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To: Grey Ghost II
Did we imagine him wearing the mark of Shiva?

Yes, because the sole source for that is Msgr. Lefebvre, and it was denied by Abp. Foley who explained:

Indian Catholics...use "Aarti" when a child returns home after receiving First Holy Communion, and when a newly married couple are received by their respective families. Nowadays, "Aarti" is often performed to greet the principal celebrant at a liturgical event, as it was on the occasion shown in the photograph. On such occasions, "Aarti" is usually offered by a Catholic married lady, and certainly not by a "priestess of Shiva" as has been alleged ... Use of the "Aarti" ceremonial by Indian Catholics is no more the worship of a heathen deity than is the decoration of the Christmas tree by American Christians a return to the pagan rituals of Northern Europe. Your schismatic friend in the Society of St Pius X should check his facts before spreading such malicious gossip about the Holy Father (cf. Acts 23:1-5). He was simply about to say Mass and received the traditional Indian form of greeting for the celebrant.

Did we imagine that a known apostate (Kasper)

Provide proof of Kasper's apostasy. I was unaware that he had renounced Christianity and became a Buddhist/Muslim/Hindu.

Perfidiæ is the complete and voluntary abandonment of the Christian religion, whether the apostate embraces another religion such as Paganism, Judaism, Mohammedanism, etc., or merely makes profession of Naturalism, Rationalism, etc. The heretic differs from the apostate in that he only denies one or more of the doctrines of revealed religion, whereas the apostate denies the religion itself, a sin which has always been looked upon as one of the most grievous.

659 posted on 07/19/2004 9:43:57 AM PDT by gbcdoj (No one doubts ... that the holy and most blessed Peter ... lives in his successors, and judges.)
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To: gbcdoj
Nowadays, "Aarti" is often performed to greet the principal celebrant at a liturgical event, as it was on the occasion shown in the photograph.

More ecumenical fun. You are pathetic.

660 posted on 07/19/2004 9:52:38 AM PDT by Grey Ghost II
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To: gbcdoj

"Indian Catholics...use 'Aarti' when a child returns home after receiving First Holy Communion, and when a newly married couple are received by their respective families. Nowadays, 'Aarti' is often performed to greet the principal celebrant at a liturgical event, as it was on the occasion shown in the photograph. On such occasions, 'Aarti' is usually offered by a Catholic married lady, and certainly not by a 'priestess of Shiva' as has been alleged ... Use of the 'Aarti' ceremonial by Indian Catholics is no more the worship of a heathen deity than is the decoration of the Christmas tree by American Christians a return to the pagan rituals of Northern Europe. Your schismatic friend in the Society of St Pius X should check his facts before spreading such malicious gossip about the Holy Father (cf. Acts 23:1-5). He was simply about to say Mass and received the traditional Indian form of greeting for the celebrant."

This is another Novus Ordo falsehood. Aarti is not a harmless greeting, it is a prayer of the Hindu faith to one of their gods. Here is its definition, which may be found on any Hindu website:

"Aarti is a Divine hymn which is sung as an invocation for the deity to come & bless. Singing of the Aarti is the last stage of the Poojan/worship/Sadhana. It should be sung in standing position. You should light the lamp, and chant the Aarti with the lamp in your hand." (from http://www.siddhashram.org/aarti.shtml)

Also check: http://www.urday.com/onlineaarti.htm


688 posted on 07/19/2004 2:33:17 PM PDT by ultima ratio
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