All;
I was just curious, How many people on this thread think they are better, more righteous, than Ted Kennedy?
Not me. I’m just a sinner trying to find my way through this life, and get to heaven by the Grace of God.
No kidding.
How many Catholics on this thread think they should be complicit in another's (O'Malley) sins ?
Certainly not I who posted the story, nor any Catholic with even minimal catechetical formation (yes, THAT’s another whole problem nowadays).
As I said in my opening comment:
With or without a Cardinal present, the issue is NOT the Funeral Mass, as long as it is celebrated ACCORDING TO THE PRESCRIBED NORMS:
the Catholic funeral, unlike Protestant “memorial services,” is not a celebration of the life of the deceased,
but the celebration of Christ’s sacrificial death upon the Cross, once and for all for the sins of the world, and the application of His infinite redemptive grace to the departed soul for the forgiveness of that person’s sins.
That is Catholic teaching (disputed at the “Reformation” and denied by those who departed from the unity of the Church at that point and still).
When the ACTUAL TEXTS are prayed, that is what they say.
The principal problem with the Kennedy funeral Mass was the Jesuit celebrant’s constant editorializing, mutation (mutilation) of texts, and ad-libbing in PRAISE of, not PRAYER for, the deceased, and the interpolation of non-authorized texts as well as the composition of original texts that were simply DNC talking points (and the shameful use of children to proclaim them, another whole issue).
The Cardinal’s problem, and really indefensible, is neither his charity nor his compassion but his negligence in seeing to it that Senator Kennedy got nothing less, but surely nothing MORE than any Catholic ought to receive at the time of death: the Church’s prayer (not Father Monan SJ’s or the DNC’s prayer) for forgiveness and peace.
As Boston talk show host and Herald columnist Howie Carr says regarding immigration: “I don’t ask for special treatment: I just want to be treated like any other illegal immigrant.” Catholics could now start asking for “no special treatment, Your Eminence: just treat me like any other Kennedy!”
I’ll challenge Ted’s approach to living and doing the right thing and following my Church’s teachings any day of the week.....
And nice try in attempting to marginalize any criticism of The Swimmer - and hey, we judge people every day in COURTS OF LAW based on a Judeo-Christian code of morality and ethics - nice try....
By that do you mean a person who wields a lot of power and then supports the death of babies and lives of women who have died from abortion? And let us not forget very very young girls. Or who was complicit in the murder of another woman because of drinking and immorality? I mean let’s be serious yes we are all sinners but I know many people who live truly Christian lives in private and public. We all are fragile creatures and in need of a savior but we have to be able to humble ourselves to God and accept his grace to live a life of a Christian and be an example to others. If not then what’s the point?
Anyone who is NOT a communist/socialist/marxist partnered up with another god deciding who should live and who should die!!!!
“How many people on this thread think they are better, more righteous, than Ted Kennedy?”
Anyone of any faith who is not an utter scoundrel is better than the Champion Swimmer.
You do realize, of course, that you are not setting the bar very high?