Posted on 08/21/2009 10:36:54 AM PDT by NYer
Thank you Papa Ratzinger!
“some sisters boycotting the Eucharist”
There you have it.
I just wonder what a lot of them actually worship? A lot of these are NOT even Christian in any real sense of the word.
These women persist in retaining the arrogant notion that they can continue to turn their orders into some sort of all-expense-paid Club Med for promiscuously practicing lesbian protestants & atheists and continue to put the bill for their care & feeding on the faithful's tab indefinitely, without any input at all from the Roman Catholic parishoners & donors who are fed up with financing their decidedly un-Catholic pursuits.
Go out into the real world and get a real job, ladies, if you can't fulfill the terms of the one you fraudulently accepted. Money's too scarce to support well enough devoutly Roman Catholic nuns - women who are honest about respecting the vows they volunteered to uphold - let alone carry the load for a bunch of parasitic poseurs like you with your bloated sense of unfettered entitlement to the Church's treasury.
Virtually all of these sisters, and the lay women who support them, are extremely politically active Democrats, and Hillary is their gal.
I say stick every nun back into their habits.
Let’s see how many stay.
Beautiful shot with the image of the Divine Mercy ... and look at those smiles! Thanks for the post and ping.
I suspect there has been a long-running scheme by feminists to infiltrate, subvert, and take over the assets of Catholic institutions.
Their indignation that the Holy Father dare bother them with a visit just made it all the worse. They like to represent themselves in some areas as decidedly Catholic, but how far away they are. I'm glad the Pope is taking a serious look at them and what they're up to. Thank you, Pope Benedict!
This horse has been out of the barn for close to forty years. This action of the Vatican is too little too late. Religious with the mindset of the LCWR are moribund. Does the Holy See have the will to do what needs to be done to try to salvage communities that might be saved? Since Bl John XXIII announced the “medicine of mercy” approach, the Holy See has really ceased to govern the Church refusing to penalize those who sow false doctrine or violate Church discipline. This is not mercy however. It has allowed wolves to ravage the flock and it is a lack of charity to the recalcitrant. Women religious have been a casualty of that disastrous policy. Even when the Church does decide to act much of the damage has already been done. For example it took over 25 years to deal with Fr. Charles Curran. In another ten to fifteen years most (all?) of these dissident religious will be gone.
It broke no new ground, yet they repudiated it. They've been openly running their own agenda since 1972 and leading lots of people astray, now in the 2nd and even 3rd generation of devotees. Under the guise of Vat II (properly or improperly so), and the 'springtime of change' I keep hearing about in my area. And now getting up in years, and having laid a foundation of loyal followers, many are more determined than ever to give the final push to their vision. Our Holy Father has his work cut out for him.
This has decimated a convent in my area and another group of nuns a little further away. In recent years, the convent near me has added one new nun, after a drought of more than 30 years and lots of infighting and dissent in the community, and she is a breath of fresh air, decidedly 'conservative' and devout. The LCWR nuns should take note of the resurgence of new members in devout, traditional communities. But they won't, it only seems to make them more aggressive.
Q: Amid rising secularism in North America, what is it that most attracts women to a religious vocation today? ,p>Mother Assumpta: Young people are unwavering in their desire for truth, real love and authenticity. Amidst all of the glitter, toys and noise the world holds as "must-haves," youth intuitively know that they are merely trifles, and want the real thing — God.
Women often remark that they seek to join communities that have a communal prayer life, including daily Mass, common recitation of the Divine Office and the rosary.
In our community's experience, our particular emphasis on devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist and to Mary, the Mother of God, often attracts young women who want to make a daily Eucharistic holy hour as we do. We also make the St. Louis de Montfort Marian Consecration, which especially attracted several sisters.
Other elements young women have told me that they look for are fidelity to the Holy Father and the magisterium of the Church, the witness of a religious habit and balanced community life of prayer, study, work and play — a family in which true fraternal charity is manifest, with all of its joys and challenges.
People often remark that they are extremely attracted by the genuine joy of the sisters. There is a peace and joy that radiates from the core of a woman's being when she is striving to achieve holiness along the path that God has destined for her.
True joy is present even in the midst of difficulty, pain or suffering; it is a grace and gift of God to the soul who is genuinely trying to follow his will for her life, in all of the daily tribulations as well as the high points.
Godspeed.
Agreed. The Church is housing them, feeding them, caring for them in sickness and old age; but these ladies want to be taken care of while they live life as they please and do the work they want to do.
What happened to service, sacrifice, and giving your life to the Church? These nuns are new age community organizers supported by others.
Sorry, these are not nuns. They are lying apostates going down in flames fighting.
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