Wednesday 28 June 2017

ROME REPRIMANDS SCOTTISH BISHOPS OVER CONFIRMATIONS

Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference of Scotland

THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF SCOTLAND HAVE BEEN REPRIMANDED BY CARDINAL ROBERT SARAH FOR HAVING PRIESTS AND MONSIGNORS CELEBRATE CONFIRMATION CEREMONIES FOR THEM AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE CARDINAL THAT THEY - OR A REPLACEMENT BISHOP - MUST CELEBRATE ALL CONFIRMATION CEREMONIES.


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Cardinal Sarah is the Prefect for the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome.

A Scottish parishioner whose identity is known to me wrote to Cardinal Sarah after some Scottish bishops started sending priests to confirm children instead of going themselves. 


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This is what that parishioner has written:


Bishop Pat,

Thanks for standing up for the Faith and it must be correct you will know that Pope Francis has changed the rules and he can sack a Bishop at any time if he has proof of anything and this came into force last October.

Please tell theses people concerned about Maynooth to write directly to Rome.

Now Confirmations is a Bishop's first and foremost role and in Scotland the norm was parish clergy were doing Confirmations of the Children so I personally wrote to Cardinal Robert Sarah who is in charge of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to which Confirmations and the word I got back was it was Canon Law and the Canons were 882 - 888 which states it all.

However I understand from the Bishop who was annoyed to get a letter from Rome who told me never to contact him again as I had contacted the Holy See poor Bishop.

However it went to Bishop Conference and now we have Bishop's doing Confirmations all the times as it is their duty and if not able then they MUST get a fellow bishop to cover for them.

Sadly it seems due to the amount of Confirmations to be done in the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the delayed appointment of the new auxiliary Bishop , Archbishop Conti is coming out of retirement to help with these Confirmations as they must be done in Smaller Diocese like Galloway they were allowed to do them in clusters but by the Bishop.

Anyone who has any information on breach of the Sacrament Please Please as them to write directly to Cardinal Robert Sarah Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments Palazzo Delle Congregazioni 00193 Roma Piazza Pio X11 Rome.

Be assured they will take action against any Bishop who is not abiding with Canon Law.

Please do not use my real name please as the Bishop's email was nasty and I sent it to Rome and he was very angry.


God Bless

XXXX


The practice of getting priests to celebrate Confirmation has also crept into Irish diocese. The bishops I know having priests celebrate confirmation for them are:

Diarmuid Martin of Dublin

Amy Martin of Armagh.

Cardinal Sarah needs to be informed about these two dioceses and any others where priests are confirming.

People wanting to complain about this and other practices should write to Cardinal Sarah - register the letter and mark it: FOR THE PRIVATE ATTENTION OF CARDINAL SARAH.


GORGEOUS:

GORGEOUS AND DERMO

There is a rumour circulating today among Dublin priests that Diarmuid Martin is having a change of heart about ordaining Gorgeous.

GORGEOUS AND NULTY


I have not been able to verify that rumour yet.

Maybe Rome should get involved in this issue too?


KING PUCK:


People have been reporting that Sean Jones has disappeared from Listowel parish?

There is no mention of him on the Kerry diocesan website today.

Another case for Rome?


140 comments:

  1. There was no bishop in St John's coleraine for confirmation a few months ago . As far as I know it was just the parish priest . Why isn't bishop mckowen doing these confirmations ? I realise confirmations are held in spring and summer but there are 52 wks in the year surely he can spread them out and fit everyone in . Derry isn't that big he should pull his finger out

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    1. Confirmation by priests has been common in the Derry Diocese for years. When there was a vacant sea the VGs and the retired bishops, who were fit, made their way round. Since the new bishop, we were told only to expect him at Confirmation every other year and that he’ll delegate authority to the Parish Priest in-between. In fairness, it is a huge diocese for one man and he does be out in parishes a lot other than doing Confirmations.

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    2. Puck's name hasn't been on the diocese website since this whole thing blew up. So I wouldn't go by that.

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  2. DM did not have a change of heart Pat. MB did. He has left the priesthood by his own choice. Let's wish him the best

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    1. If that is true I admire MB.

      Are you sure of your info?

      MB needs to live his own authentic life.

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    2. Yeah he is gone. It was announced recently. Sad to see him go :-(

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    3. It is true Pat. It was announced recently on (social media) that's why everyone is talking.

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    4. hope he appears on grindr soon. love to meet him

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    5. +Pat

      It's official Gorgeous has left.

      Dublin PP

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    6. I was at a confirmation ceremony last year where the laity were also involved in anointing with the crism oil. Should I write to cardinal sharer ?

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    7. The same boy will get on alright I’m sure, but is that it? They just cut him loose and send him on his way? After six or so years to be suddenly without anything and no direction would be daunting specially, if you’re seen as a pariah.

      If he choose to tell his story I’m sure there’d be people willing to pay for it equally, I’m sure there’d be people willing to pay for him not to tell it.

      All in all, he needs to get all this over him, even though it has been him dragging it on and on. I hope he gets any support he needs to readjust.

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    8. 1: he is not leaving the priesthood; if anything he is leaving the deaconate.

      2: nobody ever knows the truth of leaving:kicked out. But to save place people are allowed to say they left.

      3: he stayed through all the controversy - getting well educated at our expense while everybody knew he should be gone.

      4: he now has established a fine gay circle for life

      5: a year in Rome at parishioners expense before leaving is merely pissing in parishioners faces when it was clear he should go.

      My summary: he was known to be guilty a year ago; but given the publicity DM allowed him save face rather than be destroyed as a person. The church took the brunt of it, and he was never going to be ordained.

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    9. @00:04 I would like to wish MB all the best too and to echo your praise and exhortation +Pat.

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    10. 05:45 - I respectfully disagree with a lot of your assumptions. He made a mature decision to leave by his own accord. There is no point in kicking him while he is down. I echo Pat and Tom and wish him a happy life.

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    11. @05:45

      Did he not also get an all expenses paid trip to New York to complete some sort of nursing course. Maybe that was someone else. Anyway, he's had a jolly good innings. LOL.

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    12. MB needs to find true love with a special man and be transformed by it.

      Presently he may feel bad?

      In years to come he will be thankful for what has happened.

      I am offering Mass for him today and asking God to guide him.

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    13. I think he has made a wise decision. He is still very young and it is very hard to pretend to be celibate when you are not. Good luck Michael!

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    14. Where is the confirmation that Michael Byrne has decided not to be ordained a priest? Puck and Marshall need to go next.

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    15. @5.45
      Did you compose that inspirational piece before going to bed this morning or after rising as your first good deed of the fay?

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    16. I'm inclined to think that there is something of merit in the 5:45 comment. Relatively we see saving-face actions by the Church. Sure was Connolly not fired before he was being banished from Dromore... sorry, allowed sabbatical before being appointed chaplain to a student residence (hostel)...

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  3. Donna McKeown in Derry also sends Priests to do many of the Confirmations especially when she's busy cycling with the Protestant bishop etc

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    1. True. Last years confirmations in Lifford (Murlog parish) were performed by Father Edward Kilpatrick. It is undeniable that McKeown's flock think he is a hypocrite and his comforts are his God

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  4. What about our Diocese of Clogher with no bishop? Are our children not entitled to the same as other Catholic children at Confirmation time?

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    1. Apostolic administrator is the appropriate man for that job. As good as a bishop in the context. But better to use the retired bishops there if possible.

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  5. The Irish Bishops are in a league of their own when it comes to solo runs.

    Sure the visitation to Maynooth recommended closure but they rubbished the report with the result, putting on a set of double doors.

    They are arrogant and will not be obedient.

    Sure putting Fanny in charge said it all

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  6. Amy could start sending Barry "Gossip" Matthews. She could tell Amy everything about the parishes

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  7. Pat, how much longer will Amy have to wait to become Cardinal?

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    1. Should DM get the red hat, can an Archbishop be Primate of all Ireland and have an active Cardinal under him? Or if DM was elevated would he be shipped away?

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  8. can I strongly advice people with information regarding the injustice at Maymooth to please contact Pat. I'm aware this blog is read my many many many members of both clerical and lay students at Maynooth. If she it too be reformed, she first must reveal the injustices done to seminarians and Lay students.

    In the heart of Maynooth there is so much evil, for the love of God please speak out. I know you are afraid but the faith of our people will be diminished and crushed.

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  9. and people wonder why this blog is popular?

    Because Pat Buckley, whether you agree with him or not, calls a spade a spade. reality and the human touch resonate with people; Buckley has this in spades. In fact hes the original wounded healer. unlike his nemesis. people flock to him and his blog for inspiration

    Just a thought.

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  10. When they change the choir in louisburgh, then Gallagher can ordained. until then then its a no brainer.

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  11. Amy will be looked over like Dermo Martin for the red hat.

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  12. I would say the new Papal Nucio will move fast to replace Amy in Armagh and Dermo in Dublin.

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    1. Was it true that Amy was at the bottom of the list for Primate and that people kept refusing it... that's why it took so long to appoint?

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  13. A long long time....

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  14. George Pell has been charged with historic sexual abuse. Breaking news.

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  15. TBH does it really matter?
    I wd prefer da humble priest anyday

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  16. Cardinal Pell.
    Hope the money in the Vatican is safe.....for all the payouts

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  17. Frequent use of priests for confirmations in Cork and Ross too; but the bishop is beat 78 years old anyway and he could do with a replacement with someone who can talk about more than last Sunday's hurling.

    (I once knew a bishop who loved to chat about scripture. He was very genuine and holy. I miss him)

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  18. I just read on the journal.i.e. that Victoria police have CHARGED Cardinal Pell with multiple counts of 'historical'child sex abuse.

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  19. I notice Pell has been charged.

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  20. Cardinal Pell has just been charged and ordered back to Australia.

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    1. Yes, Pell is sinking deeper in this criminal mire. However, watch as he wriggles to avoid returning to Australia to face multiple charges of child molestation by having his 'doctors' declare him 'unfit' to travel that far. These clerical ****** (including the ***** pope) will go to any lengths to avoid serving Christ and the truth.

      Francis had better watch his step. He has already worn the shine off his popularity by making some incredibly stupid decisions over child-protection issues.

      If he allows Pell to remain in his Vatican administrator's role, he will rightly be dismissed by more and more people as a hypocrite on the scale of the emotionally adulterous JPII (who rewarded Cardinal Bernard Law with the plumb job as arch-priest at that bascilica in Rome).

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    2. You may be right.

      In any event Pell will have millions of Vatican euro and Aussie dollars for lawyers.

      He might even be given a "heart attack" ???

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    3. I would be very surprised if Pell returned to Australia “following advice and approval by his doctors”.

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    4. I imagine Pell’s assignment to Rome in 2014 was just a stunt anyway -- to do a Bernie Law.

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  21. Clogher diocese has two retired bishops yet it was priests who did confirmations this year over three weekends in May.......everyone was delighted with how it went......a model to follow for the future.

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  22. When I was a child Confirmation was administered every three years. Would be no harm to return to this schedule. Was it not recommended several years ago that fourteen was a more suitable age for Confirmation than circa eleven as it's now. I am referring to 1947 - Bishop Magean (spelling ???) confirmed my brother and myself on the same day.

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  23. Channel 4 news filming again last night in Maynooth. It was outside the pub where Sems gather and also where a group of them were thrown out not so long ago for being drunk and trying to practice celebrating Mass. The pub asked the reporters to leave and didn't allow them to film inside. There is something very fishy going on here and the locals think they are reporting on a big Maynooth scandal. DM Secretary was seen hovering around St Patrick's last night, seems DM got wind of Channel 4 News from this blog yesterday. Let's just say everyone seems a little uneasy for some reason.

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    1. It's not the first time DM's secretary hung around Maynooth.

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    2. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Luke 8:17

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    3. 10.29 That's unbelievable. Yes in our day we had a jar or four now and again. The worst that happened was a sing song. Pretending to say mass is in the least extremely immature. I'd imagine the local publicans are in a quandary. On one hand they need to keep their pub appropriate and on the other students are a great source of revenue. Wonder when Ch4 will show the programme

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    4. It seems it's part of a Channel 4 News investigation. They did a very informative news story on the Maynooth scandal last year.

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  24. My Maynooth contact thinks that former seminarians have told their stories to Channel 4 and to one newspaper.

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    1. heard this rumour as well Pat.

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  25. @9.53 poster -
    Re/Clogher Diocese priests administered Confirmation this year over three weekends, in absence of them having a bishop - - Yes, you say "everyone was delighted" and you suggest that this situation is "a model to follow for the future"
    It is good that people (all?) felt this way but there are other aspects to it and you have to envisage the impact this would have much further down the line. I think in more highly populated city areas especially, it is only right that the bishops should take responsibility and share the workload. There are many parishes who are lucky if they see their bishop coming into their church to say Mass and taking a few minutes to listen to people's concerns even once a year! There are some good regular Mass attenders in my parish who probably couldn't name their bishop let alone recognise him! I don't think it does the bishops any harm to come out and get their hands dirty once in a while - - as Pope Francis would call it "get the smell of the sheep about them"
    However, I am glad things went well for you--it's just that every change and decision brings about consequences, some of which may be unforeseen or unintended. Just my point of view..

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  26. In my view Channel 4 news have the best journalists. Their news programming is one hour every evening and their journalism is excellence. Sounds as if they are building up a story here which will maybe take months of research. It also explains their refusal to tell anyone why they are there. I bet Maynooth and the hierarchy are shitting themselves. Does that explain why people are being let go and jumping ship all of a sudden. If channel 4 news are on to it then I'd say it's a big scandal.

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  27. @10.46
    Yes--there speaks the voice of quiet wisdom.. Thank you.

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  28. Looks as if Frankie's seen sense and thrown Pell to the dogs. From the Guardian:
    Cardinal Pell will return to Australia, as soon as possible, to clear his name following advice and approval by his doctors who will also advise on his travel arrangements.

    “He said he is looking forward to his day in court and will defend the charges vigorously.”

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    1. Not so. Francis says we'll wait until the judicial process is complete before coomenting publicly.

      What did you expect? Whatever you think of Pell, legally he's innocent until proven guilty like you or me.

      Read the statement from the Vatican press release. It emphasises Pell's positive contribution on 3 or 4 fronts and states he's entitled to due process.

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    2. He has three weeks until his appearance in court on the 18 July 2017.

      I imagine Tim Minchin will be composing another song for him.

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    3. @ 11:53
      Lol no. That statement is Vaticanese for 'we're all terribly surprised and nobody knew'. The fact he has gone back to Oz at all means he's been thrown to the dogs, otherwise he'd have been kept in the Vatican, diplomatically immune.

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    4. He hasn't gone back to Oz he is still residing in the Vatican as we speak. Maybe a heart attack or stroke might befall him before he promises to return to have his day in court in Oz. A lot can happen in a month from a health point of view and the Vatican have no extradition agreement with Oz. He has heart issues but there are pictures somewhere of him gorging on food and beer in Rome. Hardly the sign of someone concerned for their health and well being.

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    5. @21.02
      I don't agree. The Vatican press statement is far above and beyond what they would say. If they wanted a perfunctory paragraph they are capable of producing it.

      Reactions like yours are typical of a certain mindset. Francis can't win. If GP stays in the Vatican Francis is protecting an alleged abuser. If he returns Francis is throwing him to the wolves.

      Try to aim for some nuance in what you write.

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    6. @22:09
      'Throw someone to the wolves' is a common idiom meaning witholding protection and leaving someone to their fate. Granting Pell safety in the Vatican is to protect him from his legal fate. There is no nuance here.
      But since you've expressed an interest in my mindset - I see any attempt to protect clerics from reasonable legal recriminations as being vile and to retraumatise any victims, whoever does it.
      Understand it now?

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  29. I remember for preparation for Confirmation we had to learn about the bishop and all his regalia. It was made to be a real big deal the bishop coming to bring the Gift of the Holy Spirit upon you. Must be none of that now.

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    1. @POSTER 11,41
      Yes, same here - - - It's not the only thing that has been "dumbed down", believe me!
      Each new edition of the Primary School religion syllabus since the 1980s bears out what I am saying. I still have my teaching copies of the different class text books etc

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    2. MournemanMichael29 June 2017 at 23:13

      Around 1953 when I was confirmed I remember it as a kind of religious exam of the catechism we had been rote learning for months. With very little understanding of its meaning it didn't matter so long as we could parrot the right catechism answer!
      So when the bishop called out to question the third child in each row I unclenched my spinchter muscles as I was fifth!
      So the door was opened for me the uninformed to enter the grouping I departed some 15 years later, much better informed.

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  30. Donna in Derry has been using the new Monsignor in Bellaghy to conduct Confirmations. This smacks of laziness. Let's face it the only role for a Bishop is to Confirm, rarely Ordain but they can't even handle Confirmations. Waste of spaces, the biggest waste of space is Derry Donna. Have you heard about the scandal in Dungiven Pat, something Donna wants to keep quiet about

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    1. Is it about the new presbytery?

      Or about the PP who had issues in Draperstown?

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    2. Both Pat. Donna thinks he moved the problem from Draperstown to Dungiven. It's only over the mountain and the problem travelled all the way to Dungiven.

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  31. Pat,
    There's a Dublin priest Brian O'Toole who has been on the fringes of ministry in Dublin for many years. DM allowed him to train as a nurse - he is now qualified but seems to have given up nursing; and has some limited ministry with a convent of enclosed nuns. His case merits examination.

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  32. For the past couple of years DM has allowed priests to celebrate Confirmations - it has gone down well with the people and makes sense.

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  33. I have no problem with priests conferring confirmation. I realise I have been out of Ireland a good many years so in some sense Im out of touch. But I remember First Holy Communion as a big dress up day. The talking point was how much money each child got. The question among the clergy was would the families be back in church after the big day. In our local parish (UK) each child was given a card and the cards were stamped on the sundays leading up to First Holy. If there were not enough stamps no sacrament on the big day. Confirmation was a chance to get a picture with the bishop. Things had not advanced to the realm of spray tans and stretch limos in my time. I believe confirmation has become more social than religious for many. The question remains what are our young people saying yes to in a modern Irish/English school based confirmation ceremonies

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    1. Yes, Sean - - agreed.
      See the post at 12.39.
      The teacher explains the "dumbing down" that has taken the place of thorough preparation of the real meaning of the Sacraments in some cases (-and apologies to all teachers who steer the children and families away from the social show and towards the innate spirituality) I fully agree though that bishops should not neglect their flock and the younger parishioners should meet their bishop, know him by name and even feel that access to him is available should the family wish it. And yes---I do know the Brady fiasco but that's not how things should be! We should not be shackled in irons because of such historic incidents. Rather, we should learn from them.

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  34. No need for bishops, get rid of them
    Just think Pell ......ugh

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  35. WHERE ON "SOCIAL MEDIA" HAS GORGEOUS' DEPARTURE BEEN DISCUSSED / ANNOUNCED ?

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  36. Michael doesn't use Facebook not has he left the Church. He has completed his studies in Rome and will be ordained at a later date

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    1. Yeah he does have Facebook and yeah he did leave.

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    2. There is nothing on his Facebook about him leaving!

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    3. link his facebook then. you cant as he doesnt use it fool!

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    4. Michael does not use social media, nor has he left formation. He's still in Rome.

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    5. He does use Facebook.

      Type "Michael Byrne" into the fb search engine and a profile picture of a wrought iron cross will come up. That's him.

      Very few posts though - unlike previously. There are a few pics of his Diaconate and WYD last year in Krakow.

      There's a pic of him and a few other notables (including King Puck) at Knock. His friend list is secret.

      So he IS on Facebook. His name is now "Michael Byrne" - not "Michael Jack Byrne" as before all the scandal occurred.

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    6. It's a pity, really, his old twitter was a perfect mixture of inspirational quotes and sweaty, bare-chested boxers...

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  37. 3 seminarians have left kerry diocese? UNTRUE. Michael Byrne has left? UNTRUE. Sean Jones has 'disappeared' UNTRUE. Bert and Ernie have been appointed to the faculty of theology. COULD BE TRUE

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  38. Ack wee Cardinal Sarah. I think he's a relation of wee Sarah McNeilly who lives down our wee street a couple of dours from aul Maggie Carter.

    Talking of aul Maggie, I am awful glad til see her writing her wee letters again til wee Bishop Pat.

    Nigh Maggie luv, don't be scundered and pay no heed til all lemmens thats sleggin ye. Sure I was only in the Ospital overnight so a wuz. It was just a wee bit of a shack a gat - that's all.

    Tell ye the truth, Maggie luv, I've been laffin ma leg aff ever since. It reminded me of a wee pome the big nun learnt us in skool. That wee pome has been runnin round in my head since I saw you stawnin starkers in yer sink with the scrubbin brush in yer haun

    "My friend Willy had a six foot willy, he showed it til the girl next door.
    She thought it was a snake, so he hit it with a rake and now its only two foot four".

    The big nun, Sr Alfonsiana Dolorosa, made us learn that wee pome so she did and rapped the knuckles aff us til we knew by heart.

    Nigh Maggie, don't be annoyin yerself - sure I had sixteen childer - a have seen it all afore (mind you a niver seen one as small as yours Ha Ha ha!).

    Come on back til yer own wee neighbourhood, Maggie. sure we're all frens here. I'll send ya down a wee drap a stew.

    from Big Lily McCoubrey xxxooo

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    1. Lily luv, m' heart goes out t' y', so it does. I know y' keep seein' things that aren't really there. My Magnus has the same trouble with the booze.

      What did thon big handsome dakt'r say t' ya? Oh, aye! Borderline schizophrenic. Sumthin like thon anyway. Said y' were prone t' wee psychotic episodes (like seein' me buck naked in the kitchen sink). Y' wouldn't remember all this dear. Y' were doped up like a Grand National horse that had bin nobbled before the big race. It's as well I wuz with y' luv, t' keep an eye on y'. Y' were that far gone y' were even takin' a wee notion of my Magnus, an' I have to be almost stocious t' do that.

      Doan worry luv, I'll luck after y'. Sure y' wouldn't fine a better an' more loyal friend than me. (Hope y' doan mine, but I borrowed a tenner from yer purse the other night when y' were havin' another wee psychotic episode. Luv, y' thought the Big Dean was back, but it wiz only thon big picture of the Rev Dr Ian y' have hangin' in yer bathroom. Doan worry: I won't tell anyone you bin votin' DUP fer years. Yer secret's safe wi' me. I'm the soul of discreshin', so I am. (Cud y' lend me another tenner? I'll give it y' back nex time my Magnus has a win on the horses.)

      I meant t' say t' y' luv, but I fergat: between ourselves y' need t' change yer smalls a wee bit more often than once a month. Remember thon time y' had a wee psychotic episode near the cathedral? Ack, luv! It brings tears t' my eyes just thinkin' 'bout it. Y' thought y' were Bridget Bardot an' were runnin' roun' in her smalls an' thon big bra y' shoplifted in Primark the time of the Bilfast Agreement. Remember thon? Luv, thon bra cud do with a wash, too. It was white wen y' got it, but lucks more navy now. Anywey. Where wuz I? Aye, yer smalls. Well, they're not that small, are they, luv? I mane: it tuck more than one cotton field t' make thon. Ack! Sure what's a wee bitta extra weight roun' the bum? It makes y' get a whole seat t' yerself on the bus. An' that can't be bad, can it?

      Anyway, where wuz I? Oh, aye! Yer smalls. Ack, Lily luv! I doan know how t' tell y' this. I swear there's tears in m' eyes right now at the thought o' it. Oh Lily, luv! When y' were runnin' roun' in her grubby smalls, y' turned her back t' me an' what did I see? Ack, Lily! How can I say this without hurtin' yer feelings? When y' turned yer back t' me, y' showed this enormous sh*t stain! Lily luv, I was mortified, so I wuz. There was you runnin' roun' in one of yer mad, psychotic episodes screamin' y' were Bridget B, yer backside wobblin', an' bouncin' up an' down, an' from left til right...yid swear thon s*it stain wuz doin' one part of a fandango. Doan worry, luv: I chased thon youngsters away that wiz nearly hysterical laughin' at y', so I did. An' I gave thon administrator an earful fer takin' photos of y' t' put in the bulletin.

      Anyway, luv: change yer smalls at least once a week, like I do. An keep takin' thon meddication. (An' fer dear sake: take down thon big picture of the Rev Dr. I doan know how y' can do yer business with thon glarin' at y'.)

      Love an' kisses, Lily. We'll luck after y' when y' can't luck after herself.

      MAGGIE CARTA (Magna's oul ma)

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    2. Maggie, stick to your day job issuing tickets and leave the comedy to the comedians. A comic you ain't. The fact is, bud, you come across on this blog as a vicious old harridan. Shut yer bake or Big Lil will shut it fer ye! Lol

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    3. I don't know who you think you are talking about Maggie Carter but Big Lily is one very clean big girl. She is spick and span so she is and she's never done scrubbing so she's not. She keeps herself and her wee house lovely.

      You've a cheek til talk anyhow, ya ratten aul cat ye. Poor Big Lily doing yer washin fer ye and yer own drawers would turn a bin man's stumeek.

      Only for Big Lily we would put yer windys in ya bad aul bitch. So shut yer cake hole. Yer nathin but a sponger and ya have Big Lily's heart broke so ya have.

      Aul Joxer O'Toole knows all about the state of yoor smalls, ye aul dirt bird ye. Ye can talk about nobody. Fack away aff back til the Somerton Road where ya belong!

      Sadie McAtamney

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    4. Sadie McAtamey! I swear I towl you that if iver I saw or heard from you agean, I'd tear your blonde hair from its grey roots. Yiv that many of them, y' look as bald as one o' them tonsured monks in the SSPX, so y' do.

      An' you're right 'bout Big Lily: she's niver dun scrubbing. It's why she's alweys in the waitin' room of that sti clinic at the Royal.

      An' annuther thing, Sadie McAtamney: I don't wear any smalls like you mane, so I don't. My Magnus's motor's so turbo-charged it hasn't the time fer pitstops. So yer fibbin' 'bout Big Lily washin' my smalls. That's you towl, y' oul huzzy.

      An' Joxer O'Toole? There's nat enuff viagra in the world to rev his engine.

      I'm away here. This G-string's cuttin' parts o' me I didn't know I had.

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    5. (Sadie on the sofa) So there's another Sadie apart from me!
      That's fine. She seems to know people on the blog anyway...

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    6. Maggie Carter - the only "Magnus" you have ever known works with batteries in it, ya dirty rotten aul hoor! Lol

      Fair dig le mara tap a th' street. Make sure yer drawers is clean coz yill be goin til the Royal, ya filthy aul mare!

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    7. Luv, I think you're dyslexic.

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  39. Was just in the Pro Cathedral this lunch time, they were putting a camera crew out they didn't want filming inside. Not sure who they were but they were not made very welcome. One of the cameramen did have a distinctive English accent but they could have been anyone. Not very Christian to manhandle people and basically throw them out. Some touchy security people there.

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    1. what a liar. your not well in the head

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    2. you came out of the Church and you ran here to tell us this? says more about your character than anything else.

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    3. Agreed - - but there are normal channels of getting in touch with authority or owners in advance (and certain Insurance Public Liability issues -) that film crews would have the courtesy to go through. Perhaps it was just badly organised from those points of view.. An example? - - Well, if you were engaged in the church private prayer inside this morning, you could reasonably expect that you wouldn't be filmed without the correct permission and that you at least had notice that your sacred space would be intruded upon today. When crews do "Songs of Praise" - - things like that - - they protect their own and everyone else's rights by following an agreed protocol.

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    4. I don't know all the ins and outs of the situation at the Pro Cathedral. I'm only saying what I saw, nothing more and nothing less.

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    5. Film crews in Maynooth and at the Pro. I wonder has Gorgeous talked!

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  40. Sean the Brady is not an historic event
    He still struts....which is offensive

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  41. At poster 13.5!
    "You're not well..." is the correct form.

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    1. I am not the poster. However, give me an example of using 'your' in the correct form.

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    2. I am the poster. However, give me an example of using 'your' in the correct form.

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    3. @14:44 I'm happy to assist your grammar skills. 'your a nonce' 'you're happy', 'your not serious'

      Regards, 14:21

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    4. To poster 14.44
      Thank you for your response!
      My use of the word "your" was correct in my first sentence in this reply. This is because it is being used in an "ownership" sense ie the "response" referred to belonged to you. It was "your" response. Here are several more correct uses of "your."
      Your home, your family, your job, your parents all deserve your best efforts.
      When is "your" NOT correct then?
      The answer is - when it is a shortened form of the TWO words "you are" pushed together (contract ed) into one word. Then you should write "you're". The little comma in the middle is there to show that we've left out a letter. It is the letter"a"of "are"
      So the golden test for getting it correct is this - - If INSTEAD of writing one word "your " you could phrase your sentence with the TWO words "you are", then that's a sure sign you should use the form "you're"!
      Here are some correct uses of "you're" (Please note that in every case I COULD have written "you are" and my meaning would still be the same -)
      You're the first to come in and you're not late
      You're the person I admire.
      I will give you the map if you're going to France. It doesn't say on the letter if you're the person they want.
      I hope this answers your (correct!) query.) That last "your" was not a "you are" situation.) Now you're always going to get it right or we could say, now you are always going to get it right!

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    5. To poster 14.44
      The post at 15.00 is a mischievous attempt to lead you astray!
      All the examples in the short post are incorrect, but you will now easily know that if you have had a chance to read my correct response to you at 15.23!..That particular troll appears from time to time and will probably give you other misleading examples deliberately.
      You can ignore his efforts as the blog grammar police do.

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    6. Many thanks. I will copy and paste.

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    7. 15:23 you have too much time on your hands. go outside and kick a ball ya fairy

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    8. Then yew cood tell us how to no the difffference between to and too.

      Hopefully at the same length as ur minor thesis on ur and ur.

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    9. @16.49
      Hey wise up dude, hope they do kick a couple of balls, preferably your's!

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  42. This is not exactly on the topic you are engaged with at present....but !

    What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Cardinal Pell. I have been thinking for many a month, why is it that Pell has been allowed to continue in Rome in his job and standing for the last couple of years while serious and credible accusations and doubts about him and his conduct (now to lead to criminal charges)have been raised repeadedly ? If it had been me, or any other priest, I would have been suspended immediately, taken out of my parish, reduced in circumstances, marginalised and left out in the cold. And, even if the accusations did not lead to criminal charges, or even if a court found me innocent, there would be no guarantee that my 'exile' would come to an end.

    Surely, what is good for the goose is good for the gander ?

    Or, because he's a Cardinal, and because the Pope seems to like him and believe him, the rules that apply to the rest of us are ignored in his case ?

    When he returns to Australia, do you think he will be quietly sidelined whilst the process take place ? No, of course not ! He will be appearing in public, he probably will help out some of his mates doing ordinations and confirmations, he will be housed somewhere very nice and swan around the place like nothing is wrong.

    Surely, what is good for the goose is good for the gander ? Or perhaps not !

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    1. Because he is one of the robed ones....simple

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  43. Not much activity here at the moment. The calm before the storm? I wonder.

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  44. Have we any information about M BYRNE , is this information true or what? we need to find out.

    In relation to C4 , Pat you are very important source for them on what is about to break. i am sure you could contact them to find out what is going on.

    Call or text us on +44 (0)7393 558 101
    Email us on c4investigations@itn.co.uk

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    1. This is a lie. Someone is messing with you Pat. Do not take the bait.

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    2. Left a message just in Casey :-)

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    3. C4 would contact you and not the other way round, they are too professional to leave all these contact details on a blog.

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  45. Pat camera crew also in Bray this morning outside the church , does Bray have any connection with maynooth ?

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    1. There was no camera in Bray today you idiot. stop furnishing the blog with shite info.

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    2. Yes, no cameras in Bray!! This is fake news.

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  46. IS Amy or Diarmuid any good with Money , vatican needs new money bag carrier?

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  47. If this is true about C4 camera crews at Gaynooth, Bray and the Pro, then something big is obviously "up"!

    And with claims that MB has walked .... should we fasten our seat belts? Is the volcano about to erupt?

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  48. 19:36 you have issues. BIG ISSUES

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    1. Just watch that space 20:18 - we will soon see the big issues!

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  49. Using the Chapter of Canons in Clogher to conduct the confirmations this year seems a sensible solution given that it sede vacante at the minute. With regards to Bishop Mckeown in Derry - there is no reason why he can't do all the confirmations - he is able and healthy enough to travel around the diocese- Bishop Daly used to do them all on his own before he got an Auxillary - so no reason why Donal cant

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  50. Donna is a lazy bitch in Derry. That's the crux of it.

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  51. Pat, I now know this evening that one Seminarian who was honey trapped by Channel 4 using the Grindr app who has since left Maynooth in a hurry. I won't name him until it is verified. There have caught others out in the same way who have since disappeared or got rid off. There has been a frantic meeting at Maynooth and some Bishops are literally crapping themselves. Amy Martin is in Dublin all of a sudden. Why? Summoned to the Navan Road perhaps? Something major going down here.

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  52. What a day, Pat eh?
    What a mixture!.
    It's a wonder you're still sane.

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    1. Yes, we've even had a lesson in grammar... and there's no full stop after an exclamation mark.

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    2. Pat nip out this grammar crap. This is a site for adults to engage in discourse not little kids.

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    3. It was an adult who requested help and we were glad to respond. His/her request was a lot more relevant and less childish than a lot of other nonsense that passes regularly.

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  53. If anything on channel 4
    Let us know
    As I never watch that channel

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  54. It doesn't make sense anymore.

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