Posted on 06/10/2014 5:29:59 PM PDT by ebb tide
Another Catholic priest who wants to get the church back to its roots, what it should be instead of the immoral, corrupted mess it has become, gets the axe.
I guess speaking out against corruption and immorality and lack of fidelity to Catholic teaching isn’t very popular amongst the clergy higher ups.
Shades of Luther.....
If there were a commercial enterprise, and an employee was bad-mouthing the boss, he would get canned. Same is true with the military. A homily is not the place for these remarks. A confidential letter to the Cardinal, followed by a request to meet personally, etc., would be appropriate.
Whether you agree or disagree with the remarks is irrelevant. His behavior shows poor pastoral and professional judgement.
So Father’s sermon was spot on! Traditionalists have to travel and beg like gypsies to get a Mass that they seek.
You are comparing the Bride of Christ with secular organizations, which is just plain silly.
Did St. Peter can St. Paul after he publicly rebuked Peter to his face?
You said it. Under the pre-Summorum Pontificum "indult" system, the TLM was available, but strictly limited, and “full sacramental, liturgical and pastoral care” was not provided. Now that there are parishes where the TLM and Traditional Sacraments are offered regularly and where traditional Catholics are building strong communities, they seem to be in the bulls-eye, particularly since the pope smashed the FFI and began making his disparaging comments. In the view of certain bishops, offering the TLM once a month or in hard-to-access places and inconvenient times as a sop to traditional Catholics is sufficient.
What did he do?
I'm only saying that the ground east of NYC is fertile. IMO, the collection basket will bring the point home.
And this is news? Why? THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FIFTY YEARS!!
A homily certainly is the place to inform his parishioners of their canonical rights. How would a letter to the Cardinal serve to accomplish this?
“It has nothing to do with Eastern Catholic Churches, they are not being persecuted as the TLM is. Nor is the Novus Ordo.”
Your earlier comment was “Without the TLM, you don’t get “full sacramental, liturgical and pastoral care” because it’s already gone.”
That is patently false - as Eastern Catholics prove every day - hence, my reference to their Churches.
It may be fertile now, but with this pope, don't hold your breath. The fertile acreage is shrinking under his salt-ladened plow.
I said:
>>Yes, it’s all about the Traditional Latin Mass.<<
You said:
>>No, it’s about something else - related to the Latin Mass.<<
If there’s no Latin Mass, what is left to be related to it???
You then devolved into Eastern Catholics. You can play semantics with yourself and me all you want. You have the last word, I’m done playing with you. Carry on with yourself.
Forgive the sports analogy, but pass the ball to the man who's shooting.
And his locusts are attacking the crops.
(NYer, I pinged you so you know that I “devolved”; see below)
ebb tide said: “If there’s no Latin Mass, what is left to be related to it???”
Who said there was no Latin Mass? You have done this sort of thing before. I challenged you on exactly this sort of tactic and you failed to meet the challenge. Now, I ask a simple question, “Who said there was no Latin Mass?” Will you fail to meet the challenge by not answering that question?
ebb tide then said “You then devolved into Eastern Catholics.”
Oh, if only human beings could naturally devolve into Eastern Catholics rather than Obama voters, thugs, and other miscreants. Should I ping NYer to this post. She’ll love knowing what you think about Eastern Catholics.
ebb tide: “You can play semantics with yourself and me all you want.”
And you can fail to meet challenges all you want - just as you already have.
ebb tide: “You have the last word, I’m done playing with you. Carry on with yourself.”
Oh, and there it is. Taking your ball and going home?
“It may be fertile now, but with this pope, don’t hold your breath. The fertile acreage is shrinking under his salt-ladened plow.”
This pope will die. They all do. The Mass will survive and thrive.
Sometimes I wonder if Summorum Pontificum was not smoke and mirrors to bring the SSPX (and their numbers and money) back into the fold. Failing that, no reason to keep up the charade.
B16 was not about smoke and mirrors.
I agree that a homily can inform the laity of their canonical rights. However, in my opinion, his remarks went too far.
I am not making that comparison literally, but figuratively. Consider the Centurion (Matt 5:9-9).
However, there is order and discipline in the Church and its hierarchy. Priests are helpers of their Ordinary, and should not undermine them, or any way encourage disobedience or disrespect.
It is proper for a priest to inform the congregants of their canonical rights. However, in my opinion, his remarks became disrespectful.
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