tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post8311484781303336641..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Silence is not the right answerFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-51510698765939448742013-01-26T23:02:25.670-06:002013-01-26T23:02:25.670-06:00Healing on the Sabbath may have been considered wo...Healing on the Sabbath may have been considered worked IF the healing actually involved work. Do miracles count as work? I dunno. The question of what counted as what and when was a constant source of bickering btw factions in Judaism. We know from the reading that they were setting Jesus up so that they could accuse him, so they must've thought something was wrong with healing on the Sabbath.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-34916675227021827742013-01-26T21:10:36.343-06:002013-01-26T21:10:36.343-06:00What was the violation of the law? My understandi...What was the violation of the law? My understanding is that the restriction of work on the Sabbath came from the fact that the same verb used in the commandment was also used in relation to building the temple, so things that would be related to building the temple (sewing, metal work, stone work, cooking, etc) was forbidden on the Sabbath. But I don't see anything about healing or curing. I don't doubt that Jesus was correctly challenging the Pharisees on their interpretation of the Law, but I don't understand what they considered "work" in this case.GenXBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298459502431357489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-56726153319977628722013-01-26T10:02:41.819-06:002013-01-26T10:02:41.819-06:00And we can be absolutely sure that the culture wil...And we can be absolutely sure that the culture will be furious. It's just a matter of time now.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-63397115869768401822013-01-26T10:01:41.388-06:002013-01-26T10:01:41.388-06:00I certainly have my impudent moments! I certainly have my impudent moments! Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-86915275601318167372013-01-26T10:01:06.228-06:002013-01-26T10:01:06.228-06:00The central heresy of progressivism is its belief ...The central heresy of progressivism is its belief that natural human rights are granted/invented by the State. B.O. and his quasi-Marxist allies falsely believe in a postmodern of nominalism: words mean whatever those with the most power say they mean. Thus, their disdain for the plain language of the Constitution.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-37847786565963606192013-01-26T09:59:01.660-06:002013-01-26T09:59:01.660-06:00Bishops can always withdraw priestly faculties. Ki...Bishops can always withdraw priestly faculties. Kinda hard to function as a priest that way.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-55279600284510730002013-01-26T05:35:01.576-06:002013-01-26T05:35:01.576-06:00Reading this three days later, and reflecting on t...Reading this three days later, and reflecting on the March for Life and St Paul after his conversion, and also Dr King, seems to me God is calling us to be more vocal (but always in love) in condemning abortion and same sex marriage and then for us to be willing to pay the price a furious culture may demand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-17385939186892494802013-01-24T13:49:33.464-06:002013-01-24T13:49:33.464-06:00Solid. Love always trumps law. Perfect Love over...Solid. Love always trumps law. Perfect Love overcomes fear, so if I am afraid to speak up for God's law of love I need to find, or cultivate or allow that Perfect Love to take over my heart. Not doing so is complicity with the evil against which I should be speaking. (Mixing a couple of homilies together)<br /><br />On a funny note, as I read through this I missed the "r" in "even with my tendency to imprudence"...so I initially read it as impudence. That works, too, right? :-)Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-28365691157940798162013-01-24T10:39:05.129-06:002013-01-24T10:39:05.129-06:00Amen. I guess one could argue that becoming so swe...Amen. I guess one could argue that becoming so swept up in the law of man, it can become a kind of idolatry of sorts. And, I suppose remaining silent in the face of injustice is a kind of infidelity to God. But, I like what and the way you express how man-made law reflecting God’s law can be a kind of proper justice here on earth. Kevin Keelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539300154607360662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-20216757653270306412013-01-24T08:42:09.627-06:002013-01-24T08:42:09.627-06:00I believe that any organized effort on the part of...I believe that any organized effort on the part of the Church to refuse to comply will be doomed before it gets started because the very vast majority of all of the institutions affected by the HHS mandate are run by LCWR congregations of Sisters or the Jesuits, and both of these entities have already demonstrated (over and over again) that they do not and will not stand with the Church. SorrypriestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com