[Coleus]

Catholic Zen Retreats
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171 CLIFTON AVENUE
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Catholic Zen Retreats, Jersey City, NJ, conducted by a Jesuit Priest

[bnelson44]

Seems to be recognized by his order:

http://www.jesuit.org/sections/sub.asp?SECTION_ID=192&SUBSECTION_ID=207

Look under: Prayer in general and related items

For those that are wondering, Zen meditation is not prayer nor is it contemplation as it is known in Christianity. Buddhism believes in reincarnation, and has a number of other beliefs that are diametrically opposed to Christianity. I am surprised this sort of thing is continuing to occur.

[PalestrinaGal0317]

I saw the words "Jesuit priest" and knew enough. At this point, those two words are practically a contradiction in terms.
Ping to a Jesuit prep school grad (from back when they Jesuits were Catholic, that is).

[PalestrinaGal0317]

I saw the words "Jesuit priest" and knew enough. At this point, those two words are practically a contradiction in terms.
Ping to a Jesuit prep school grad (from back when they Jesuits were Catholic, that is).

[alrea]

budda was not a christian but jesus would have made a good buddist

[fat city]

Zen does not conflict with anything. That's the idea.

[Uri’el-2012]

Robert Kennedy, the noted Jesuit priest and Zen master

Is he a follower of the Christ or a follower of Nothing?

b'shem Y'shua

[stand4somethin]

Makes me want to throw in the Tao

[narses]

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[Domestic Church]

Google "Awakening to Prayer", it's a Carmelite classic written by a Catholic convert from Buddhism (now a Carmelite Priest.)

[Cicero]

There are still a few good individual Jesuits left, but I'm sorry to say that the Jesuit order as a whole, with the approval of almost all of its leaders, has betrayed the Church and betrayed Jesus, after whom they originally named themselves.

They are formally known as the Society of Jesus. I don't think the name is appropriate any longer.

[Mr. Silverback]

Paul's words to the Corinthians might as well have been said directly to many in both the Protestant and Catholic churches today:

But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. 5But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles."--2 Cor 11:3-5

[Iscool]

John LoGiudice of Paramus is a practicing Catholic who came to the lecture with several family members and friends to gain more knowledge of Buddhism. "I gained an insight of how the Buddhists and other cultures think and from what I gather - with Buddhism being an older culture - perhaps they are a little bit more advanced spiritually," LoGiudice said. "It's a journey. We're trying to learn more about it."

This person has clearly never had any contact with the Holy Spirit...But, he's a practicing Catholic...What's that mean???

[Salvation]

Did you see this?

[Leo Carpathian]

Soooo much said.
Whatever happened to the First Commandment?
Or were the Ten Commandments thrown out of the Church when they threw them out of the courthouse?
What? Make your own PC commandments that feel good?

[Cheverus]

Hello,
I went to the retreat house this guy hangs around in with the Protestant organization I work with.

I personally felt very (and obviously) uncomfortable with the tone of the place.

For instance they had a beautiful pre-concilor Chapel on the second floor and chose instead to have their daily Mass in a parlor on folding chairs.

I half way expected a knock on the door from a Jesuit in a Kimono offering me a Spiritual Hi-Colonic.

Oh, how the mighty Jesuits have fallen........

[fishtank]

I was briefly a Buddhist before I became a Christian.

I have admitted that I am a sinner and in need of the Savior Jesus.

[ericthecurdog]

Bumped and bookmarked. Good discussion... one day I'll read it all...