tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post54959463659833465..comments2024-03-11T09:39:22.914+00:00Comments on Ex Umbris Et Imaginibus: Time To Say NO!Father Directorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910574198138234820noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-85726427732260344112012-04-12T19:53:33.805+01:002012-04-12T19:53:33.805+01:00At present I am reading Familiaris Consortio (Pope...At present I am reading Familiaris Consortio (Pope John Paul 11) and one very important point struck me It reads as follows "However, those in Society who are in charge of schools must never forget that parents have been appointed by God, Himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable." God is the one with the highest authority he is the author of all life and it is God who has given this authority to parents as to how to educate their children. Where is God is all of these debates and arguments???? Has anyone asked his help????Saint Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845333452833484634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-63521621218579505572012-04-12T19:02:51.737+01:002012-04-12T19:02:51.737+01:00Thanks to all the (mainly) women who stood for jus...Thanks to all the (mainly) women who stood for justice outside the Dail today to protest against Clare Daly's (with support of other TDs) introducing a Bill to the Dail that would make lawful in Ireland the killing of defenceless children in their mother's wombs.Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-32058672019635594072012-04-12T16:34:29.155+01:002012-04-12T16:34:29.155+01:00Our response should be "Over my dead body!&qu...Our response should be "Over my dead body!"Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15644555994442358033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-9026152317024162142012-04-11T22:52:29.557+01:002012-04-11T22:52:29.557+01:00And Blessed Bartolo Longo was converted, so there ...And Blessed Bartolo Longo was converted, so there is hope. We must couple action with prayer. As St Ignatius said: Pray as if everything depends on God and act as if everything depends on you.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-8952463986916040502012-04-11T19:36:54.499+01:002012-04-11T19:36:54.499+01:00A leaflet should be sent to every parish in Irelan...A leaflet should be sent to every parish in Ireland warning parishioners of what is going on here. These people are hell bent on taking Catholic Ed. from Catholic schools. It should be vigorously resisted. Why on earth would a Catholic school display another religion's symbols? I read today in The Little Way magazine about Bartolo Longo who was hell bent on ridding Italy of its Christian symbols and way. You know sometimes I wonder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221322305605238111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-66361471759085863522012-04-11T13:45:42.587+01:002012-04-11T13:45:42.587+01:00Amongst other things, priests and Bishops in Irela...Amongst other things, priests and Bishops in Ireland need to preach and teach the faith and morals to their flocks. This includes teaching about the moral nature of the family, the duty and authority of parents to educate their children in accordance with a moral philosophy that accords with both faith and reason. People need to be taught that it is gravely wrong to give up the education of one's children to the State or any other entity whose moral philosophy conflicts with fundamental and objective moral truths and with the Faith. Of course, the vast majority of Bishops and priests have failed egregiously in this duty for over 40 years (many having come out of bad seminaries such as Maynooth whose moral philosophy has been subverted since the sixties). As the above comment suggests, we have the Bishops and priests to blame for the ignorance, passiveness and abject failure of many parents in respect of their sacred and inalienable (and constitutional) duty to educate their children, morally, intellectually, physically, socially and spiritually. If I had been dependent on preaching and teaching of faith and morals from the pulpit (and I am in my forties and attend Mass several times per week) I would know next to nothing about either faith or morals, and in fact, be in serious error in respect of both, as is the case with probably a majority of baptised Catholics in Ireland. As in so many matters, it is the silence of many that has allowed the erroneous philosophy of the dissidents to prevail in the Church in Ireland.Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496103327369055047.post-85935721375601810072012-04-11T09:51:59.686+01:002012-04-11T09:51:59.686+01:00Father, while I agree with what you say, the hiera...Father, while I agree with what you say, the hierarchy and Catholics are so divided and complacent they will not stand up to the government. The bishops will run and hide, as has become their modus operandi the last few years, and the ordinary Catholics in the pew will do nothing - after all those very Catholics voted in Enda Kenny, Eamonn Gilmore and Ruari Quinn. They have no sense of their faith being under attack, and will just plod along. For those that are traditionally Fine Gael or Labour, they will still vote for those parties regardless of what they do - oppression of Catholicism won't change their minds. In fact, they just won't see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com