tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post1888621609742109050..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: AttitudeFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-74462772387810016692016-03-04T13:23:29.714+00:002016-03-04T13:23:29.714+00:00If I might comment to colin fnolan; there were sur...If I might comment to colin fnolan; there were surely many other matters & beliefs to distinguish between Catholicism & Lutheranism & most other protestant sects. The main difference seems to have been their lack of belief in the Real Presence & their belief that, regardless of your behaviour, you could gain salvation by faith alone regardless of sin as they seemed not to have a belief in the Sacrament of Penance & (even if they did believe in it) no-one who could forgive sin with the authority of God.<br /><br />May I finally point out that Fr Simon Henry (the author) is a chaplain of the Military & Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem ( a Christian ecumenical order) noted for its good works for the poor & those in need worldwide.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-71686727110340680872016-03-03T06:42:10.778+00:002016-03-03T06:42:10.778+00:00What struck me most about the "before" p...What struck me most about the "before" picture of the church was how much it looked like the interior of a boat that had been capsized, and what a perfect metaphor that is for the Catholic experience of the 1970s; the decade that inspired this interior.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-16791182419422142682016-03-02T21:20:43.662+00:002016-03-02T21:20:43.662+00:00Know your history! Back in the 16th century the gr...Know your history! Back in the 16th century the great divide between Catholicism and Lutherism was our belief in faith and good works and their belief in faith alone. Even more extreme was the Calvinist doctrine of the chosen few born to be saved, every one else doomed to hell everafter.<br /><br />What worries me about this website is it's failure to say anything about the role that good works can do in helping when we get to the day of reckoning. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313860446938085127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-60246708390254978722016-03-02T16:43:45.447+00:002016-03-02T16:43:45.447+00:00What a great example to us all. The situation in t...What a great example to us all. The situation in the Church now reminds me of the recusant days when there were (as now) fewer priests, less places to worship (church closures) but still an abiding belief in the future. That is what we need now - an abiding belief in the future which the sisters demonstrate to an extent to shame us. Whilst a great lover of the traditional Mass, i still regularly attend the Novus Ordo but - & this saddens me greatly - it depends on which priest celebrates as to how much I get from the Mass. I say this because there are now so many options in the celebration of the Mass & many priests mix & match which, to an extent, can make the Mass unrecognisable.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.com