Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The only message that Pope Leo XIV should be proclaiming is this: Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.
I don’t understand how the potentiallytroubling phrase “truly human proposal” fits with “setting off prophetic changes”
The first phrase smacks of relying on man’s wisdom whereas anything prophetic must have God’s wisdom as it’s center.
“today we urgently need to think through our Faith, in order to articulate in the cultural context and challenges of today. Also to counter the risk of cultural emptiness…”
This is the Modernist proposal.
“Because in the modernist mentality, the Church’s moral and dogmatic teachings will evolve in response to the prevailing consciousness of the culture—so what is forbidden today will be allowed at some time in the future. For the modernists, there are no immutable dogmas, or unchangeable moral precepts. This is why the modernists play the proverbial “long game,” biding their time, encouraging small changes, little by little: No widespread support for the acceptance of sodomy today? That’s okay; for now, we’ll just allow blessings of same-sex couples. The Church hierarchy is not yet ready to reverse its ban on married couples using contraception? Over time it will, given the silence of the bishops on this teaching, and the critical mass of the faithful who have, in practice, abandoned the teaching. Priestly ordination of women is not possible today? Fine, we’ll begin by allowing girls to serve at the altar, then push for ordaining women to the diaconate. The modernists know that most bishops will sit on the sidelines as silent spectators as these changes slowly take place, especially when they see what has happened to their brothers in the episcopate who have been disciplined.”
Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church
Any doubt is erased.
Leo is a Modernist, a heretic. Read his entire word salad again. Picture a man, as pope!, who wants a redo of the entire Deposit of Faith to fit the “times”, with “holy fervor”!
Any who object will be disciplined for being “uncooperative” or “troublemakers.”
Very dark times ahead.
Did he go to the same school as Kamala?
He sounds like his speeches are being written by ChatGPT.
Again, no mention of salvation.
Holiness, you have two jobs, neither of which gets any public attention from you and your hireling bishops: 1- Defend the Faith, and 2- Save souls.
Praying daily for his conversion of heart, to Mary, Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of all Graces, and to the Holy Spirit.
“In particular the faculty of theology is called to reflect on the Deposit of Faith, and to bring forth its beauty and credibility in the various contemporary contexts, so that it may appear as a fully human proposal, capable of transforming the lives of individuals and society, of setting off prophetic changes in relation to the dramas and poverty of our time, and of encouraging the search for God.”
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Sr. Margaret would’ve given me a failing grade in both grammar and religion if I were ever to submit such a nonsensical steaming pile of gibberish!
I think the “emptiness” the Vatican needs to be worrying about isn’t cultural.
CAG,
Your reverence for traditional vocabulary is concerning….
John Paul II’s prose was dense and required effort to unpack. Benedict XVI’s delivered a great deal with economy, precision and ease. Francis’ was often so ambiguous or contradictory that it was pointless to try to unpack it. And Leo’s reads like it was put together by a committee of writers who don’t talk to each other but are paid by the word.
Frank might be onto something— this reads like something spat out by ChatGPT.
CAG, for a real headache just try diagramming that sentence. I double-dog dare you. The end result will look like a bowl of spaghetti.
But even when he says so little, it is still wrong. Man does not need to search for God – God has already come to him and continues to beckon him. The Deposit of Faith is a fully Divine proposal, not a fully human one. The faculty should be focused on making the Divine more known – not trying to make it more human.
In all fairness, the cultural war against the Faith is very real. It’s evasive and insidious. If you are in the position of raising children who are between the ages of 6-18years old, you will understand how evasive and insidious it is. In the 70‘s is was pretty obvious what was immoral. It isn’t so clear now. What’s presented as good can sometimes have a dark side to it.
You can only protect your children by
1. Locking your kids up away from any form of media
or
2. Constantly talking to them with the idea of being vigilante. There is no rest for the wicked.
So I don’t read it as a word salad. It makes sense.
It doesn’t make sense if you aren’t in the frontline of fighting these cultural wars.
I just hope Pope Leo is going to offer practical solutions to it. He does not have anyone around him that can ensure this. I’m not sure at this point any Pope is equipped for it but the reassurance is Christs promise that “the gates of hell will not prevail”.
Take it easy on him. He inherited a mess and an organisation of bishops who are utterly useless.
Hey, PL XIV, here’s an idea: The 4 Gospels and the New Testament. “Think through that.”
I rarely red arrow comments I disagree with. It’s cowardice. unless they are personal attacks – to me or others. And those usually come from certain typical commentators. And even then I would rather not be a coward, and prefer to comment back.
I love our Pope. I’m sorry it offends you.
Ezabelle,
I loved him too.
You’re good company Mary ❤️
Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you…
Ezabelle.
I’m a sophomore in the school of love.
A co-worker had her major “gender” sexual organ surgery on Thursday. This person nearly had me fired from my job 6 or so months ago.
The patience and compassion shown for her wasn’t mine to give but Jesus’s to give. Loving your enemies isn’t natural, and loving those that hate you is all God, not us.
Our priest said it well;
“Love them because they too are loved by the very same God that loves you. Love them in that light.”
God wishes us to share that love.
On Tuesday she accepted a Miraculous Medal with explanation card and necklace.
She and I had a heart to heart talk. I truly believe that Our Lady guided my words. She, the co-worker, was at the very least accepting of my true concern for her wellbeing. She got it. She understands my concern for her salvation.
Her words were; “Jesus knows me and my decision and I’m comfortable with my choices.”
So very sad….
She has lost 180 lbs since she started removing body parts. Breasts and fatty tissues. Prior to her decisions she was deeply depressed, excessively obese and entertained suicidal thoughts throughout her life.
I told her to please seek me out if those suicidal thoughts persists so that together we could help her find a competent doctor.
Please pray for her.
Ezabelle: I highly respect your commentary here, so I upvoted your comment to wipe out the negative. But I still disagree that the quoted statement makes sense, unless the Faith is a sociological construct. It isn’t, of course, although that is precisely the Modernist project, as David WS noted. The job of the Church is to save souls, not to make the world perfect. We can’t say that too often or too loudly, I believe.
More detail: Calling Christ and His teaching a “fully human proposal” is not in accord with the centuries of teaching prior to 1965. If the hierarchy still taught true Christian morality, which most of them do not, your job and the job of my brother and sister in law in raising five kids (the youngest is now 22, so they came through all the modern challenges) would have been made easier, rather than being made extremely difficult by the abandonment of traditional moral teaching by most of the institutional Church. Certainly a real Christian (i.e., Catholic) approach would be capable of transforming lives and doing great good for many. But that has always been the wondrous byproduct of a focus on what it takes to get to Heaven, not a focus on liberation theology and the mantra of “social justice” with which we are bludgeoned daily from Rome and the USCCB.
God bless you and your family.
P.S.: I like Pope Leo too, on as personal a level as is possible with someone I’ve never actually met. He is a welcome change from his, er, difficult predecessor, and I would love to have him over for dinner and a White Sox baseball game on TV. But he’s a committed Modernist, with all that entails, so I pray daily for his conversion of heart.
If two people can read the same statement and come away with completely different meanings, the statement is meaningless. Human nature being what it is, people tend to see/read/hear what they want to or are expecting to. That’s how platitudes work.
If a trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for the battle?
~ Paul
I hope someone in the Vatican “reflected” upon the Deposit of Faith with the two homosexuals that met our pontiff a week ago. That the reflection centered upon Salvation, the Ten Commandments, Jesus’s two commandments and the absolute inability of the church to recognize so-called same-sex marriage and bless such a union.
I won’t hold my breath, but I can still hope.
Naivete is one of my character flaws.
“That’s how platitudes work.”
What’s your point. Is Imposing your wisdom about human nature your speciality now…*scratching head*
“What’s your point.” (followed by some condescending BS)
My point is that two intelligent contributors to this blog read the exact same statement made by someone who could justifiably be called the most important teacher on the planet and arrived at diametrically opposed conclusions as to what the statement means. That (IMO!!!!) makes the statement useless. Go read that verse from 1 Corinthians again if you’re still not getting it. Teachers need to be clear in order to teach effectively … Unless teaching isn’t the goal.
Platitudes are not something so obscure as to require specialized training to understand.
I have said it before and I’ll say it again, I do not want to engage with you or your “opinions”.
I do not respect your commentary.
I hope it’s clear now incase it wasn’t before.
Play nicely folks. We debate ideas here, not personalities. I am locking down this thread.