tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post7361972692996934050..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: Lethal teachingFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-62922372073986804462014-10-29T13:45:50.984+00:002014-10-29T13:45:50.984+00:00My parish priest commented: large contingent for F...My parish priest commented: large contingent for First Communion - almost zero Weekend Mass attendance thereafter? Catholic Schools full - same applies?Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-56277852360756214562014-10-26T18:30:13.267+00:002014-10-26T18:30:13.267+00:00Surely what I (& my ilk) were taught as childr...Surely what I (& my ilk) were taught as children was right. There is one TRUE Church & we forbidden to attend the services of all others including Anglican, Methodist, Baptist etc, etc. As a young man I sang in a male voice choir which was, predominantly, Methodist in membership. Consequently we gave numerous concerts in the church HALLS of Methodist et all churches. Each time I had to approach my diocesan bishop (not my parish priest) for permission to sing there. No blanket cover was given. Now this may have been a little OTT as I was not taking part in "services of a false religion" but it shows how seriously was taken the fact that one was involved with a false religion - at whatever distance. I certainly got the message!!David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-60678101997402433652014-10-26T18:19:45.894+00:002014-10-26T18:19:45.894+00:00The Catholic Church in the Western World is decrea...The Catholic Church in the Western World is decreasing both in numbers and in orthodoxy of belief.<br /><br />I was interested to observe the congregation this morning. I didn’t count in detail, I was at Mass after all, but there were two obvious groupings.<br />The elderly, and young(ish) mums with children for pre-first Confession class. <br />Yes, there were a few dads and otherwise unconnected young(ish) females. Young males, shall we say from fifteen to forty, were conspicuous by their almost total absence.<br /><br />Yes, that is a decreasing, rite of passage Church. <br /><br />The Church will recover only if it sends out a simple, clear and unmistakable message calling for commitment. That message is that it is the One True Church instituted by Christ for the Redemption of Mankind and that all are called to it, and to it alone. A corollary is that all other Christian ecclesial bodies and non-Christian or pagan bodies are in profound error.<br /><br />Not the “in” message at present I grant you, and certainly not what is/has come in the confused array of ideas from Rome, during and post Synod.<br /><br />But without that clear message we might as well accept that the Catholic Church will continue to decrease, as ex-Pope Benedict speculated, to a much smaller Church, which will be widely perceived as just another somewhat weirdo quasi religious body, among so many.Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-20737427444375588762014-10-26T01:11:44.042+01:002014-10-26T01:11:44.042+01:00I wish you would come over to my blog and consider...I wish you would come over to my blog and consider the post on the Aula Magna Message. Please leave me a message. There are subsequent passages related to the one you have quoted here which reverse it, and I would value your interpretation.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04761895201216813709noreply@blogger.com