"What are critics of Eucharistic processions mad about? What do they want?" They are mad that they failed. They are mad their program to subvert and destroy the Catholic faith hasn't worked and that traditional Catholicism is alive and growing and that their brand of Protestantism-in-Catholic clothing is dying out, like they are dying without having accomplished their one goal of destroying the true Catholic faith. The Francis pontificate is the answer to both questions. It is the last hopeless gasps of a dying ideology and the already-hit gunslinger loosing a shot as they fall down dead. Out of pride and bitterness they want to hurt as many faithful Catholics as they can before they go. Opposition to the Latin Mass, opposition to attempts to make the Novus Ordo resemble Catholic worship, and resistance to public expressions of traditional, RECOGNIZABLE Catholicism are some or all of the last roadblocks they can throw down before they lose their earthly power and lives. They know their work won't last five minutes after they're gone. And these cuckoos in the Church, having long since rationalized away their belief in eternal life, spit at and spite what they hate, when they can get the modern world to help them, and bury their heads in the sand ("synodality") to ignore their disappointment, because they have stored up all their treasure here on earth. They are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Pray for their souls, that they may repent while they still have time, and that God will pardon them for the countless good souls that have fallen away from the one true faith because of them, these wolves in sheep's clothing.
PS: Ed you are spot on with your assessment of the Synodal silliness. This is nothing more than a last ditch effort to Protestantize the faith and an echo chamber for what Pope Francis wants to do anyway. Keep up the good work!
I read an article yesterday which stated who was at table 28 and what they were discussing via a different news outlet. It appeared that the persons in question balanced each other out, thankfully. Hopefully that will be the result at all the tables and the attempt to undermine the faith will fail.
I really liked your discussion about the presumptions included in the questions each group is discussing. You are right that there are many wrong headed, and I would go further and say anti-Vatican II, presumptions. The laity is supposed to bring the Church into the world by living as Christians there, not by becoming ministers but by remaining who they are. One doesn't get rid of clericalism by turning everyone into a cleric.
Will the documents that emerge from this Synod be like the recent second round of Dubia, an “orthodoxy” (heterodoxy) test to see who is following the will of the Synodal Spirit and who is not?
I need to know what Ed. considers the worst English accent ever in cinema. Kevin Kline in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves? That’s the only one I can think of that comes close.
If it is the voice of the Holy Spirit that is speaking through this, why the need for the confidentiality?
Is it because only the selected invitees to the Synod are worthy of witnessing the Holy Spirit in action? Are they the only ones capable of understanding its processes?
Or is it because the Holy Spirit is so shy that we are worried that outsiders peeking in might somehow throw it off course?
And I have to say, I'm disappointed in The Pillar's decision to not publish publicly available information. I understand the ramifications of publishing. You would not be welcome at certain dinner parties or social circles. However giving "cover" to the charade of secrecy around who is sitting at what tables (to "protect" the poor feelings of attendees if they were confronted/held accountable for their input or non-input?) is not the right decision in my mind.
So in summary, to paraphrase my sister in Christ, Gwen Stefani:
“This synod is bananas B A N A N A S!”
On participation trophy ecclesiology (which I want on a t-shirt with a big red X through it), I think Monty Python nailed it. “YES WERE ALL INDIVIDUALS!” “I’m not!” SSSHHHHHHH!”
"What are critics of Eucharistic processions mad about? What do they want?" They are mad that they failed. They are mad their program to subvert and destroy the Catholic faith hasn't worked and that traditional Catholicism is alive and growing and that their brand of Protestantism-in-Catholic clothing is dying out, like they are dying without having accomplished their one goal of destroying the true Catholic faith. The Francis pontificate is the answer to both questions. It is the last hopeless gasps of a dying ideology and the already-hit gunslinger loosing a shot as they fall down dead. Out of pride and bitterness they want to hurt as many faithful Catholics as they can before they go. Opposition to the Latin Mass, opposition to attempts to make the Novus Ordo resemble Catholic worship, and resistance to public expressions of traditional, RECOGNIZABLE Catholicism are some or all of the last roadblocks they can throw down before they lose their earthly power and lives. They know their work won't last five minutes after they're gone. And these cuckoos in the Church, having long since rationalized away their belief in eternal life, spit at and spite what they hate, when they can get the modern world to help them, and bury their heads in the sand ("synodality") to ignore their disappointment, because they have stored up all their treasure here on earth. They are rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Pray for their souls, that they may repent while they still have time, and that God will pardon them for the countless good souls that have fallen away from the one true faith because of them, these wolves in sheep's clothing.
PS: Ed you are spot on with your assessment of the Synodal silliness. This is nothing more than a last ditch effort to Protestantize the faith and an echo chamber for what Pope Francis wants to do anyway. Keep up the good work!
"I've been to that retreat. I didn't care for it."
I'd get that quote on a coffee mug.
I read an article yesterday which stated who was at table 28 and what they were discussing via a different news outlet. It appeared that the persons in question balanced each other out, thankfully. Hopefully that will be the result at all the tables and the attempt to undermine the faith will fail.
I really liked your discussion about the presumptions included in the questions each group is discussing. You are right that there are many wrong headed, and I would go further and say anti-Vatican II, presumptions. The laity is supposed to bring the Church into the world by living as Christians there, not by becoming ministers but by remaining who they are. One doesn't get rid of clericalism by turning everyone into a cleric.
Will the documents that emerge from this Synod be like the recent second round of Dubia, an “orthodoxy” (heterodoxy) test to see who is following the will of the Synodal Spirit and who is not?
I need to know what Ed. considers the worst English accent ever in cinema. Kevin Kline in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves? That’s the only one I can think of that comes close.
Not Kevin Kline. Kevin Costner. Ugh.
Me Ole bamboo is good but is just a version on step in time from Mary Poppins
Serious question:
If it is the voice of the Holy Spirit that is speaking through this, why the need for the confidentiality?
Is it because only the selected invitees to the Synod are worthy of witnessing the Holy Spirit in action? Are they the only ones capable of understanding its processes?
Or is it because the Holy Spirit is so shy that we are worried that outsiders peeking in might somehow throw it off course?
And I have to say, I'm disappointed in The Pillar's decision to not publish publicly available information. I understand the ramifications of publishing. You would not be welcome at certain dinner parties or social circles. However giving "cover" to the charade of secrecy around who is sitting at what tables (to "protect" the poor feelings of attendees if they were confronted/held accountable for their input or non-input?) is not the right decision in my mind.
So in summary, to paraphrase my sister in Christ, Gwen Stefani:
“This synod is bananas B A N A N A S!”
On participation trophy ecclesiology (which I want on a t-shirt with a big red X through it), I think Monty Python nailed it. “YES WERE ALL INDIVIDUALS!” “I’m not!” SSSHHHHHHH!”