tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post2075965846912636972..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: Kasper, heroism, and obligationsLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-81218245065738401282014-05-12T00:20:08.067+01:002014-05-12T00:20:08.067+01:00The Cardinal is encouraging mortal sin on a mass s...The Cardinal is encouraging mortal sin on a mass scale, amongst other things. He is committing an objectively evil act. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-25086905157870777332014-05-11T22:28:58.787+01:002014-05-11T22:28:58.787+01:00The way of salvation is hard and narrow and there ...The way of salvation is hard and narrow and there are few that find it. Kasper seems to want to make it broad and easy by redefining sin out of existence.Deacon Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549825303646357455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-12807101665260685012014-05-10T22:24:03.855+01:002014-05-10T22:24:03.855+01:00Absolutely!
And what is more, the man whom Jesus ...Absolutely!<br /><br />And what is more, the man whom Jesus marvelled at and declared to have the greatest Faith of anyone in Israel He had come across, was a foreigner, a professional soldier, a man of arms. <br /><br />Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-65539859474440185192014-05-10T17:17:49.672+01:002014-05-10T17:17:49.672+01:00It is what one of the heroes of the Old Testament ...It is what one of the heroes of the Old Testament did - read 1Mach 6:46.<br /><br />You'll find no support for pacifism in the Bible. Jesus did not condemn soldiers - he just told them to be content with their pay: Luke 3:14.Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-71558387271537072212014-05-10T09:37:55.847+01:002014-05-10T09:37:55.847+01:00All good reasoning but the only section of your po...All good reasoning but the only section of your post that slightly jarred is the bit about not running away from battle ('refusing to sacrifice our platoon'). Is killing people in any battle, or ordering others to attack and kill people, even, say, in defence of our 'homeland' really something that a Christian should do? <br /><br />Can you imagine Christ telling his Apostles to fight and kill an enemy and not break ranks? <br /><br />When the roman soldiers came with Judas to arrest Jesus it was Peter who tried to act like a soldier in a platoon but Jesus immediately contradicted him, stopped him, healed the wound Peter had caused and certainly did not order the Apostles to 'hold the line' - he didn't order them to stay put at all. They didn't know what else to do so they fled. <br /><br />I'm just having trouble justifying being part of a 'platoon' in the first place. Platoons seem to me fundamentally wrong: if it is impossible to imagine Christ or His Apostles being part of any physical battle then surely we too must not ever become embroiled in any military conflict no matter how just?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024494009103406722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-51626586402696593522014-05-09T17:47:37.852+01:002014-05-09T17:47:37.852+01:00Our Lord was referring to moral substitutes when r...Our Lord was referring to moral substitutes when referring to "burdens." The modern equivalents are "tolerance", "equality" etc.: the Church's laws don't even approach what Our Lord had in mind when he condemned the scribes.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537123281964278798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-31787152522972557062014-05-09T17:35:44.818+01:002014-05-09T17:35:44.818+01:00"Those who like to pronounce self-styled &quo..."Those who like to pronounce self-styled "infallible" anathemas might be reminded of the words of Jesus: 'Woe to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them.""<br /><br />Not seeing any lawyers giving any burdens here. Perhaps you should read your Bible more:<br /><br />"you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth." (1 Tim 3:15)<br /><br />"And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Mt 16:18-19)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167443887449854135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-74028107057213616292014-05-09T17:35:33.557+01:002014-05-09T17:35:33.557+01:00Whenever I hear dissidents question the viability ...Whenever I hear dissidents question the viability of adherence to the moral life, the overwhelming impression I receive is that they are, in fact, denying the economy of grace: in fact, the Gospel itself.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537123281964278798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-40258689133349696952014-05-09T16:27:07.568+01:002014-05-09T16:27:07.568+01:00"You don't have to be strong, you don'..."You don't have to be strong, you don't have to be full of worldly wisdom, you just have to be open to grace." That's the most spiritually encouraging thing I've read for years.AndrewWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196842185913965725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-13218192795197048192014-05-09T13:06:38.140+01:002014-05-09T13:06:38.140+01:00Those who like to pronounce self-styled "infa...Those who like to pronounce self-styled "infallible" anathemas might be reminded of the words of Jesus: 'Woe to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them."Savonarolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547523172291007631noreply@blogger.com