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By: Nokia

Nokia — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:03:28 +0000

Greetings everyone! And thanks for keeping the conversation here alive. Hoping Fr. Wauck comes back soon.

By: sandra

sandra — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:08:11 +0000

Just watching Canale 5 Father Wauck is a guest……….. talking about Angels and Demons Dan Brown still keeping him busy it seems

By: sandra

sandra — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:24:13 +0000

Hi All..
Just to let you know……… Father Wauck is “alive and kicking” ….
I saw him on CNN this afternoon… Interview about…tar ra……….YES!! Angels and Demons

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:50:25 +0000

Happy Easter every one…………..

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:38:27 +0000

I wonder if Obama will be attending Mass too. What if they let him have the eucharist?

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:39:28 +0000

From the Pope’s African visit..

>> He also criticized what he called the “irony of those who promote abortion as a form of ‘maternal’ health care.” ****The pope was referring to an African Union agreement signed by Angola and 44 other countries that abortion should be legal in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s life.****

“How disconcerting the claim that the termination of life is a matter of reproductive health,” Benedict said.

Lombardi, who is traveling with the pope, told journalists Saturday that Benedict in that speech was referring to abortion when used as a means of “population control.”

Well,I suppose Pope Benedikt needs an *interpreter* for his speeches/remarks now-a-days…
If that is what the Pope ment…then why did he not… say just that???
Confusing to say the least,seems that what Pope Benedikt says and what he means are in Lombardi’s view two different *truths*..

The reasons given by ‘pro abortion’ league;-
Fetal abnormality.Shockingly, the types of disabilities included by pro-abortionists in the list of purportedly “good reasons” for an abortion range from the truly severe to relatively minor; the list of the latter grows lengthier every year. Abortion is becoming a search-and-destroy method for eliminating less-than-”perfect” people.
Pregnancies that result from rape and/or incest, real violence has been done to women…But while society is finally recognizing that rape is an act of violence against an innocent victim, it still fails to recognize that abortion is also an act of violence against another innocent victim.
Two valid reasons NOT to abort…….
I miss though,the “danger to the mother’s life” part..
A reason for abortion.The vatican has recently agreed on refudiating the excommunication of the brazilian girl’s mother and doctors.(9year old Brazilian girl’s case)……..As the abortion was carried out to save the girl’s life..

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:33:14 +0000

Notre Dame disgrace. Unbeliveable.

By: sandra

sandra — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:44:56 +0000

Something on a more lighter side…. I thought this quite funny,in a *krank* sort of way…
http://argoul.blog.lemonde.fr/files/neanderthal_humour.jpg

By: sandra

sandra — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:43:50 +0000

Sent!!!!!

By: sandra

sandra — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:24:10 +0000

Evening Helen,
I sent you a mail about a week ago…
I’ll send it again ok.
What is going on in Denmark?? we are going there (Fan??) for Easter if all goes well….

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:14:21 +0000

Sandra, I did not get any mail from you on that topic. Just what you mentioned here.
And, Sandra we can and should expect bishops to be shephards. We can and should expect them to stand by moral conviction. My point is, there is something rotten in denmark now. They are in open willfill and public sin now in great numbers!

By: sandra

sandra — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:54:26 +0000

Sorry Helen I thought you had understood my mail about the Serono Pharmaceutical Company ..
Well,my point in this matter is……… If the Vatican condemmned the use of the Contraceptive,while at the same time (with a conciderable profit),producing the product… this smacks of course of *hypocracy*..
Instead of discontinuing the production the Vat.Bank made even more money by selling it’s shares in the company..
The Article about the *cleaning up* activities in Cameroon is just another such example of *irrationality*.
Perhaps the Vatican has no knowledge of the plight of the poor “stall/shop holders” who have lost their,albeit meger,earnings in the process ????
It remains to be seen if the Pope comments on this…Or will it be a case of;- ‘akrasia’. video et taceo “I see and keep silent” ??
“vox clamantis in deserto” From Isaiah 40, and quoted by John the Baptist in the Gospels. Usually the “voice” is assumed to be shouting in vain,probably what it would ammount to any way.
Williamson “affair” is just another example of the *discord* among the Church hierachy…
I am of the opinion that while obeying the teachings of the Catholic Church one must retain a certain amount of healthy sceptisism in evaluating certain positions of some of the clergy,who after all are *just* human,and prone to errors of judgement… Of course we should expect guidance in Spirtiual matters,therefore, I am still of the opinion that the Holy Scripture is source of reliability… So we perhaps should *cross-reference* there..

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:35:24 +0000

No Sandra, I dont care about the translations of the Mass. I honestly dont care! The stallholders in Cammeroon is what I was talking about. The poor there ousted so to clean things up for the pope’s arrival.
And, again no comments about the CCCB giving money to support abortion under their so called relief arm.
There is NO point to having bishops or a pope as long as this continues to go on. Its a scandal of huge proportions and williamson and all the other stuff is not even worth talking about because its nothing compared to the evil being perpetrated now at the hands of Bishops and pope ignoring it all. As I said these other matters getting media attention are a set up to distract people from the crimes being committed.
You still did not explain Serno sandra. I find nothing on what you are saying.

By: sandra

sandra — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:57:56 +0000

Now Nr. 2

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/16/AR2009031602141.html
I imagine this is what you ment by “Cameroon”??

Nothing new I’m afraid,scwabling (arguing)amongst themselves as usual…
One may ask,if only we,as *lay Catholics*, must accept the teachings and decisions of the (preciding)Pope as being acording to God’s Will, and therefore in line with The Catholic Church as a whole..

The *hierachy* have their own *rules* it seems…
Ergo;- do the Bishops / Cardinals / Priests believe in the power of the *Holy Ghost* sent by God to assist /guide the Pope in his decisions?? Or, to be concrete,the infalibillity of those decisions??
It seems not!! On the other hand WE as lay persons are complelled to do so………..
One would expect that in such important matters eg. Vatican Councils, the Pope himself would pray for guidence (through the *Holy Spirit* ) to assist him in making the right choices,for the good of the Catholic Faithfull.
Having said this,I must add that I personally believe,that more important matters are at hand,which are in need of *carefull* concideration than the above mentioned in the link…
Further…..
When asked “Teacher,how should we pray (speak) to God” Christ gave *one* example (When you pray do so ‘in this fashion’) *Our Father…..*… He did not mention that it should only be prayed in Greek / Hebrew / Aramaish (or Latin)… but from the heart!!!!
As far as I know he did not even explicitly say it was to be prayed *out loud*

The reason (one of them) for the *new version*,is given as follows,- To express / translate the original Latin more exactly into the english …. My Question,WHY???
There have been many,more or less,minor errors in the course of *translations* from Aramaic to Greek,and then from Greek into Latin… not to mention from latin into english and so on….
Well I would think the most exact translation of the the Gospels would have been from the Greek,or Aramaic,posibly Hebrew (dialects incl.)many of which still exist.

Around the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, saying “Eli Eli lema sabachthani?” which is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” = (ŒóŒªŒµŒ? ŒóŒªŒµŒ? ŒªŒµŒºŒ± œÉŒ±Œ?Œ±œáŒ?Œ±Œ?ŒµŒ?)
Matthew 27:46

And at the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, “Eloi Eloi lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, for what have you forsaken me?”
Mark 15:34
This phrase, shouted by Jesus from the cross, is given to us in these two versions.
The Matthean version of the phrase is transliterated in Greek as Œ?ŒªŒµŒ? Œ?ŒªŒµŒ? ŒªŒµŒºŒ± œÉŒ±Œ?Œ±œáŒ?Œ±Œ?ŒµŒ?.
The Markan version is similar, but begins ŒµŒªœâŒ? ŒµŒªœâŒ? (el?çi rather than ƒìlei). Matthew is citing a probable Hebrew version, Mark a probable Aramaic version.

Neither changes the ‘meaning’ nor do they contradict each other,it seemas there has been no reason to think otherwise… so why the ‘uproar’ in this case? This I do not understand..
By the way,I was taught in the older *pre-Vat II* manner.. and still use that version,does this mean my response would be ignored by God?? I think not.
Sorry for the loooong comment, I hope you will be able to understand my point..

Must get the kitchen cleaned up….. (or there WILL be an “uproar”…

By: sandra

sandra — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:40:35 +0000

Helen,I’m afraid only one link will go through at a time
so this for starters…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061502252.html