tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post4883407756520901713..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: BREAKING: there are sinners in the Vatican!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-48917287259174782102013-02-25T12:07:42.658-06:002013-02-25T12:07:42.658-06:00Fr.
Take a look at what Steve Kellmeyer wrote ab...Fr. <br /><br />Take a look at what <a href="http://skellmeyer.blogspot.com.br/2013/02/the-thomas-mirror.html" rel="nofollow">Steve Kellmeyer wrote about the issue</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-31195760182581904462013-02-25T04:22:07.794-06:002013-02-25T04:22:07.794-06:00My point exactly. God is very good at bringing the...My point exactly. God is very good at bringing the good out of whatever evil we've managed to conjure. <br /><br />The world is quick to accuse popes of moral failure, and it is often right to do so; however, that measure is rarely applied equally or reflexively. <br /><br />IOW, moral outrage from the media is usually little more than a rhetorical maneuver in the service of agenda pushing. If the NYT, CNN, etc. were really horrified by sexual abuse, we'd see non-stop coverage of the far more pervasive and damaging abuse that goes on in public schools and in Hollywood.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-1390545580435456892013-02-25T04:15:48.745-06:002013-02-25T04:15:48.745-06:00Ludi, your "moral outrage" is poisoned b...Ludi, your "moral outrage" is poisoned by your hatred of the Church. I look forward to reading your angelic credentials. You must have some, right? Otherwise, how are you qualified to stand so far above the rest of us poor sinners in judgment. <br /><br />How appropriate that today's gospel reminds us to measure others' sins carefully, b/c that measure will be used to measure our own. Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-62097691767854136042013-02-25T03:39:49.985-06:002013-02-25T03:39:49.985-06:00And even that one's awfulness as a human being...And even that one's awfulness as a human being apparently didn't prevent him from having in many ways a fruitful papacy. I for one am greatful that it was probably because of him and his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_caetera" rel="nofollow">Inter Caetera bull</a> that I speak the most beautiful language in the world and not (the horror!) Spanish...<br /><br />That's not to say we should be tolerant or indifferent to present sins we know to be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-71818069975486599952013-02-24T20:41:39.285-06:002013-02-24T20:41:39.285-06:00"No rational person expects any human institu... "No rational person expects any human institution to be angelic."<br /><br />Do we expect the bishops and cardinals of the Church to prevent child rape and torture...or make sure more children are raped and tortured because it would be bad P.R. for the Church? Do we expect the most minimal moral courage in the face of the worst crime imaginable? "angelic"? phhht. How about minimally human? The men elevated to the most senior positions in the church because of their...holiness? courage? integrity?<br /><br />They need to be doing a 25 year bid in Angola.LudiDomesticinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-10250721756616810132013-02-24T18:45:48.533-06:002013-02-24T18:45:48.533-06:00Exactly. Things have been a whole lot worse. Can...Exactly. Things have been a whole lot worse. Can you say, "Pope Alexander VI"? I knew that you could.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-40660728350898680552013-02-24T16:58:49.056-06:002013-02-24T16:58:49.056-06:00I have been saying that the situation isn't as...I have been saying that the situation isn't as bad in the Church today as we think, major issues yes, but at least the pope didn't dig up the previous pope and put the corpse on trial. Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-16350445458393613212013-02-24T11:29:45.260-06:002013-02-24T11:29:45.260-06:00Yea, doesn't fit The Narrative.Yea, doesn't fit The Narrative.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-89064461795040649342013-02-24T10:24:34.768-06:002013-02-24T10:24:34.768-06:00Oh yeah, but that's too much sublety for the M...Oh yeah, but that's too much sublety for the MSM and those (millions) under its auspices...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-58852178360907893682013-02-24T10:14:10.663-06:002013-02-24T10:14:10.663-06:00Aquinas would say that even that sort of sinner is...Aquinas would say that even that sort of sinner is seeking the Good. Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-3686098691637389362013-02-24T09:55:22.899-06:002013-02-24T09:55:22.899-06:00OK but the caveat shoud be made that there's a...OK but the caveat shoud be made that there's a kind of sinner that isn't exactly seeking Christ but manage to scandalize the Church...<br /><br />What a Lent, huh...? It seems that I'm watching The Godfather 3 again...a penance I wouldn't wish for my worst enemy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-26539017458461157382013-02-24T09:47:38.502-06:002013-02-24T09:47:38.502-06:00"I did not come to call the righteous but sin..."I did not come to call the righteous but sinners. . ."Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-26043595304208037992013-02-24T08:49:04.948-06:002013-02-24T08:49:04.948-06:00This is awesome, and should be reposted whenever p...This is awesome, and should be reposted whenever people declare the Church dead because the world is shocked, shocked shocked to find sinners who persist in seeking Christ through his church. Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220512226096382610noreply@blogger.com