tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post3497903201836539885..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: United States Bishops' Conference on Kneeling at Holy CommunionFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-4610948948108262282013-10-02T15:49:42.849+01:002013-10-02T15:49:42.849+01:00I understand the dismay here. Hardly a place for t...I understand the dismay here. Hardly a place for the bishops to focus given many of the issues that face the church. I wonder if there is a quiet backlash to Rome after years of priest's scandals with such a delayed response. Almost as if it generated so much shame and embarrassment that the reaction was to ignore out of frustration. It's just a thought.paledinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291021515853127616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-63904293533866507172011-06-21T21:58:50.526+01:002011-06-21T21:58:50.526+01:00Mm. Yes. Now I understand my own inclination to kn...Mm. Yes. Now I understand my own inclination to kneel. A longing. But I'd stand out a mile! How sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-87447439261807122962011-06-20T19:40:55.233+01:002011-06-20T19:40:55.233+01:00Yes, Bishops Conferences have arrogated to themsel...Yes, Bishops Conferences have arrogated to themselves powers they do not have, as the Holy Father has pointed out in the past. The Ordinary remains sovereign in his own diocese. Or as Bishop Bruskiewitz once put it: “They don’t speak for me!”<br /><br />But disdain for Rome occurs at all levels. Here in Milwaukee Archbishop Weakland frequently trumpeted how he had flouted Rome on various occasions – not least in wrecking the Cathedral. In my home parish in Ireland a young curate who had studied in Rome and mentioned that some things being done in the parish would not be approved by Rome, was curtly told by the PP that “This is Ireland - not Rome”. Nice example from a senior clergyman.<br /> <br />Going to the vernacular in Mass exacerbated the problem, leading to the idea of ‘national churches’. But there is only one Church and it is not the ‘American’, ‘Irish’ or ‘English’ church. It is the Catholic Church <i>in</i> America, Ireland, England or wherever. What part of “…Unam, Sanctam, <b>Catholicam</b> et Apostolicam…” don’t people understand?GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-33895672611234900632011-06-19T22:32:02.787+01:002011-06-19T22:32:02.787+01:00So depressing.So depressing.The Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-89586955428656172682011-06-19T20:06:21.486+01:002011-06-19T20:06:21.486+01:00Vatican II opened the door to 'National Church...Vatican II opened the door to 'National Churches' with only nominal responsibility to The Popes. The argument that a Pope can only acr in collegiality with the 'Conferences' and they are now saying as much.Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.com