many ways the same. May Allah, the merciful and compassionate, continue to guide your steps along this noble path. May He guide and protect you, your family and your beloved country and may peace and justice come to all lands and all peoples through your efforts, your vision and your courage.
In the name of Allah, the merciful and compassionate God, we pray. Amen.
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
You're definitely lucky on that one! And we can't even seem to get rid of him...
I think he turns 80 this month but, according to him, the Pope has asked him to stay on. It's possible that the Pope just has a lot of other things to deal with right now and after the Synod, he'll get around to retirements, etc. Or it's possible that McCarrick is embroidering the truth again - remember his very loose version of a letter he had received from the Pope earlier this year? Hah.
" You're definitely lucky on that one! And we can't even seem to get rid of him..."
Yeah, you guys ought to work on that ecclesiology. We had a real pip for an Archbishop a few years back...but we got rid of him! :)
This issue first. I thought we were united against Islam.
Secondly, I am not Catholic, Latin or Orthodox.
If you are a Christian, just a humble servant of Him, you would be united with all other such believers from whatever background or ethic origin. In fact, if we are dead to ourselves and alive in Him, there is no longer a you or me...there is really only a Him.
McCarrick's politically connected and even though he handled things relating to the pedophile priest lawsuits almost as badly as Law (the Boston prelate who was removed), he seems to have been able to skate by. Don't know why.
I think being united against Islam is very important. To me, it gives scandal when a leader of any Christian church praises Islam or even treats it on the same level with Christianity.
Islam is a dangerous, violent and repressive cult, and Christians cannot ignore this or gloss over it in the desire to be "nice," PC, or ecumenical. It's too dangerous.
Absolutely!
McCarrick turned 75 on July 7, and submitted his lettter of resignation at that time.
About two weeks ago, he announced that the Pope wanted to keep him on for an indefinite time. He said he received a lettter from the Apostolic Nuncio to stay right where he is.
Very odd, considering that he was practically begging the pope to let him retire. He was constantly talking about how much he looked forward to it, what he was going to do in his retirement, etc.
I'd like to see that letter.
"This issue first. I thought we were united against Islam"
I trust we are. That's not what I was talking about.
"Secondly, I am not Catholic, Latin or Orthodox."
I wouldn't have expected someone from outside to have spoken about a Latin Cardinal that way.
"If you are a Christian, just a humble servant of Him, you would be united with all other such believers from whatever background or ethic origin."
At a certain level, I suppose so, certainly ethnicity or background would have nothing to do with it, but the Fathers teach us that we are to separate ourselves from heretics. I am not saying you are a heretic...I wouldn't know, but the Arians certainly were and they too claimed to be Christians and perhaps they and the Nestorians and others really were. But we were not united to them and with reason.
Thx for your thoughtful response.
Somebody should tell the good Cardinal.
GAG! The carpetbaggin' cardinal is in need of having a major application of a very large hickory switch to wake him up! I'm surprised he didn't literally bow down to the ground and kiss Abudullah's feet!
The only "respect" this carpetbagging "cardinal" deserves for this stunt is the respect of a large hickory switch on his oversized caboose!
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