tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post5580328298924660589..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: Use of the Stanley Cup for Baptismal FontTTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-79315432073157947642011-09-06T20:41:32.891-04:002011-09-06T20:41:32.891-04:00I notice that you did not reveal on Terry's bl...I notice that you did not reveal on Terry's blog that you are Both Carol and Maria. I trust we will not be seeing either of you on there again!<br />--Anonymous<br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />I am Maria and Carol is Carol. We are two different people and both of us have commented for a long time at Abbey Roads.<br /><br />Mercury: Please, not to worry. Carol is quite right. It was much bigger than you. Merc, remember we just try the best we can each day to love the Lord. We fall down. We get up. You are fine. All is well mon frere.<br /><br />Lynne--Thanks for your kind words. Carol has been blessed with a gift of the Holy Spirit: fortitude, hasn't she?Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-86640581125849706052011-09-06T19:32:57.732-04:002011-09-06T19:32:57.732-04:00Lynne, thanks for your kind note.Lynne, thanks for your kind note.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-18863103016958814822011-09-06T19:27:27.874-04:002011-09-06T19:27:27.874-04:00Mercury, What happened over there is much bigger t...Mercury, What happened over there is much bigger than you but I thank you for your sincere apology. You are a good man and I understand your pain and struggles. I pray you feel God's comfort and love.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-68780921720364109562011-09-06T19:17:02.956-04:002011-09-06T19:17:02.956-04:00Carol and Maria, you two have a lot more patience ...Carol and Maria, you two have a lot more patience than I ever will. God bless you for the effort.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970851228593550726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-22512359132901417402011-09-06T14:42:33.575-04:002011-09-06T14:42:33.575-04:00Beg pardon?
You have lost me.
I think Terry know...Beg pardon?<br /><br />You have lost me.<br /><br />I think Terry knows who we are...<br /><br />Do you think we have been disinvited?TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-79964688981553506222011-09-06T14:35:19.968-04:002011-09-06T14:35:19.968-04:00I notice that you did not reveal on Terry's bl...I notice that you did not reveal on Terry's blog that you are Both Carol and Maria. I trust we will not be seeing either of you on there again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-79955447457830339172011-09-05T18:19:23.674-04:002011-09-05T18:19:23.674-04:00Jesus, have mercy on us...Jesus, have mercy on us...Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-59231757652491160402011-09-05T18:08:37.954-04:002011-09-05T18:08:37.954-04:00btw - poor suzy seems to have been caught in the r...btw - poor suzy seems to have been caught in the rapture of all the kindness and mercy bubbling over there.<br /><br />Good grief, what a tango with the devil.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-60932925321153527482011-09-05T18:06:32.019-04:002011-09-05T18:06:32.019-04:00He couldn't possibly find the time in my life!...He couldn't possibly find the time in my life!TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-62185141758407900942011-09-05T18:04:00.660-04:002011-09-05T18:04:00.660-04:00He is the man, Carol, lol! Be careful. He will hav...He is the man, Carol, lol! Be careful. He will have you undertaking some sort of work :)Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-77467644282761580952011-09-05T17:48:30.075-04:002011-09-05T17:48:30.075-04:00I've just got to start praying to that priest!...I've just got to start praying to that priest!TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-11622909826649744092011-09-05T17:42:31.625-04:002011-09-05T17:42:31.625-04:00I know, Carol.
"To continue living a Christ...I know, Carol. <br /><br />"To continue living a Christ-like life in this kind of environment is to practice the martyrdom of witness. Why witness? Because it means giving testimony to our deep religious convictions although all around us others are giving their own example to the contrary.<br /><br />It means giving witness twice over: once on our own behalf as the outward expression of what we internally believe and once again on behalf of others whose conduct is not only different from ours but contradicts it.<br /><br />Wherein lies the martyrdom? It lies in the deprivation of good example to us on the part of our contemporaries, and in the practice of Christian virtue in loneliness, because those who witness what we do are in the majority--numerically or psychologically--and we know they are being challenged and embarrassed by the testimony. We witness to them, indeed, but they are not pleased to witness who we are, what we stand for, what we say, or what we do.<br /><br />Notwithstanding all of this, however, it behooves us to look at the positive side of the picture. We must remind ourselves that this witness of ours is not so sterile as we may suppose; quite the contrary. Although we may be, or at least feel, often quite alone, we are not alone at all. Not infrequently our severest critics can become our strongest admirers. In any case, witness that we give by living up to the conviction of our Faith is surely demanding on human nature. That is why we call it martyrdom. But it is a witness to the truth and God's grace is always active in the hearts of everyone whose path we cross.<br /><br />If we would know the power of this martyrdom of witness we have only to read the annals of the early Church. The handful of believers whom Peter baptized on Pentecost Sunday were as a drop in the immense culture surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Yet see what happened. This small group of convinced faithful were able, in less than three hundred years, to turn the tide of paganism in the Roman Empire. For a long time they were deprived even of the basic civil rights accorded other citizens. They were often hunted like animals, and the catacombs tell us that they had to hide when celebrating the Liturgy and hide the tombs of their revered dead.<br /><br />But their patience and meekness finally prevailed. Yes, but only because it was supported by unbounded courage, born not of their own strength, but of the power that Christ promised to give all His followers that shall witness to His name everywhere. This promise is just as true today. All that we need is to trust in the Spirit Whom we possess, and never grow weary in giving testimony to the grace we received".<br /><br />John Hardon SJMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-38462798085977014322011-09-05T17:42:11.508-04:002011-09-05T17:42:11.508-04:00Carole,
I am just sick over the way you were trea...Carole,<br /><br />I am just sick over the way you were treated by Mercury and Shadowlands. You did a nice job of maintaining your cool and bringing the conversation back to the reality of what is happening to Christ.<br /><br />Kudos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-26401126758919699822011-09-05T16:32:06.680-04:002011-09-05T16:32:06.680-04:00Thanks for this.
I think I was just blessed in Te...Thanks for this.<br /><br />I think I was just blessed in Terry's comments section. <br /><br />Who would expect that trying to elevate the wrongfulness of the desecration of the Eucharist when Catholics take Communion by mouth as being more serious than 'wearing pants' or 'dancing' could ever result in thuggery in a Catholic forum?<br /><br />Something I just realized in that thread that I have not been able to put my finger on for a very long time....maybe because it is so shocking...<br /><br />If you fall absolutely head over heels in love with Christ, there's a large number of Catholics who will set themselves to smash you to smitherines. <br /><br />It seems to be what's left of the Catholic Church in the pews. Roaring lions waiting to devour alive with a vengeance all the holiness and intimate love for Christ they can find. Their behavior is devoid of empathy and compassion and more importantly, zeal for truth. For the life of me, I could not put my finger on why they are incapable of seeing all the parts of the Body of Christ and be joyful about the tapestry of others gifts.<br /><br />After this conversation, it's finally dawned on me...it's all coming from inferiority complexes.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-5599856024411791212011-09-05T15:43:12.685-04:002011-09-05T15:43:12.685-04:00Holy Communion received on the tongue "signif...Holy Communion received on the tongue "signifies the reverence of the faithful for the Eucharist ... provides that Holy Communion will be distributed with due reverence ... is more conducive to faith, reverence and humility.... It [Communion in the hand] carries certain dangers with it which may arise from the new manner of administering holy Communion: the danger of a loss of reverence for the August sacrament of the altar, of profanation, of adulterating the true doctrine." <br /> <br />- Pope Paul VI in his instruction Memoriale Domini (May 29, 1969). <br /><br /><br />And this from Fr. Hardon SJ<br /><br />We were at concelebrated Mass with the Holy Father, and we were absolutely forbidden to give Communion in the hands. Communion in the hand, Communion in the hand began, in the hand, with the publication of the Dutch Catechism with nobody's permission except the bishops—in effect, in principle separated themselves from the Holy See. One country after another began then to ask for permission, which the Dutch bishops never asked for, permission to receive Communion in the hand. I was asked by the [U.S.] bishops' conference to write a defense of Communion on the tongue, and I can again talk for hours.<br /><br /> "In the very, very early Church, Communion was given in the hands. However, as the faith of the Christians weakened in the Real Presence, by the 5th, 6th centuries Communion on the tongue became mandatory—remained mandatory until the present century. Behind Communion in the hand—I wish to repeat and make as plain as I can—is a weakening, a conscious, deliberate weakening of faith in the Real Presence.<br /><br /> And the American hierarchy took most—three times, those wanting Communion in the hand kept pushing and pushing. Finally, meantime, I was asked by the vice-president of the Catholic Conference of Bishops to defend Communion on the tongue, which I did. To get enough votes to give Communion in the hand, bishops who were retired, bishops who were dying, were solicited to vote to make sure that the vote would be affirmative in favor of Communion in the hand. Whatever you can do to stop Communion in the hand will be blessed by God.”<br /><br />- Fr. John Hardon, S.J., November 1st, 1997 Call to Holiness Conference <br />in Detroit, Michigan, panel discussionMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.com