tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post6610311220943050826..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: Cardinal Dolan's Letter of Excuses on the Al Smith Dinner Dust UpTTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-85297060124531881692012-08-19T01:18:00.315-04:002012-08-19T01:18:00.315-04:00vatican 2--"engagement and dialogue" --&...vatican 2--"engagement and dialogue" -->license to be a wimp.<br /><br />StevenD-Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787930119707326050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-24401951002687184772012-08-18T14:36:48.453-04:002012-08-18T14:36:48.453-04:00Lovely comment, breathnach.Lovely comment, breathnach.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-60680592439225692322012-08-18T12:01:06.342-04:002012-08-18T12:01:06.342-04:00Suggested name changes:
Cardinal Dolan: Cardinal ...Suggested name changes:<br /><br />Cardinal Dolan: Cardinal Wolsey<br /><br />Bill Donahue: Thomas Cromwellbreathnachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308036185276331387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-20602073883148557192012-08-18T11:39:15.175-04:002012-08-18T11:39:15.175-04:00What is the price we have to pay for proclaiming J...What is the price we have to pay for proclaiming Jesus Christ as Incarnate Truth? The price is high. It can be summarized in the three verses of the eighth Beatitude.<br /><br />Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<br /><br /><br />Blessed are you when men reproach you, and persecute you, and, speaking falsely say all manner of evil against you, for my sake. Rejoice and exalt, because your reward is great in heaven; for so do they persecute the prophets who were before you (Matthew 5:10-12). <br />The key word in the eighth Beatitude is the word “prophets.” The biblical term for prophet is nabi. It means someone who speaks, acts, or writes under the extraordinary influence of grace to make known the mind and will of God.<br /><br />Strange to say, Jesus is telling us to proclaim Him to others as the prophets of the Old Testament proclaimed the one true God. No less than the prophets of old had to pay dearly for proclaiming the truth, so we Christians must be ready to pay even more dearly for proclaiming the Incarnate Truth who is Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Just before His ascension into heaven, He told His disciples that they would “receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and even to the very ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). As I never tire telling people, the original Greek of the Acts of the Apostles reads “you shall be my martyrs.”<br /><br />Servus Dei John Hardon SJ<br /><br /><br />Shame on Cardinal Dolan.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.com