Posted on 09/26/2009 7:06:47 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Catholics venerating relics of St Thérèse are 'slobbering zealots', says Labour councillor
Councillor Tim Cheetham, a Labour councillor in Barnsley, has been watching Catholics venerate the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux on television. “With all those slobbering zealots kissing that glass case, I hope it has some mystical power to prevent swine flu,” he wrote on Twitter this morning.
That’s the authentic voice of 21st-century Labour. As Louise Bagshawe, novelist and Tory prospective candidate, immediately tweeted back: “Nice to describe faithful Catholics venerating a relic as slobbering zealots. Would you use such bigoted language about Muslims?”
Cheetham’s pathetic reply: “As the church has issued new guidlines [sic] about the conduct of ceremonies to protect against spreading disease, it needed saying.”
Bagshawe: “Labour’s anti-Catholicism is breathtaking sometimes.”
Indeed it is. Tony Blair’s relationship with the Catholic Church disguised the ferocious secularism of New Labour, which under Gordon Brown has increasingly focused on Roman Catholicism as an object of ridicule. (The Catholic bishops are slow to wake up to this fact, but one of these days they will have to give up their sentimental attachment to a party that hates them.)
Another tweet from Cheetham: “It’s not Bigotry to highlight the lunacy of dark age mysticism in the modern world.” Really? OK, then let me put you on the spot, councillor.
You say: “I will decry any faith that denies my right to question it in whatever form I wish.” Well, Muslims in Barnsley do object to the slightest criticism of their Prophet (who lived during the dark ages, as it happens) with his child wives and message of violence. But you’re a brave man, it seems. So go on: speak fearlessly and with your trademark withering disdain about the zealots in your own town.
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It’s hardly a surprise.
Hundreds of British and French soldiers testified that they had seen Therese visiting and speaking to wounded troops during WWI. Quite a trick, since she died in 1897. This modern bigot needs to learn some of the history of his own country.
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If he’s so worried about contagion, how about tut-tutting a bit about the lads sucking and humping in the public parks? (I hate to be that explicit, but -—cor love a duck.)
As my dear departed mother would say (when I would point out such idiots), “Pray for him”. I do miss her so very much.
In 1914, when the First World War breaks out, Saint Thérèse appears some forty times in various battlefields, at times holding a cross in her hand, at times a saber! The soldiers see her; she speaks to them matter-of-factly, resolves their doubts, overcomes their temptations and calms their fears. She protects, consoles and converts them.
French soldiers would invoke her as “my little sister of the trenches,” “my war patroness,” “the shield of soldiers,” “the angel of battles” and “my dear little Captain.” A soldier wrote, “In fact, that gentle Saint will be the great heroine of this war.” Another commented, “I think of her when the cannon thunders with great roar.”
Countless were the artillery pieces and planes named after Sister Thérèse; whole regiments were consecrated to her. Countless relics of the saint that miraculously stopped rifle bullets like real shields, saving the lives of the soldiers who carried them, are in her convent of Lisieux, a testimony to the great prodigies of the one who, in fact, “died with arms in her hand.”
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***If he’s so worried about contagion, how about tut-tutting a bit about the lads sucking and humping in the public parks? (I hate to be that explicit, but -—cor love a duck.)***
That’s because to a man (or woman) they vote Labour. If Labour loses the gay vote, they lose, period.
***In 1914, when the First World War breaks out, Saint Thérèse appears some forty times in various battlefields, at times holding a cross in her hand, at times a saber! The soldiers see her; she speaks to them matter-of-factly, resolves their doubts, overcomes their temptations and calms their fears. She protects, consoles and converts them.
French soldiers would invoke her as “my little sister of the trenches,” “my war patroness,” “the shield of soldiers,” “the angel of battles” and “my dear little Captain.” A soldier wrote, “In fact, that gentle Saint will be the great heroine of this war.” Another commented, “I think of her when the cannon thunders with great roar.”
Countless were the artillery pieces and planes named after Sister Thérèse; whole regiments were consecrated to her. Countless relics of the saint that miraculously stopped rifle bullets like real shields, saving the lives of the soldiers who carried them, are in her convent of Lisieux, a testimony to the great prodigies of the one who, in fact, “died with arms in her hand.”***
I’m sure that these are all lies made up by Catholic who merely wish to move all believers away from Christ by having them believe in things like relics and saints and God and stuff.
/sarc
God does move in mysterious ways and He wishes all men to be saved. We must be ready for that moment when we are either called for something, or else at the moment of death. We must all be shriven. And may God have mercy upon our souls as He has for so many others.
swine flu or aids. We report, you decide........
What exactly are you saying?
***swine flu or aids. We report, you decide........***
Well, let’s see. If you get AIDS, normally you have to go and seek it out; swine flu comes to you unexpectedly. Therefore according to the liberals’ twisted logic anything that you are responsible for you are not responsible for; therefore AIDS is a much greater concern than swine flu.
The inhabitants of Sodom are therefore immune from swine flu.
;) sounds like you understand the logic of a liberal (oxymoron at best). Are you a brave soul that endures their sites to report back to us? If so, thank you! If not, maybe you should!
Now my head hurts and I must go take an aspirin LOL!
Perhaps kissing a glass case would be more effective. ;-)
As a Catholic, it would probably be better medicine for me :)
***;) sounds like you understand the logic of a liberal (oxymoron at best). ***
Now you’re getting nasty. :)
***Are you a brave soul that endures their sites to report back to us? ***
At times.
***Now my head hurts and I must go take an aspirin LOL!***
If you remember this: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength, you will encompass liberal thought.
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