Posted on 12/13/2004 10:19:33 AM PST by Land of the Irish
It's the bishops who are becoming more and more marginalized. Their credibility is zilch.
It would be even more polite not to assume.
"I came not to bring peace, but a sword."
I give thanks each day that more and more evangelization is alive and well in the Catholic Church these days.
It's when we, as parishioners, go out and talk with former or lapsed Catholics and invite them back to the church that things happen -- good things such as these people coming back and participating in a Returning Catholics group or taking an RCIA class.
Priests can not do it all by themselves anymore. Nor can deacons. Nor can nuns.
My opinion only here -- all Catholics need to dig in, and go out and serve the Lord and others by bringing them back to the church or introducting them to the Catholic Church for the first time.
Thank you for your answer. LOL!
Dollars to donuts if you line up abuse reports on a graph there would be a marked decrease over the last week.
Knock it off.
He lurks about in the shadows, then rushes out to cut and slash. He's a modernist alright.
Our greatest weapon is our rosary. Further, we need to re-educate the children of God who sit in the pews on Sunday ignorant of the blasphemy befalling them. It is our obligation to remind them of the incredible history of His Church; His Saints; the significance and purity and necessity of His Holy Sacraments. Lastly, we need to join with them in discussing the writings of the greatest thinkers of Roman Catholicism - none of whom sat with the majority assembled for the "....pastoral...." V2.
You are absolutely right, thor76. A conversion of the faithful is needed. Now!
RE: #31, AMEN.
God bless you.
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