David Ancell / Thursday, January 08, 2004 / Comments(0)
After the good news that I reported earler, I found this outrage. It appears that a pro-homosexual group is suing a Spanish cardinal over his homily about homosexuality. It didn’t even sound like it was a bit harsh in tone. Meanwhile, the country has a very low birth rate.
Of course, we must congratulate the Cardinal for daring to preach on the subject.
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David Ancell / Thursday, January 08, 2004 / Comments(0)
Any orthodox Catholic would expect a bishop to be teaching his people the teaching of the Church. It is only fit that we congratulate Bishop Olmsted, the new Bishop of Phoenix, on his teaching by example. His teaching by example speaks volumes more than any “pastoral letter” ever would.
Bishop Olmsted spent Christmas Eve praying outside a Planned Parenthood abortion mill. He did not try to make a show of himself. He was just there. The article that is linked to here makes it seem that his presence resulted in increased presence at the event.
Some may liken this to suggesting the bishop should be serving at the soup kitchen. I’ve seen the Book of Acts quoted against this because it says “It is not right for us to neglect preaching the Word to wait on tables.” At one time, I would have agreed, and I still would agree if a bishop has busied himself with “social action” to the point that he was neglecting his duty to preach the word. However, a bishop can use acts like this to preach.
Do you remember the last “pastoral letter” your bishop wrote? Did you even bother to read it? I don’t even know if my bishop has written any letters lately. I’m not against the practice, but we do live in a time where bishops are perceived as aloof and out-of-touch. Pastoral letters rarely get much media attention (unless they are highly controversial), so they are ineffective at spreading the Gospel beyond those who take the time to read them. For a bishop to be an effective leader of his people, he must take the time to be among them.
This bishop took a clear stance. If he chooses to write a pastoral letter about pro-life issues, he is going to get people’s attention. His actions have shown that he is going to give the issues more than just lip service. His actions do a lot to encourage his priests to follow suit because they know that their bishop will back them up when some angry parishoner vents his/her anger. Let us congratulate Bishop Olmsted.
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David Ancell / Wednesday, January 07, 2004 / Comments(0)
This is my 801st post to this blog. I just saw the count on my Moveable Type interface. Of course, some were written with that dreaded Blogger.
Anyway, I am at my parents’ house for the moment. I decided to come home to have some dental work done. There is a dentist here whom I know I can trust. I’d refer anyone in town to him.
My dad has a new Cambridge Soundworks radio/CD player. It sounds awesome. It’s as good, if not better, than the Bose Wave radio, and it’s cheaper. I think I need one of those. Then again, I am going to have to have my wisdom teeth pulled soon. That’s not going to be cheap.
Oh well, I also just learned this week that I will be changing shifts. I will be working a regular day job in just over two weeks. I am so glad for this.
Life is really busy. I’m still working on audio recordings for the RCIA program. I’m putting all the classes on CD. That will be done in a few months. While I am at it, I’m also preparing to rewrite the Frassati Society Web Page. I did the first one, and it’s quite ugly as you can see. I need to beautify it a lot. Unfortunately, I’m not much of a creative artist.
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David Ancell / Monday, January 05, 2004 / Comments(0)
What do you say if you hear a priest say this?
For greater fidelity to orthodox doctrine in the Catholic Church . . .
This morning at Mass, we said “Lord, hear our prayer.” The priest prayed this at Mass. Would that this be prayed at every Mass! Would that a bishop order his priests to pray this at every Mass (just imagine how the heterodox ones would react)!!
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David Ancell / Sunday, January 04, 2004 / Comments(0)
One thing that is really nice about the Advent and Christmas seasons is that the music is pretty standard. I cannot recall being anywhere where anything other than the Christmas carols were being used during Christmas. Few would dare to play cheezy “liturgical” music at a time like this.
Ditto for Marian feasts. This is probably because the real flakes disdain devotion to Mary for some reason (all the while claiming to be pro-woman). You can count on Immaculate Mary or Hail Holy Queen being used most of the time.
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David Ancell / Friday, January 02, 2004 / Comments(0)
Maybe I just like anything that slams modern “hymns,” but this article says a lot about the quality of our modern hymns. Shouldn’t we be singing praise to the Lord instead of to the congregation? After all, the congregation can’t save you.
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