Funny, Christopher (“Editor” or “Admin”, as alternatives )

Although, not to be picky, but Catholics now receive the Cup at Communion.

The Catholic Church is …”B) A reactionary institution that would subvert the world to its power-mad designs.”

People, people what did we discuss about memoing me with important updates? Now I have to get my power suit back from the cleaners and I know dang well it won’t be ready.

Minions just never listen.

But the three Glenmorangie were an excellent option!

“Ideally, Anglican sermons should:

(A) Be no longer than ten minutes.

(B) Deal with subjects that interest you.

(C) Be optional.”

Zing! The Lutherans (of the ELCA flavor) are hurtling along right behind their liberal Episcopal sistern/brethern/othern, but the ELCA answer would be (D) All of the Above.

Thanks for a good laugh and a great site (both the former and this newer format).

Errr, but only the 18 year old Glenmorangie was over the age of consent.

Chris, way off topic but, are you the “Christopher Johnson” whose name I saw on a Post-Dispatch comment thread lamenting the Rams latest debacle?

FW Ken:

Yeah, but they make YOU hold it! None of this “help us tilt it, but we’ll take it back if you take two swallows” malarkey…

Paula – updates? What updates? That’s been the plan all along for the past two thousand years!

Maybe everyone else has already heard this one, but I just received some spam, er, my copy of “An Organist’s Dictionary,” which includes the following entry:

Churches Together
A body which vainly tries to get Baptists and Catholics to talk to each other, to get the Free Presbyterians to talk to anyone, and to get Anglicans to talk to other Anglicans.

ROFL!!! Your comic genius is vastly underappreciated!

Fuinseoig. Are you sure? Cause I did find some scribbles about pillaging that I took at the last Vatican Seminar and I have the email on the Lutheran Cookbook fundraiser. But nothing about subversion.

Oh wait, I goofed and put it as # 65 on the list. I’ll bump it to the top. I have no idea why “give birth to 16 babies by next week is number #`1″ Hubby is such a kidder.

The short version: Do you wear lederhosen and have an oven mitt on your head?

a. Yes b. No.

I dunno. Some of the “B” options were pretty viable candidates too.

Speaking of organists, here’s a comment I saw at StandFirm re the Catholic Church:
” have no experience with Orthodox Churches, so I can’t say. But I do
“moonlight” as an organist in local RCCs on Saturday evenings sometimes.
They are not exempt from the same problems that exist in the Anglican
Communion. I’ve heard sermons in the RCC that “Jesus really didn’t raise
from the dead – its just a parable”, that “Jesus didn’t really say that -
St. Matthew just made that up”, etc. This is not all Roman Catholic priests
and bishops any more than all priests & bishops in the Anglican Communion
don’t believe the gospel. But for those in TEC who are concerned about
orthodoxy, the RCC is not a safe haven in all cases. It depends upon the
parish and who the priest happens to be, who is Bishop is, etc.”

This was on the thread about RC Bishop Soto’s ‘standing firm’ talk at the GBLT Catholic org.

Looks like liberal unbelief, infection, subversion and power politicking goes on under the radar in the RC, along with homosexuality in priesthood (and other religious, monks and nuns?)

Church is supposed to be a safe nurturing welcoming place, along with the Family and the Womb…but evil one has made it dangerous and distorted our inclinations and definitions of Love, Truth and Life…only reunion with Him who IS The Way (of Love), The Truth and The Life can make them safe places again.

sorry for the formatting – I couldn’t see the quote wouldn’t ‘wrap’.

So, meanwhile, back at the ranch, Chris (or “Editor” or “Admin” etc…) when do we get to add cute little avaters in those blank person blocks up above? Eh? When?

Joe,

Yup.

TLM,

As soon as I figure out how to do it, I’ll let you know.

Floridian, the best places to look for heretical teachings in the Catholic Church is not the Parish pulpits. I mean at some point these clowns might actually come to the attention of their Bishop and get a shepherds crook upside the head.

No if you want to engage in the sport of
“spot the heretic” a fave amongst us Catholics by the way. You must check out some of the religious orders. And it should come as no surprise the orders of les dames are the most obvious. You think the whole blathering about feminist spiritually only infected Protestant churches? Au contraire, why we have moon bats and birkenstock klatches which would have KJS and SR and LK drooling with envy.

What to do about these deluded ladies is a puzzle. Unfortunately the idea of Vatican shock troops has been vetoed. Though the image of sturdy Militia Immaculataes lobbing grenades into the
“exploring the feminine divine through Sumerian dance” session does warm the chilled toes of this gal.

So yes we Catholics know about these bad priests. How could we not. Even without the constant reminders, we can after all read. But we do not trust in princes temporal or otherwise. We trust in Christ’s promise. We also trust that slowly but surely such insults to the Body of Christ (priests who preach heresy, etc. religious orders who disgrace the name Catholic ) will be dealt with.

We just don’t make a bowl of popcorn to eat while we watch, knowing the kernels will be distant memories by the time it happens. But it is on God’s time table not mine. Yet even so I do trust Him to give our Bishops and Pope the grace to get the job done. We also know that no matter what such men and women blather. It does not change the teachings of the Church. There will never be a vote that says “Jesus was a good man and a very insightful teacher who can show us one of the many ways to the Divine”.

The wind will blow away the chaff, I just want to be sure I am standing with the wheat when that happens.

Is the reason you aren’t posting on political events in your area due to fear of arrest by the chief of the Sturmabteilung in St. Louis County?

It is a good thing then, that the Good Shepherd knows His sheep, even though we are not all of one fold, as He told us.

Sodbuster,

No. I just haven’t particularly wanted to. All that’s eventually going bite McCullough in the ass. I thought he had more class than that.

Bless you, Paula, You are way cool…and way honest!

I’ll never forget your term ‘p–s poor catechism’ for the Christian education quality in local Catholic churches.

Too bad we Christians, our churches and leaders aren’t as good in practice on the ground as on paper…or on earth as it is in heaven.

That’s cause it requires crucifixion and sacrifice and it hurts to go against the grain, the flesh, the world and sometimes the devil.

Dying daily, crucifying the flesh is an excrutiatingly tough and costly assignment!

Bishop Iker has just posted (on SFIF and Virtue) 10 reasons for orthodox to realign.

NOW.

Paula, obviously some pages were left out of your folder at the Induction Seminar and Mass Brainwashing before you were fitted with the Vatican Mind-Control Chip.

Tsk! Extra mortifications for that acoylte, I tell you!

What Paula said… although I would include the RCIA process in the heresy-making frency. Those programs are too often run by those renegade nuns – or, as we say, bitter ex-nuns with dowdy clothes and bad hairdos. Not always “ex” nuns, of course.

I must say I have never heard blatant heresy from the pulpit, at least in the sermon, and I know, for a fact, that one of my pastors held heretical opinions he would discuss in private. As Paula noted, if they get too far out there, they risk a whack from a crozier. However, with parish boundaries generally not enforced, it’s easier to find a more amenable congregation than complain to the bishop, so perhaps this has freed heretic priests up to be more blatant.

Bless you too, Floridian. I praise God for people who are unashamed to preach Christ crucified. No matter what church they attend. And Bps such as Duncan and Iker are a gift to the whole Christian community not just to Anglicans.

It is a hard Truth that God’s voice will not be silenced. No matter how many votes or how much influence revisionists have. He will still triumph over our human vanities.

Send these in for Garrison Keillor to use on his next joke show.

Saint, how did you get an avatar into your comment?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Paula and Fuinsoig: “Updates? What Updates?”
Lambeth Palace will be posting them shortly.

Keillor would want to know what was so funny about answering C.

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3 Testing my avatar.

Yaaaayyy!!