Yeah, yeah I know it is the New York Times. But what some of the people interviewed have been saying is what I have been thinking ever since I have been reading what this new pope has to say.
I have been very sad because I have not been well enough to go to Mass. I have a friend who brings me communion on Sunday but I really miss my time at church. I miss sitting in the pew and listening to the stories every Sunday. Saying hello to all the other parishioners. Many of them have called or come to visit me or stopped Lisa in the street to ask about me. I feel like I am goofing off.
I hope to back there soon. Maybe by Thanksgiving.
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"...everyone has his own idea of good and evil.."
He's a relativist. I wonder whether he's a believer?
I would not be too hard on Francis, remember the end of this parable:
“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
I'm finding that the things Pope Francis is alleged to have said ain't always necessarily so.
Liberal newspapers have a knack for taking what Francis says out of context, or mis-translating it into something he never meant to say.
When a Pope quote causes me to raise an eyebrow, I usually look for a good translation of his entire remarks, and then make my own conclusion.
The problem with this one is not that he is good... he is too good.
for the NYT.
Trooper, Fuck guilt. The God I believe in would NEVER guilt trip a person unable to attend mass. That is done by charlatans who don't want you to miss putting money in their till!! Give yourself a fucking break.
I read the goofing off part of this post as the exit line, with the heart of the matter in the middle.
To be apart from something that was a part of the fabric of life prior to disruption is one of the more difficult (and often unspoken/unrecognized) aspects of loss of health and recovery.
It falls under what the old desert fathers term "suffering", with being cut off from community described as an experience of desolation.
Whatever expectations or desires one has for this current Pope, in matters of suffering and compassion, he appears to reflect the One he serves. Unfortunately, there has yet to be another who does so perfectly, without a divided mind or divided interests getting in the way.
Michael Haz is right. Pope Francis is taken out of context either by lefties who are completely ignorant about what they are hearing and writing about (really not that surprising) or intentionally by those mendoucheous trouble makers trying to stir the pot.
Even Pope Benedict said he knows he did the right thing stepping down and having Pope Francis take his place.
As for going to church, do it when you feel up to it. No need for any guilt what so ever. Take your time recovering.
It is not so much that I feel quilty but that I miss it so much.
And you know what? Unlike so many people who complain about it I like to put money in the collection basket. I know it goes to a good place. I have been granted so much good fortune in my life I would just like to share a little of it. I don't begrudge the money I put in the basket. I just wish it could be more.
I am going to write a post about what happens to a parish when it gets a bad priest.
I understand you, Trooper. I was travelling in October and was where I could not get to Mass. Felt terrible. I need to be there every Sunday and Holy Day without fail. It's the best addiction I have.
...about what happens to a parish when it gets a bad priest.
Not like this hasn't been re-enacted elsewhere in other venues, but I look forward to this particular take on the destruction of trust.
You are a good egg Troop. Get well soon.
My bride is an elder @ our small town Presbyterian church. They have always had a good relationship w/ the local Catholic church. The Madison diocese has a very conservative bishop. He has brought in priests that are like minded, as is his right. As w/ anything, there are churchgoers happy and pissed. But, his tone has had effects beyond the Catholic church. My bride's church and the local Catholic church have had a wonderful relationship for decades. They both make and serve spaghetti dinners for the Madison homeless shelter one day a month. I help make the spaghetti. The 2 churches have alternated ecumenical services on Thanksgiving that were always well attended. The 2 churches are just 2 blocks away. Well, Morlino brought in a priest who didn't like this ecumenical stuff. He would not participate in the Thanksgiving service and while he didn't forbid the spaghetti ecumenical effort, he did nothing to support it. The Catholics revolted and the priest was shitcanned. The revolt took the form of not giving money. That always gets the hierarchy's attention.
ndspinnelli, who says there is not democracy in the Catholic Church!
Money talks, Evi. A reality no matter the venue.
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