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Sunday November 18
Straining
out a gnat
and swallowing a camel
David
Timbs
(Sunday
blogger from Australia)
The
disproportional nature of authoritarian coercion is now increasingly
obvious to both insiders and outsiders and is being assessed accordingly -
yet another example of an often reactive paranoia. The Vatican doctrinal
bureaucracy, in the public eye, has elevated gnat straining to an exotic
new art form.
While
the Irish and American episode amounts in reality to little more than a
series of local spot fires, best left to local churches to deal with, the
Vatican has mistakenly treated them as uncontrolled forest fires endangering the
whole Church.
Diane
Nash's call for non-violence
Fr John Dear SJ (NCR)
DN's 6 basic steps are most relevant
for anyone concerned about
renewal of the Church - John W
This
week's smile
End of world: media headlines
Vatican II Reflection 327
Religious don't live on degrees alone
Bible
Plan: Sun 33 readings
End of world: date unknown
I'm due to be
in Australia Dec 27 - Jan 30.
Love to meet up with readers
in Melb, Syd, Bris, GC - John W
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Monday November
19
A new file:
The New Translation
John W
The file explains why I am declining to use
the new translation when the Vat forces its use in HK on Dec 2. From Dec
2 I will no longer be saying English public Masses, only
Chinese public Masses. HK diocese recently led the way in refusing
to use "National Education" because it was bad for students. I
am declining to use the new translation because it is bad for Catholics.
Of the Catholics who attend English Mass in HK, very few have
English as their first language. The ghastly English of the new
translation will make it much more difficult for HK Catholics to follow
the Mass. The new translation is an obstacle to prayer. In the way it was
conjured up, and in the damage it is doing in the English-speaking world,
the new translation is a betrayal of the vision of Vat II
Recommended by reader:
Cardinal
sin a failure to act (HS)
Journey
through US history
with David McCulloch (60 Mins)
Moving
and informative documentary
"Populate
or perish": Japan
shrinks
Japan
is now a “net mortality society.” Death rates are higher than
birthrates, with
wide-ranging effects on society
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4-Course meal for Nov 19
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| The story of
beautiful Esther |
| Your
love is better than life |
| Bad news for
rich people |
| Case of sin and
sickness linked |
Vatican II Reflection 328
Rethinking Mission!
John W: Daily Blog - Nov 19
Two new sets of twins at Mass!
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Tuesday
November 20
Who To Believe?
Martin Mallon
(Tuesday blogger from Ireland)
If
we continue to ban people from Catholic campus speaking engagements
because of this issue or that, if we refuse to dine with the
Catholic Left, how can we enlist their aid, as Cardinal O’Malley did in
Boston, when we might need it?
Church
should accept humiliation
Michael Mullins (Eureka Street)
See comments by David Timbs & JW
Purgatory
as seeing fully for 1st time
Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI
(Ron's words fit the description of life after
death experience people jw)
Overhaul
Church's legal status (ABC)
Aust RC Church in unique situation
USA:
26,000,000 unemployed,
but 3,000,000 vacancies (60 Mins)
Lessons here for every country on
a topic Church must care about.
c.f. this
excellent article suggesting Church can encourage SMEs Israel's
incoherent Gaza attack
Vatican II
Reflection 329
Don't close down! Open up!
John W: Daily Blog -
Nov 20
Leaders emerging naturally
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Wednesday November 14
Stormy
Weather
Chris McDonnell
(Wed blogger from UK)
It is this
central problem that is causing so much frustration.
The feeling we perceive that by saying nothing, by not responding,
the clouds will pass over
and all will be fine again.
Words
fail us (Pray Tell)
U.S. Catholic readers say they
are still stumbling through the prayers of the New Translation
Don't
deny chalice to laity (ACP)
How
can priests pronounce the solemn words “Take this all of you
and drink from it” and then deny the Chalice to the laity?
Bishops
crash course in social media
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4-Course meal for Nov 14
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Drunken
Holofernes planning
to seduce praying Judith |
| World's most
sacred site is...? |
| c.f. joke re
doctor asking to see Cardinal's "troublesome member" |
| Unmarried Jesus
a bridegroom |
At bottom of this page:
New link to
"essential China library".
Very few Catholics have ever heard of these
most important books
Vatican
II Reflection 323
Religious should be poor in fact (?)
John
W: Daily Bog - Nov 14
Sex abuse crisis deepens
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Thursday
November 15
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Every Thursday, Daniel
Daring's reflection on the Sunday readings,
to help us prepare for Sunday:
33B:
Christian Hope
There
seems to be no solution to our present ecological crisis, inequalities, and the
unjust social order. Yet, what is impossible for us is not impossible to God.
God loves His people so deeply that He will make
all things well. |
Good
News story: St Dorothy Day
Update:
Obama and US bishops
Reader:
Bishops need to read Newman's Sensus Fidelium
Souled
Out by
Dr Jane Anderson
Book review
by Paul Collins
True story of an Australian parish
Most
Catholics choose cafetaria
Vatican II Reflection 324
Disobedient Jesus!
| 4-Course meal for Nov 8 |
| Holofernes
loses his head! |
| Wealth
blinds our minds |
| No partiality or
hypocrisy |
| Internal eternal
spring! |
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Friday
November 16
Belated Happy
Diwali!
China's
new Curia John W
After years of "reform of the reform"
maybe it's now back to the vision
of Deng Xiaoping XXIII?!
US
bishop speaks out
against new translation
There
is complicated and awkward phrasing, and a strange vocabulary sometime,
and this does not make these prayers sacral, but on the contrary,
aggravating.
The new Missal is more of a burden than a blessing A
mature Christian should never
be afraid to speak out
Joseph Girzone
It
is an important role of the laity to work together and speak up when
something is causing serious damage to the community. And
priests have the same responsibility to speak up when they notice things
that are not right in the wider church community. This is critical
out of loyalty to Jesus, to force change when things are happening that is
contrary to what Jesus expects of his Church. This is an
extremely important part of evangelization which unfortunately is hardly
ever mentioned in the training of young Christians. As a
result a strong, mature and outspoken laity is sadly lacking in the Church
| 4-Course
meal for Nov 16 |
| Saved by a
courageous woman |
| Sinfulness
is in our DNA |
| "Time to
judge others is never" |
| Jesus' favourite
meal |
Vatican II Reflection 325
First and second class Religious?
John
W: Daily Blog- Nov 16
More anti-FG and Tawian banners
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Saturday November 17
The
link between compulsory celibacy and sexual abuse
A new file John
W
Common sense says there is a link,
in which case compulsory celibacy must be re-assessed. If the
Vatican continues to regard this as a no-go topic, governments
around the world
will have the unpleasant task of forcing a re-assessment
c.f. The
evil of compulsory celibacy
School
principal shot dead after Mass in OMI Philippine parish
Tablet
article about South Africa's Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI
c.f.
a much better article:
Best
cardinal Africa never had (NCR)
Advice
to bishops
on Royal Commission
Bp Geoff Robinson (Eureka St)
In
all that has been said and written about the issue over the past week,
this is the outstanding contribution
(Comment of BB, Nov 16)
China's
new man pledges growth
The
men who ruin the Pope
The
correct way to speak
about disabled people
Vatican
II Reflection 326
Dangerous habit of Religious
John W: Daily Blog - Nov 17
Two prison stories
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