Posted on 07/09/2007 11:01:19 AM PDT by AnthonyCekada
I thought your Pius XIII post was a very clever “Scrappleface-esq” take on this group, until I went to the “truecatholic” website.
I honestly didn’t know if I should bust out laughing or start crying. I only wish it was satire!
The Southern Baptist Convention does give you a sort of common denominator for theology and administration, but the preaching is all over the map. I've heard some good Baptist sermons -- but I've never heard a boring A.M.E. sermon! Ever!
The most scholarly sermons are usually preached by Presbys (my mother was raised Presby, so I'm a bit of a sermon connoisseur) but I have been highly impressed by the level of theology in the preaching at our parish. Monsignor is solid, informative, and a wee bit dry; the 2nd Parochial Vicar is Irish to the core, very scriptural, a little bit mystical; our 1st Parochial Vicar is the wild card -- he preaches like an A.M.E. (his grandmother was A.M.E.)! He sings, he shouts, he brings Transformers into the pulpit (yes he really did). His nickname is "Father Krunk", and he has a drive time radio show on a local FM station. But his theology is dead center sound.
His nickname is "Father Krunk", and he has a drive time radio show on a local FM station. But his theology is dead center sound.
As long as the doctrine is faithful to Church teaching, that's the most important thing. (Including faithfulness to the liturgy.) Otherwise, God has something for everyone. So many saints, so many approaches to the spiritual life, so many different devotions. A foretaste of the many mansions of Our Father's house. We're members of a Great Church, and the new Moto Proprio is the continuation of this great tradition.
The most scholarly sermons are usually preached by Presbys (my mother was raised Presby, so I'm a bit of a sermon connoisseur)....
I'm a "reach as I need," and God always leads me to the exact lesson He wants to give me at the time. He's so wonderful!
By the way, it was Pope John Paul II who refered to the Latin Rite and the Eastern Rite as the two lungs of the body of the Church. With this image in mind, there have been times I've thought of the tradition of Protestantism, i.e., concerning the practical application of Biblical principles to living the Christian life, as being the third lung. :o) I hope that more Catholics recognize the spiritual richness contained within this approach. I think it's definitely an aspect of true ecumenism.
The “two lungs” idea is a favorite metaphor of our 2nd PV. He’s so Irish, he’s adorable. JPII is his hero, he says he is the reason he became a priest — and he has a photo of himself actually shaking hands with the Great Man Himself on his office wall! He almost always mentions him or quotes him in his homily — and always calls him John Paul the Great.
Isn’t that something! There’s no such thing as a coincidence. God gave us a little blessing in our meeting on FR. :o)
One thing I wanted to mention is that the Biblical principle of “Waiting upon the Lord” has revolutionized my life. I subsequently read something about St. Francis De Sales and “nearly passed out” when I discovered that that was basically what *he* did! LOL!
"There are no coincidences."
With that coming full circle . . . God bless you, and good night.
My daughter brought home an orphaned baby mockingbird, and he'll be up bright and early yelling for his breakfast.
“Yes, I want the true Faith and the true Roman Catholic Church of Christ to be restored to the even greater glory of God.”
Yeah, and I want to be President. You don’t always get everything you want when you want it. Patience is a virtue. You can’t even seem to enjoy that which you profess is so important to you, your faith. Isn’t it psychologically painful to you to constantly go around with an axe to grind regarding your own religion. Try lightening up a little and see the glass as half full, not half empty. That’s a Republican trait, optimism as versus pessimism; Reagan being the biggest practitioner of this state of mind by far. Great strides are being made by this Pope and all you can do is dwell in the land of negativity. Life’s short, and you aren’t ever going to see those pearly gates if you are in schism with your own Church.
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