If you consider my post antagonistic, my FRiend, it is only so because you self-identify as one of the narrow-minded Catholic parishoners. I don’t know you well enough, so I couldn’t personally say if you were and, frankly, even if I thought you were a narrow-minded Catholic parishioner, I wouldn’t state that to you because it wouldn’t a kind thing to do.
I simply commented on the narrow-mindedness that exists among some Catholic parishoners who seek to divide with their self-perceived pithy, but ignorant doctrinal statements whereas, fortunately, the leadership of the Catholic Church and other faithful Catholic parishioners are unified with the Mormon Church and its faithful parishioners in advancing social issues where values are shared. That is the ecumenicalism I celebrate.
It is tragic ecumenicalism is a foreign notion in the narrow minds of certain parishioners. It truly relfects a spiritual littleness which they are unable to overcome to join in a spirit of ecumenicalism in advancing social issues where values are shared.
Knowing of the vast doctrinal differences between the Catholic and Mormon Churches, I wholeheartedly embrace those areas where the two faiths are able to work together because of shared values in advancing certain social issues. I embrace the ecumenicalism between the two faiths despite knowing of the deep errors in Catholic theology.
I am also appreciative of the LDS parishioners who faithfully pay their tithes and offerings to the Mormon Church that it might financially aid the Catholic Church in its charitable activities. I must admit, I was surprised by the large amount of financial assistance provided by the Mormon Church to the Catholic Church for its charitable efforts. I wonder if there are some Catholic parishioners who fail to faithfully tithe to enable the Catholic Church to fully fund its charitable activities and whether these parishioners might be the same ones who are narrow-minded when it comes to ecumenical actitivies between the Catholic and Mormon Churches. In any event, I am thankful for those Catholic parishioners who do give to partially aid the activities of Catholic charities. I’m also grateful that the Mormon Church can help with the financial shortfall.
In response to your final inquiry, I have no stress at all and love to see the great ecumenical work occurring between the Catholic and Mormon Churches. I only have sorrow and prayers for those narrow-minded individuals whose lives are filled with negativity and sowing seeds of division because of their spiritual littleness, and therefore, are unable to fully embrace the ecumenicalism occurring between the Catholic and Mormon Churches.
Best wishes.
You can sure talk! Wow.
Did you ever see The Princess Bride?
Your last post reminds me of the short
Sicilian explaining which cup the poison
was in... and I mean that in the absolute
kindest way. “You have a truly dizzying
intellect.”
[As an aside about the problem you mentioned having
currently: I don’t know if the mormonite church prohibits
the use of hormonal supplements (the RC Church
does not) to deal with times of large hormonal
fluctuations. I’ve read they can be very helpful
when those fluctuations coincide with the stress
of discussing a tricky subject. DIMM is the one
everyone talks about - some kind of extract of
cruciferous vegetables, I believe. People claim
it particularly helps excess estrogens that build
up at certain times. My oldest daughter was
helped greatly by it.]
Well, it appears you do not have anything ecumenical
of substance to add to the discussion here on my
adopted thread. I’m going to go ahead and turn off
the lights in the room, but I’ll leave the door
ajar for you - unless you want to continue this
over a cup of hot chocolate?
best, ampu
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