I'm just is the process of figuring out what I want to propose to my Bishop(Knoxville) in terms of responding to/resisting this gnarly "Paradigm Shift."
The interview at the link is worth your time. I think José Antonio Ureta's book will be a very interesting read... when it comes out in English! I notice it's available at Amazon.com for under $10 paperback, and under $1 on Kindle --- but it's in Portuguese :o/
This is for Catholics staying Catholic. So --- if I may be permitted to say this --- please don't go off-topic.
I'd like some practical (tactical and strategic) input here: I mean, beyond weeping and sighing,"We're Catholics. We don't do 'Paradigm Shift.'"
Bringing Fundamental Change to the Catholic Church.
Keep the faith.
And keep your powder dry.
The remnant is being tested.
Just say NO.
Stay the course.
PRAY!
bkmrk
Excellent article. Thank you.
Thank-you for posting this thread free of personal or near personal attacks. God Bless.
1. Behave in a Christian manner regardless of what the priests and bishops say and do, and
2. Join a parish that is solidly orthodox so you can hide away as much as possible from the heretics.
Neither of those is going to be sufficient. There seems to be a thread of conservatism within Catholicism that is somewhat Calvinistic. They suggest, without ever coming out and saying it, that even if there are only a handful of Catholics left when Jesus returns then the Catholic Church will have survived as prophesied; and of course they believe they will be among the handful.
I think the only plan that has any hope of successfully righting the Catholic ship is for the creation of a lay apostolate within the Catholic Church that functions something like the Christian Coalition did. The hope would be an ever-increasing membership of Catholics willing to hold back funds from organizations and fund drives that fail to hold to Catholic doctrine. Members would also be willing to march, protest, and conduct civil disobedience to express outrage against particular individuals and institutions advocating heretical positions.
An existing organization could be co-opted for this purpose, or a new one started up.
Money and feet talk. Letters or phone calls from individual Catholics to disobedient bishops fall on blinded eyes and deaf ears.
If the actions are limited to opposing activities that are clearly heretical then I don't think this would count as disobedience to the Pope or the bishops in general.
If the actions are limited to Church property then we may be able to keep the MSM out of it as much as possible. So no closing down traffic on a public highway, but maybe surrounding a church to prevent entry if that church hosted a gay "marriage". Maybe sit-ins in bishops' offices similar to the sit-ins in deans' offices of college protesters.
Heretical bishops are making tangible changes to the Church. This requires a tangible response, not just running away in hopes of being part of the "remnant", writing cleverly worded op eds in The Wanderer, or spouting off on a YouTube vlog as others might suggest.
"Archbishop Chaput: Catholics Need Faith and Reason, Not a New Paradigm"
>http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/archbishop-chaput-catholics-need-faith-and-reason-not-a-new-paradigm<
Thank you for putting up a Catholic Caucus thread, given the earlier one defended into Catholic bashing.
Make a list of things that you think have changed that you don’t like under this Pope. Start calling up 10 random parishes a day and asking about if these changes are going on there. You are millionaire modern Catholic willing to donate heavily and join the parish if they are. You tell them you are willing to be very private and low-key about it. And see what they say.
Freegards