tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post739752697040234750..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: A Jesus without interest in morals.TTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-58328141222902374792014-06-30T09:52:04.174-04:002014-06-30T09:52:04.174-04:00I have been reading Anne Catherine Emmerich's ...I have been reading Anne Catherine Emmerich's books about the life of Christ--from what she saw in her visions (considered the greatest mystic of all times) Our Lord was not liked from the time He was born. When He spoke out in the Temple at age 12--they became hostile and angry. He keep speaking out about sin and accused people of their sins, repeatedly warned them of Hell--- a shorter version of what Christ was doing is found in the New Testament-so I really do not understand what the Pope is trying to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-84278773842945880692014-06-28T14:48:10.494-04:002014-06-28T14:48:10.494-04:00Good grief...von Balthasar was a full-fledged kook...Good grief...von Balthasar was a full-fledged kook.<br /><br />Of course God is love and love is above all things, but just like every human relationship, betrayal and cheating on your lover - irrespective of how much the other person loves you - kills the relationship.<br /><br />The same is true with our intimate relationship with God.<br /><br />Christ loves even the most hardened sinner but when the fat lady sings on the day of reckoning, that love does not supersede the judgments of what you knew and when you knew it and what actions you took based upon that knowledge.<br /><br />We get his modus operandi and we know the diabolical disorientation is something we have to reach into and see who we can harvest with it.<br /><br />But you can't come onto the isle of Crete and imply and suggest to the village idiots their relationship with God is healthy outside of moral law.<br /><br />It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out there. He seems to have an attraction to crazy stuff and theologians and an aversion to solid theologians and theology.<br /><br />There's a communication problem manifesting itself from the head to the mouth or hands. I know it isn't as bad as it seems but enough time has passed now for him to recognize he isn't the bishop of Argentina anymore, he is a Pope and a Pope has a much more serious duty to think things through than a woman with a blog.<br /><br />And let me tell you, there have been times I've wanted to say things I know I shouldn't or can't. I've done my best to recognize that even a tiny little blog comes with responsibility.<br /><br />He is not exercising that responsibility very efficaciously and the problem is going on ad infinitum. We have all had just about enough of it. God bless and protect him.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-46825917414838949212014-06-28T13:33:48.717-04:002014-06-28T13:33:48.717-04:00thanks friend, will read!
I tend to steer clear o...thanks friend, will read!<br /><br />I tend to steer clear of concepts not elaborated upon in our 2000 year history of saints and doctors of the Church.<br /><br />It's a bit like saying a marriage cannot be reduced to ideology and practice of morals. True enough marriage encompasses more than a moral code of conduct. <br /><br />But if your husband or wife starts suggesting your relationship shouldn't be focused on the discipline of a moral code of conduct as there are many more facets to your relationship, I'd start checking his/her iphone and hire a private detective because - something is up.<br /><br />This thing stinks to the high heavens. <br />TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-9097775116583797612014-06-28T13:11:41.819-04:002014-06-28T13:11:41.819-04:00Google won't help you. You'll need a much ...Google won't help you. You'll need a much more robust set of search terms of functional equivalents. The concept goes back to Jesus and the Pharisees, was quite engaged at the time of the Pelagian heresy (Pelagianism is but one variation on mere moralism). <br /><br />But, for a tease closer to our own time:<br /><br />http://payingattentiontothesky.com/2010/08/18/ratzinger%E2%80%99s-faith-beyond-moralism-god-is-love/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-75624102347651076452014-06-28T13:02:46.879-04:002014-06-28T13:02:46.879-04:00pps - I did a google search on 'moralism Catho...pps - I did a google search on 'moralism Catholic theology' - bupkis. A complete zippo.<br /><br />If you can find something from a Catholic saint or bonafide doctor of the Church telling us we don't need discipline in safe and unsafe behavior, we are all ears!<br /><br />I've got the pen in my hand ready to change up my bucket list. <br /><br />:)TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-72037307733523536532014-06-28T12:37:59.934-04:002014-06-28T12:37:59.934-04:00I wish he would tell us where this is happening so...I wish he would tell us where this is happening so we could all go there. LOL.<br /><br />TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-43593953890397879082014-06-28T12:34:19.949-04:002014-06-28T12:34:19.949-04:00By the way, the idea that the Pope is under the de...By the way, the idea that the Pope is under the delusion there is a problem with scrupulous repetition of discussing right and wrong moral behavior...is so ludicrous I am not able to swallow it.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-61292301132540547512014-06-28T12:31:06.824-04:002014-06-28T12:31:06.824-04:00Like it or lump it, there is a checklist of safe a...Like it or lump it, there is a checklist of safe and unsafe behavior. <br /><br />There is nothing neurotic or scrupulous about wanting to hear those precepts taught and spoken about as each priest and saint can give you perspective and strength when the going gets tough. <br /><br />If the Pope doesn't want to sound churchy, he has chosen the wrong vocation.<br /><br />We come to Church to hear churchy stuff. <br /><br />So far, what we've heard from him is a big fat zippo on moral theology - with the exception of dropping hints he suffers from moral relativism and he would like us to suffer along with him.<br /><br />I'm a pretty educated woman. Lightyears ahead of the luminaries in the Chancery - by no grace of mine. If I can't crack his code, he's got to recalibrate because the entire world is suffering from diabolical disorientation. All we are seeing form this fruit is affirmation and resurgence of crackpot theology.<br /><br />Well intended though he may be.TTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-1302325021023425732014-06-28T12:13:33.962-04:002014-06-28T12:13:33.962-04:00He's talking about "moralism" (that&...He's talking about "moralism" (that's what his back-referent is in "quibbling about morals"). Which is not the same as morals.<br /><br />Christian theologians and spiritual guides have from the earliest times been aware of the temptation to turn discipleship from theosis into mere moralism. (Btw, reducing the Gospel to the Social Gospel is as much a form of mere moralism as reducing it to purity and docility.) Mere moralism is the temptation to form a checklist of safe and unsafe behavior and thoughts; it's a form of self-assurance through anxiety. It's *not* theosis, but it can look, feel and smell mighty church-y. <br /><br />I think that's the Pope's point. If I am close to right, he's repeating a perennial caution of good spiritual directors, confessors, teachers and religious superiors. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com