Posted on 04/17/2005 3:52:49 PM PDT by NYer
"Cardinals Gather Ahead of Conclave to Elect Pope (NO Clear Favorite!) "
Ratz!
Argh, all I hear on the radio (no TV, thank the Lord) is "don't forget the women" and "the Church must address the women issues" -- GAG. I am a woman and I like the Catholic Church just as it is, thank you.
The Church is not a democracy. It's not media driven. It doesn't have to explain to everyone why certain things are certain ways. They just are. If you don't like it, move on to something you do like. What do you think Luther and Henry the 8th did? "Go and do likewise."
And ... it was only seven days. We know that Pentecost 50 days from the Passover, and that He spent three days in the Earth.
On top of that, the biblical record states that He spent 40 days with the Apostles before His ascension. That means that they spent 7 days (50 minus 43) praying at the most.
And there is a distinct difference between voting for a new leader (which totally requires man's doing), and praying for the Promise of the Father to appear. If it were the Holy Spirit, why does He have such a difficult time agreeing with Himself?
"I hope it will be an Italian pope. We haven't had one in the lat 26 years."
That's fine , but if I see Dick Vitale come running out of the Vatican yelling "It's the Italian, baby!!!", I may have to stop attending Sunday mass.... :)
Translation: Dear Brothers, chose someone who will worship me as I do.
I don't mind a schism so long as it is lopping off the liberal dead weight. Any guy who can piss off 70 Georgetown professors at once is a good guy in my book.
For factual information, go to the following thread.
ROFLMAO!
Holy Romans, Batman!
bttt
"Any guy who can piss off 70 Georgetown professors at once is a good guy in my book."
I'm matriculating at Georgetown in the Fall.
I'm gonna have to wear an Arinze T-shirt around to ward off the bad people. And I know I will have to go off campus for Mass, confession and the like.
That's it!!!...we really NEED a Zogby poll on this papal election.
But why Duke and not Notre Dame?
bc Dick Vitale is obsessed with DUKE, that is what makes it so hilarious.
I am not a basketball fan (baseball is my game), so the only contact I really have with the sport is the lunacy that ensues around here every year while all the guys in the office draw up their "brackets" and place their bets.
Everywhere I have ever worked, there's been a huge office pool and scribbled charts discarded everywhere . . . so this is funny even for those of us who are just watching the passing show . . .
my husband and son are huge Big East fans and they can't STAND DUKE VITALE, as they call him! so i literally died laughing while forwarding it to xshub that even when it comes to picking the POPE, dick thinks DUKE has a chance!!
Now that IS funny. Layers on layers. Whoever drew this chart up must know the game inside out.
It is not our place to question the Holy Spirit. If so, how come my prayers to win the lottery haven't been answered yet? I learned in my catechism classes decades ago that all prayers are answered in God's time, not ours. And sometimes we don't understand the answers we are given.
I thought John Kerry held the title for "Most Mind Numbing Liberal Catholic."
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