tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post1313913332118049287..comments2023-12-22T05:55:54.376-08:00Comments on VOCAL : Voice of Catholics Advocating Life: "Dancing with the Devil?" aka Situational Ethics for Sin in the Archdiocese of Portland?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-58018741874325197222011-04-19T19:10:34.029-07:002011-04-19T19:10:34.029-07:00Cathy,
That is so wonderful to have the Church in...Cathy,<br /><br />That is so wonderful to have the Church in all it's glory to experience. It's a shame that it seems to be taken for granted by those it should mean the most to.<br /><br />I believe that the Lord hears our prayers and allows "the weeds to grow with the wheat." Those who are entrusted with the souls of His people are in for a shock. <br /><br />God Bless you VOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-7632543516411921132011-04-19T19:02:08.712-07:002011-04-19T19:02:08.712-07:00My dear warrior in this battle, God bless and pro...My dear warrior in this battle, God bless and protect you!<br /> <br />I just spent a month in the Mediterranean and had a Papal Audience, dinner in the Vatican and a private tour of the Sistine Chapel. I was brought to tears at the history and beauty of my church. I can only pray that the prayers and tears of HIS people will affect the change needed to bring honor and Glory to God again.Cathyhttp://www.vocalnews.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-25530794672973696142011-04-19T19:00:02.504-07:002011-04-19T19:00:02.504-07:00Jerry,
Sorry about this tardy reply. I believe t...Jerry,<br /><br />Sorry about this tardy reply. I believe that you are speaking your mind in all earnestness. So was I. If you read carefully he said that: Here in the archdiocese, for example, member agencies of Catholic Charities refrain from participating in fund raising efforts that benefit agencies like Planned Parenthood, which actually does provide abortions. On the other hand, when VOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-57451974251767027582011-04-19T18:56:30.858-07:002011-04-19T18:56:30.858-07:00Carolyn, I read the article by the Archbishop very...Carolyn, I read the article by the Archbishop very carefully, i.e. the article about cooperation with eveil, and am sure that you misunderstood the Archbishop. Really, I did not like the image he was using, dancing with the devil, but the Archbishop was merely reiterating traditional Catholic moral teaching regarding the distiction between material and moral cooperation. He was stating, among Gerald McAfeehttp://www.vocalnews.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-26096239148758146902011-04-16T20:20:06.289-07:002011-04-16T20:20:06.289-07:00Thank you Carolyn for this. I read it in the Cath...Thank you Carolyn for this. I read it in the Catholic Sentinel when I got a free copy at our church. (They have been giving out free copies at a number of parishes over the last several months. Who is paying for those copies? And why?) When I first read his article I had the thought that his use of the term "on the other hand" was the beginning of a loophole. Strange, I had the Peterhttp://www.vocalnews.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-51174285570809584702011-04-01T21:27:50.438-07:002011-04-01T21:27:50.438-07:00It seems Dennis Keenan is retiring. We need to tak...It seems Dennis Keenan is retiring. We need to take a close look at the works of Catholic Charities anyhow. There seems to be an unequal emphasis on not treating everyone the same. And using government grant monies to grow.VOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-78183803405127782272011-04-01T19:07:04.991-07:002011-04-01T19:07:04.991-07:00It's like the frog boiling in the water and no...It's like the frog boiling in the water and not knowing it.VOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-66795503935572651442011-04-01T19:06:25.569-07:002011-04-01T19:06:25.569-07:00Sounds like mumbo jumbo to me.
Where is the stan...Sounds like mumbo jumbo to me.<br /> <br />Where is the stance on evil and staying away from it?<br /> <br />Okay, so it is ok to give because it is 'remote'?<br /> <br />So dollars are left available for abortion. All one has to do is to LISTEN to people who understand the system, and LEARN.<br /> <br />I feel so bad for naivete.<br /> <br />The Portland Shepherd will know the truth oneMaryhttp://www.vocalnews.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-34777943476181892312011-04-01T17:56:47.104-07:002011-04-01T17:56:47.104-07:00Those in charge of the Archdiocese and our associa...Those in charge of the Archdiocese and our associations with questionable groups should ponder the parable of Our Lord on "Lazarus and the Rich Man." Luke 16:19-31<br /><br />Richard Crashaw wrote a metaphysical stanza for his Steps to the Temple in 1646 entitled, "Upon Lazarus His Tears":<br /><br />Rich Lazarus! richer in those gems, thy tears,<br />Than Dives in the robes VOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-20024123491064651152011-04-01T17:40:14.947-07:002011-04-01T17:40:14.947-07:00Carolyn:
I had a silly vision in my mind whe...Carolyn:<br /> I had a silly vision in my mind where the Lord and the Archbishop were up on the mountain when the Devil asked them if they would jump promising that he would save them if they only would adore him. I did notice that the Archbishop found it necessary to wear a parachute. Hmmmmmm? Weakness is not pretty.<br /> <br /> RogerRogerhttp://www.vocalnews.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-80289486498367431312011-04-01T17:25:40.152-07:002011-04-01T17:25:40.152-07:00I wonder if Dennis Keenan leaving his decades old ...I wonder if Dennis Keenan leaving his decades old job as Director of Catholic Charities of the has anything to do with compromises made, or or just moving up the Archdpdx food chain.VOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-63646136852174096782011-04-01T15:59:32.090-07:002011-04-01T15:59:32.090-07:00Catholic Charities partnering at the new multi-mil...Catholic Charities partnering at the new multi-million dollar Portland "Catholic Charities" building was set up to hold groups pleasing to Bill Gates for the hundreds of millions of dollars that he donated for this.<br /><br />Catholics need to please Jesus Christ not Bill Gates types. It is "dancing with the devil" having non-Catholic groups not in control of the Teachings ofVOCALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570575634624933613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350971567844315435.post-62865143114037107292011-04-01T15:37:35.458-07:002011-04-01T15:37:35.458-07:00Good afternoon, Carolyn,
Thank you, Agreed.
...Good afternoon, Carolyn,<br /> Thank you, Agreed. <br /> When I read this, I was concerned about the ethics that was demonstrated by this article. <br /> God bless.K. A.http://www.vocalnews.orgnoreply@blogger.com