tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post3877364752794313414..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-77580247082441496802017-11-20T23:46:42.973+00:002017-11-20T23:46:42.973+00:00Magna's comments here are very funny, treating...Magna's comments here are very funny, treating us to his sartorial advice then telling us how to 'realign' (what with - Mecca? The Hubble telescope?) self-destructive behaviour. What eloquence and wisdom. I really hope the Irish bishops are reading these pearls of wisdom... For as good a laugh as they've given me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-33951422367221228622017-11-20T07:57:10.767+00:002017-11-20T07:57:10.767+00:00Take a good look at myself, 01:12? But wouldn'...Take a good look at myself, 01:12? But wouldn't that be indicative of 'obsessive vanity'?😆Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-2092070292890353212017-11-20T01:12:06.320+00:002017-11-20T01:12:06.320+00:00Yes Magna, but nothing as awful as to be talked ab...Yes Magna, but nothing as awful as to be talked about for all the wrong reasons - in your case, your obsessive vanity and inability to be normal. Always OTT in a juvenile, immature way which is a trait of an emotional and spiritual imbalance in your mind. Take a good look at yourself Mags. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-34741906712682136982017-11-19T22:10:12.103+00:002017-11-19T22:10:12.103+00:00An insightful point, 18:07. Such a reduced persona...An insightful point, 18:07. Such a reduced personal state would induce either complete dependence on God (the fast track to sanctity), or psychological and spiritual collapse through abnormal self-pity.<br /><br />Sometimes a desperate last throw of the dice is the only way of positively realigning self-destructive human behaviour.Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-47556014849385156132017-11-19T21:57:52.113+00:002017-11-19T21:57:52.113+00:00Excellent comment, Sean. Excellent comment, Sean. Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-48712048160106346682017-11-19T21:56:09.546+00:002017-11-19T21:56:09.546+00:00As darling Oscar once said, 19:02: 'There is o...As darling Oscar once said, 19:02: 'There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.'😆Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-76684365923335100792017-11-19T21:48:11.014+00:002017-11-19T21:48:11.014+00:00I never wear jumpers, an old 'geezer's'...I never wear jumpers, an old 'geezer's' garment.<br /><br />I wear hoodies!😈Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-89711777847063118572017-11-19T20:58:29.025+00:002017-11-19T20:58:29.025+00:00Hi Pat, any update on the Little Brothers of the O...Hi Pat, any update on the Little Brothers of the Oratory? I was hoping to go up North for my Christmas shopping and I would like to join them for prayer if that is possible?? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-72838813776521613322017-11-19T20:35:36.461+00:002017-11-19T20:35:36.461+00:00I agree that Fitzpatrick looks like an unmade bed ...I agree that Fitzpatrick looks like an unmade bed in that shapeless jumper(The poster was right!) but like Pat, I find that an old comfortable jumper is comforting... I have two old favourites, "Baggy" and "Jersey". They are still not too bad a fit but have seen better days! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-56570833174515452052017-11-19T19:02:07.717+00:002017-11-19T19:02:07.717+00:00Magna 14.33. When most normal human beings were ou...Magna 14.33. When most normal human beings were out shopping, having lunch, sharing time together, shopping - being with others - you, yet again, seem to have nothing more meaningful to do, or have any other means of feeling "wanted" or "useful" than blog here! Like all other empty days in your life, you find solace in blogging and are even "happier" when you vent your inner frustrations, hatreds and nastiness.. You are indeed a pitiable person. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-73934863689444773402017-11-19T18:07:39.422+00:002017-11-19T18:07:39.422+00:00Being sent to a monastery for 'prayer and pena...Being sent to a monastery for 'prayer and penance' seems a handy way out. I've been to some Benedictine monasteries where the food and accommodation were on a par with any decent hotel. My idea of a life of prayer and penance would be losing all ecclesiastical support, priviliges and offices, and having to live in a bedsit or a high rise council flat, on benefits. That's the reality for many law abiding citizens who never hurt any one their entire lives. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-54140518949076736272017-11-19T17:36:00.298+00:002017-11-19T17:36:00.298+00:00An old comfortable jumper is very comforting. I ha...An old comfortable jumper is very comforting. I have several.Thinking Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-36283014156661359382017-11-19T16:43:44.684+00:002017-11-19T16:43:44.684+00:00You'll probably be laicised sooner for marryin...You'll probably be laicised sooner for marrying a woman than for molesting an innocent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-41015036421277016452017-11-19T15:49:17.834+00:002017-11-19T15:49:17.834+00:0012.39 It is very sick culture that protects a crim...12.39 It is very sick culture that protects a criminal and punishes the whistleblower. I find that very hard to forgive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-21239017825028752522017-11-19T15:08:39.489+00:002017-11-19T15:08:39.489+00:00The RC church sadly propagates the notion that pri...The RC church sadly propagates the notion that priests own the church and run it. We need a community based ecclesiology where the value of the church which is not just based on the value of priest. This is not an excuse for wrongdoingFly on Th Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520198020314816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-67998473622170777332017-11-19T14:33:20.768+00:002017-11-19T14:33:20.768+00:00No, they are not 'automatically laicised',...No, they are not 'automatically laicised', such is the exaggerated ontological regard in which the institutional Roman Catholic Church still holds its priests.<br /><br />Serial and chronic sexual child abuser, Fr Maciel, was not laicised by Pope Benedict, but merely 'invited' to spend the rest of his life in 'prayer and penance'. Maciel died in 2008, still an unlaicised priest.Magna Cartahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242128271477821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-83763059117277455682017-11-19T14:16:23.312+00:002017-11-19T14:16:23.312+00:00Well, it's now a criminal offence not to repor...Well, it's now a criminal offence not to report abuse. They have no longer the option to cover up and move the abuser conveniently on to his next parish... The good thing is that teachers etc are also bound in law to report abuse and so the old days of a teacher being told "It's not your concern... Leave this to us.... We'll deal with it in our own way, thank you!"should definitely be over. The teacher is duty bound to report it to the agreed CP person on the teaching Staff and follow through a procedure for which she /he has been well warned and trained. The good thing also is that this applies to ANY concern the child raises with us in confidence, whether or not it was alleged to have happened on school property. The pupils themselves are made aware of that as of course they should be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-14118385848806831902017-11-19T12:39:45.298+00:002017-11-19T12:39:45.298+00:00What's the church procedure now in dealing wit...What's the church procedure now in dealing with convicted clergy of sexual crimes? Are they automatically laicised? Maybe things have changed, but in the not too distant past,I've read about certain priests who were still on the diocesan payroll while serving their sentences. Sometimes even, clergy whistleblowers were more harshly dealt with by the church, as if loyalty at all costs was all that mattered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-54050729414502719902017-11-19T12:00:35.857+00:002017-11-19T12:00:35.857+00:00LOL.. His jumper doesn't matter of course... b...LOL.. His jumper doesn't matter of course... but now that you mention it, the jumper is about three sizes too big. Glad he didn't do my mesh as he doesn't have an eye for well-fitting sizes! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-38190534211401055992017-11-19T11:56:41.878+00:002017-11-19T11:56:41.878+00:00I wouldn't trust Fitzpatrick with any ob/gyn t...I wouldn't trust Fitzpatrick with any ob/gyn treatments with his casual attitude to the unborn.. Thank God I found out on time... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-86699135377932072602017-11-19T11:36:13.240+00:002017-11-19T11:36:13.240+00:00Can’t but help reading this through the lens of DM...Can’t but help reading this through the lens of DM and “Gorgeous”:<br /><br />http://www.dublindiocese.ie/models-of-priestly-formation/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-10946264820292623702017-11-19T11:27:52.574+00:002017-11-19T11:27:52.574+00:00I think the Prof wants abortion to be allowed to s...I think the Prof wants abortion to be allowed to save the life of a mother. Thinking Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-17805363829269035722017-11-19T10:52:04.311+00:002017-11-19T10:52:04.311+00:00An obstetrician who wants abortion? Nice. Whatever...An obstetrician who wants abortion? Nice. Whatever happened to "first do no harm"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-78353439058315490942017-11-19T09:20:52.116+00:002017-11-19T09:20:52.116+00:00When people know a cleric as saintly and then some...When people know a cleric as saintly and then someone else says they abused them, it is almost inconceivable, given the person they think they know and the gravitational pull of the whole weight of the rc church image to boot! One wonders why some are abused and some in the same orbit are not. Whether or not there is any degree of intention and planning probably varies between perpetrator, but these fire breaks prevent even the smallest seeds of doubt from taking root hence the writer in the piece and his former school pals initial incredulity alludes to part of the reason behind abuse not being revealed and prosecuted, but also fear of biting the hand that feeds,the church, both spiritually and socially, this however, a rapidly becoming bygone era as influence wains...and thank God! The sad fallout being the doubt and suspicion that is now cast over all clerics, but the institutional church could be more proactive rather than reactive and defensive and in the case where incidents do not involve, or would not stand a chance of successful prosecution, or until it looks like they might, all you get is their wall of silence...well..with Joshua we SHOUT, SHOUT, SHOUT!!Tom Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935856847562775913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-28435358874859790542017-11-19T09:04:54.515+00:002017-11-19T09:04:54.515+00:00It may just have shattered his faith in the instit...It may just have shattered his faith in the institution of the Church. I think it is a nice jumper. The colour suits him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com