tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post1903206176244136612..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: IS PAT ANTI CATHOLIC?Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-31522013937225473342017-08-16T16:47:42.117+01:002017-08-16T16:47:42.117+01:00As a priest I know once said of The Church (and ex...As a priest I know once said of The Church (and excuse the language), "she might be old, she might be ugly, and she might be a whore, but she's still my mother." I agree Pat that while we may disagree with elements within The Church, just as we may fight and disagree with family members, that does not mean that we are anti The Church or anti our family. To me I was born a Catholic, I was raised a Catholic, and I will die a Catholic. I see the same in you Pat, Catholicism is not just in your bones but in your everything.<br /><br />While I don't have nearly as many gripes as you do Pat with the institutional Church, I see in you a love for The Church. But sadly the temptation for all of us (Cardinals, Bishops and Laity included) is that we can want to reinvent the church in our own image and likeness to suit ourselves. The problem with this, is that it is no longer Christ's Church but my church. Also we then invent it with a rose painted set of glasses as we see the faults elsewhere but not with ourselves as well.<br /><br />What we need to do is accept that the Church is full of dysfunctional and imperfect people, just like ourselves. To pray for The Church. To be the best living witnesses to Truth, Freedom and Love that we can be. The rest is upto God, after all it is His Church.Kierannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-40480079849537979672017-08-16T05:31:41.675+01:002017-08-16T05:31:41.675+01:00I'm afraid your reference to 'The Priest&#...I'm afraid your reference to 'The Priest's Breviary' is sad. <br />The Prayer of the Church doesn't belong to priests. <br />If you have been saying it since diaconate as if it did I can't imagine what your theology is like. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-61062114158721987712017-08-16T05:18:07.525+01:002017-08-16T05:18:07.525+01:00He's a good man and an inspiration at 93. He h...He's a good man and an inspiration at 93. He has shown huge levels of kindness away from the spotlight. His real talents are displayed for all to see in the decades of his editorship of The Furrow. <br /><br />What could he do with 60-70 students for 50 mins once a week in the 80s? The programme didn't value sacred eloquence as it was quaintly called, and as the name on the door of St Mary's reads.,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-64922670098466156252017-08-16T01:00:39.650+01:002017-08-16T01:00:39.650+01:00Fool.Fool.Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-36565185658138383692017-08-16T00:27:26.282+01:002017-08-16T00:27:26.282+01:0023:14, you have again proved my point about you. S...23:14, you have again proved my point about you. Sad.Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-25800668600000468402017-08-15T23:14:58.638+01:002017-08-15T23:14:58.638+01:00Magna, 21.22. So it is easy to get to you in your ...Magna, 21.22. So it is easy to get to you in your own horrible interpretation of life's experiences and cynicism which you frequently display. Live in your own closed world. I prefer to be active in the community trying to help others. Side line critics and cynical commentators are anathema to me. At least you are honest - YOU ARE UNPLEASANT. Almost always!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-57564787851059694452017-08-15T22:37:46.146+01:002017-08-15T22:37:46.146+01:00Why would you like to meet me? There's nothing...Why would you like to meet me? There's nothing special, nothing significant, waiting for you at the end of your nose.<br /><br />Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-45325586331167316082017-08-15T22:28:19.221+01:002017-08-15T22:28:19.221+01:00I am not the priest from Dungannon. I do not know ...I am not the priest from Dungannon. I do not know the priest from Dungannon and I have never had any contact with him in my life. <br /><br />I do not know ANYONE, to my knowledge, who knows the priest from Dungannon and I have never spoken to anyone about the priest from Dungannon - ever. <br /><br />All that I know about the priest from Dungannon is what is being flagged here by you and whoever else has it in for him for whatever reason.<br /><br />How do we know that those naming that priest on here - and being permitted to do so by Pat Buckley - are not doing so for some trivial reason or some grudge? In which case the good name of every innocent priest in Ireland is up for grabs!<br /><br />Pat Buckley has a grave responsibility for what is said on here. He is allowing names to be bandied about. It has happened before that the names of totally innocent and exemplary priests have been thrown into the mix here by malicious and faceless individuals.<br /><br />There was a news item yesterday about a man who was confronted by vigilantes accusing him of being a paedophile. The man took his own life. There are similar dangers with the grossly irresponsible behaviour on here presided over by Pat Buckley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-55781399229511095502017-08-15T22:27:03.668+01:002017-08-15T22:27:03.668+01:0016.03 Jazs is that yourself that is in it. 16 37 1...16.03 Jazs is that yourself that is in it. 16 37 18.48 Thank you bothFly on Th Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520198020314816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-24618331092473709382017-08-15T22:04:19.942+01:002017-08-15T22:04:19.942+01:00Yip! -agree with that.. "By all means get rid...Yip! -agree with that.. "By all means get rid of corruption and expose it" you said. <br />So it's nothing at all to do with giving this tired old blog a bit of a gizz up? No? Perish the thought... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-3844537602503327042017-08-15T21:56:09.364+01:002017-08-15T21:56:09.364+01:00You are the Priest from Dungannon 21.14 or someone...You are the Priest from Dungannon 21.14 or someone close to him. That is clear for all to see given your many interventions on the blog last night and today. You simply protest too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-69988859797272082422017-08-15T21:48:53.995+01:002017-08-15T21:48:53.995+01:0020.31 I didn't take his course nor attend Ma...20.31 I didn't take his course nor attend Maynooth. I'm agreeing with 17.03 because of the shite I and others have to listen to because of ill prepared and poor homilies - sometimes no homily at all. So you can make foolish assumptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-46406989624799982142017-08-15T21:22:13.031+01:002017-08-15T21:22:13.031+01:00And you are assumptive, cynical, judgemental, and ...And you are assumptive, cynical, judgemental, and plain wrong.<br /><br />Yes, I can be unpleasant...on occasion, but not typically. Much like you, I imagine. (Actually, I don't need to imagine at all since you proved my point in your comment.)Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-24356427358047157562017-08-15T21:17:28.235+01:002017-08-15T21:17:28.235+01:00It depends on what the agenda of the person supply...It depends on what the agenda of the person supplying the information is. If their agenda is to provide truth and justice, that's great. If their agenda is to destroy the good name of another person, that's not so great. I think it's reasonable to hope that there would be a distinction made between these two agendas. However, this blog seems to make no distinction and no true investigation in order to seek independent and unbiased verification before publishing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-69121875046835082462017-08-15T21:14:12.746+01:002017-08-15T21:14:12.746+01:0017:38, what agenda do YOU have? A perfectly reason...17:38, what agenda do YOU have? A perfectly reasonable concern has been raised? Are you the person who named the priest from Dungannon several times already? Which Pat allowed! By all means get rid of corruption and expose it - but do it responsibly and within the constraints imposed by Christian charity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-29226871233643257082017-08-15T20:51:03.025+01:002017-08-15T20:51:03.025+01:00Priests who knowingly function within a corrupt sy...Priests who knowingly function within a corrupt system are not mediating the love of God while sitting with the corruption and abuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-18792113253040443302017-08-15T20:47:57.740+01:002017-08-15T20:47:57.740+01:00The "evidence" though is very often flim...The "evidence" though is very often flimsy hearsay... Then the vultures gather.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-35602313669823337932017-08-15T20:36:57.938+01:002017-08-15T20:36:57.938+01:00Pat has a very low threshold for what counts as &q...Pat has a very low threshold for what counts as "evidence." What would be dismissed in other settings as hearsay is deemed acceptable as evidence on this blog. There seems to be no effort to verify information beyond "this person told me" and no weight is given to the possibility that the person giving this information has an agenda of their own. Evidence on this blog seems to mostly consist of dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-2502883721980006222017-08-15T20:31:10.039+01:002017-08-15T20:31:10.039+01:00You both obviously failed his course!You both obviously failed his course!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-16331886825038595372017-08-15T20:17:43.578+01:002017-08-15T20:17:43.578+01:00Keep up, for Heaven's sake! - - Isn't that...Keep up, for Heaven's sake! - - Isn't that precisely what we have been trying to tell you.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-78486362217785596892017-08-15T19:45:07.662+01:002017-08-15T19:45:07.662+01:00The One who decides the agenda 18.55 is Pat not yo...The One who decides the agenda 18.55 is Pat not you because it's his blog. I agree with the poster at 18.44 Pat publishes things supported by evidence from my own experience. Sometimes gathering such evidence takes quite an amount of time. Its clear that Pat is not anti Catholic rather anti corruption and anti abuse of power within the system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-20643182892789475012017-08-15T18:55:39.723+01:002017-08-15T18:55:39.723+01:00No reason why the poster can't have an "a...No reason why the poster can't have an "agenda"--as you put it--. You are not the one who decides! You are trying to control others--probably an ingrained habit. You will pursue like a terrier... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-25605888123155389352017-08-15T18:48:52.800+01:002017-08-15T18:48:52.800+01:00At 16.03
Your comments display your charitable, C...At 16.03 <br />Your comments display your charitable, Christian nature. Jesus must be proud of you. <br /><br />(In case you missed the sarcasm) Sean Page - a man I do not know - displays himself on this blog as a well discerned and well formed man. He is clear in his humanity, charity, trust in God and his humility. You on the other hand have displayed the hostility of a man who is either bitter & twisted or who has failed to mature past untested ideological views of the world. I pray you are the latter. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-1020122874813327072017-08-15T18:44:32.206+01:002017-08-15T18:44:32.206+01:00To be fair Pat only publishes things supported by ...To be fair Pat only publishes things supported by evidence. I've brought info to him before but without supporting evidence. The result was that Pat offered me pastoral support without publishing support. <br /><br />It is fair to observe that there are those commenters who are anti-Pat and will find fault in what he does through how he does it simply because they cannot accept the truth of what he does. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-79532552240807331382017-08-15T18:07:32.125+01:002017-08-15T18:07:32.125+01:0017.03 I couldn't have put it better myself.17.03 I couldn't have put it better myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com