tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post6117385164209687070..comments2024-03-28T19:16:02.689-04:00Comments on Catholic in Brooklyn: Stop Blaming the BishopsCatholic in Brooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-3180005276544935492012-10-23T18:46:31.239-04:002012-10-23T18:46:31.239-04:00I understand your frustration with many of the bis...I understand your frustration with many of the bishops. If you look through this blog, you will see many posts expressing my disappointment with bishops and priests. But then I have to ask myself, what I am doing about it? Am I just sitting around and criticizing? The bishops, by the very nature of their office, are on the spiritual front line whether they choose to be or not. They are the "generals" in the spiritual war in which we are all engaged. They take a lot of hits for us. We need to hold them accountable for their sake and for the sake of the Church when they fall down on the job, but we also need to be praying for them and supporting them in any positive way we can.<br /><br />BTW, I love the late Fr. Malachi Martin. Catholic in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-90563954598200144842012-10-23T16:25:10.409-04:002012-10-23T16:25:10.409-04:00Time to celebrate the death of superstition, fear,...Time to celebrate the death of superstition, fear, and absurd imaginary bondage to a figment!Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605263881837566901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-77481417272538032822012-10-23T16:07:20.517-04:002012-10-23T16:07:20.517-04:00"Priests and bishops are on the spiritual fro..."Priests and bishops are on the spiritual front line, directly in the line of fire of our enemies, and sometimes they become casualties."<br /><br />Well, a lot of them aren't on the "spiritual front line." A lot of them are so infatuated with power, prestige and wealth that they have forgotten Christ's mandate to serve. That's not a recent problem, btw; that's been a part of Church history for centuries.<br /><br />"It is our responsibility as the laity to hold the bishops and priests accountable for their actions and words..."<br /><br />And what happened when good Catholics tried to do that when the clerical sex-abuse crisis broke? They got denials, threats and obfuscation from the chanceries.<br /><br />Read anything written by Malachi Martin about the state of the Church. It's far, far worse than you suppose.<br /><br />BTW, Theodore, when you talk about the Church's "penal teachings," are you referring to capital punishment? If you are, then you should know that the effectively abolitionist stance instigated by Pope John Paul II and continued by Pope Benedict has no basis either in Scripture or Tradition. It's nothing but arbitrary theological revisionism.<br /><br />Don't believe me? Read the following:<br /><br />http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=1463<br /><br />Joseph D'Hippolitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571554907399914529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-24910298672542161442012-10-23T11:01:35.510-04:002012-10-23T11:01:35.510-04:00I agree with everything in this article, save one ...I agree with everything in this article, save one small item: It is not only the sexual teachings of the Church that cafeteria catholics reject, though that is common on the left. The right also have many cafeteria catholics that reject the fiscal and penal teachings of the Church.<br /><br />And while I've heard the word marriage from the pulpit several times, abortion a couple of times, and contraception not at all; likewise I've heard the unemployed and underemployed mentioned a lot, alms very little, and usury not at all.<br /><br />Orthodoxy is a sword that cuts both ways.Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.com