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Sting: ‘The Church’s Music and Liturgy Fed This Artistic Soul’
National Catholic Register ^
| August 8, 2018
| Edward Pentin
Posted on 08/08/2018 10:50:29 AM PDT by ebb tide
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Here's Sting's killer statement which may explain he does not intend to come back to the Sacraments until his death (as if he knows when that will occur):
And then I love what Pope Francis said about God: he said God is mercy, and I thought that was a profound and simple statement that people had kind of forgotten over the years. So with the Last Judgement, if God is mercy, then theres no judgment at all, just forgiveness. I dont know if thats heresy or not, but it works for me.
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posted on
08/08/2018 10:50:29 AM PDT
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ebb tide
To: ebb tide
To: ebb tide
Sigh. He’s no theologian.
There’s not much point to anything if anything goes. Why not be a Nazi? They just get automatic forgiveness just like Mother Theresa, right? No difference between ‘em if everything is just mercy, mercy, mercy.
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posted on
08/08/2018 10:54:29 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
To: ebb tide
if God is mercy, then theres no judgment at all, just forgiveness. I dont know if thats heresy or not, but it works for me. Simple. It's heresy ...
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08/08/2018 10:54:45 AM PDT
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NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: ClearCase_guy
Sigh. Hes no theologian. Neither is Bergoglio.
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posted on
08/08/2018 10:57:43 AM PDT
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ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
To: ebb tide
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posted on
08/08/2018 11:01:03 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: ebb tide
Lol.
And Sting writes better songs.
To: ebb tide; CondoleezzaProtege; ClearCase_guy; NorthMountain; Jane Long
It's an interesting interview --- from a musical point of view, it really is --- but I can't quell the disgust I feel, because Sting actually came out in favor of the mass murder of Irish children.
That train will take you to hell.
No mercy for that.
No mercy for that, unless he repents good and hard.
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posted on
08/08/2018 11:12:08 AM PDT
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Mrs. Don-o
(O Jesus, forgive us our sins...Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
If the music, and the artwork, and the beauty does not point the soul to Christ, then it is wasted. To concentrate on the beautiful creature, and not the Creator of Beauty is to commit idolatry.
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08/08/2018 11:23:25 AM PDT
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NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: ebb tide
And then I love what Pope Francis said about God: he said God is mercy, and I thought that was a profound and simple statement that people had kind of forgotten over the years. So with the Last Judgement, if God is mercy, then theres no judgment at all, just forgiveness. I dont know if thats heresy or not, but it works for me.
Well, considering Our Lord said: "The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
So the idea that there is no judgment is heresy. Sorry, Stinger.
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posted on
08/08/2018 11:26:30 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: ebb tide
If you add a “y” to his name he’s Stingy.
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posted on
08/08/2018 11:31:25 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: ebb tide
The Police
Perhaps the most overrated band ever along side Cheap Trick.
To: Hyman Roth
“The Police
Perhaps the most overrated band ever along side Cheap Trick.”
I would put Journey on that list.
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posted on
08/08/2018 11:37:16 AM PDT
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READINABLUESTATE
(But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.- George Orwell)
To: miss marmelstein
To: Songcraft
I wonder if he writes poetry.
To: miss marmelstein
Perhaps he may -
I just can't say.
To: Mrs. Don-o
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posted on
08/08/2018 11:50:05 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: NorthMountain
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08/08/2018 11:56:37 AM PDT
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Mrs. Don-o
("Love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor." - Romans 12:10)
To: READINABLUESTATE
I saw both the Police and Cheap Trick back in the 80s. No comparison! The Police were excellent. I loved when they would just sing acapello. They could harmonize and had great voices. They also were great at improvising. One of my all time favorite concert back in the day when I didn’t know performers politics.
To: NorthMountain
Amen to what you said.
If a church’s merit is to be judged upon the glory of its architecture, the beauty of its vestments, the lavish fervor of its liturgy, the unrestrained passion and piety of the congregation, and the magnificence of its music, my vote would be for the Russian Orthodox Church.
But all that is not why I believe the gospel. And so, while a magnificent Church Liturgy is perhaps the high point of cultural expression, if it does not bring souls to Christ, than it’s merely art. (or artifice)
Art is nice, but it is not God.
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08/08/2018 12:17:23 PM PDT
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(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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