tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post3102353071034728257..comments2024-03-28T22:26:19.263-04:00Comments on LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Fr. James Martin, S.J.: A Shot Across the Vatican's BowMary Ann Kreitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-41598483281599035082017-06-07T15:55:12.601-04:002017-06-07T15:55:12.601-04:00I would never believe a word "Fr." Marti...I would never believe a word "Fr." Martin says or read anything he recommends. We are supposed to have a well formed conscience. Nothing he says or does helps towards that. <br /><br />Mary Fran CherrySteve Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08886271078165417069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-22583885079389120882016-07-31T20:05:52.074-04:002016-07-31T20:05:52.074-04:00They need all the prayers they can get. I will joi...They need all the prayers they can get. I will join you.Luminishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088630915975255366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-79623792382485368642016-07-31T20:02:22.362-04:002016-07-31T20:02:22.362-04:00Wow. I am at a loss for words. The Eucharist is mo...Wow. I am at a loss for words. The Eucharist is most certainly the Body , Blood , Soul and Divinity of Our Beloved Savior.<br />I will pray for you to learn and understand The Real Prescence.Luminishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088630915975255366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-29215052561870195092015-12-21T16:19:00.908-05:002015-12-21T16:19:00.908-05:00Father Martin needs to get off this Doctor feel go...Father Martin needs to get off this Doctor feel good cart. I respect those sisters that have given their lives for Christ, but they also sadden me. I will leave it at that. I would like Father Martin to do a TV review of the communities of young women who are not afraid to wear a habit. These women teach in schools, universities, hospitals and are social workers. If you want to see a future in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-26180698404531010452014-10-31T14:40:05.302-04:002014-10-31T14:40:05.302-04:00Fr. Martin,
Perhaps if you would simply state tha...Fr. Martin,<br /><br />Perhaps if you would simply state that the teachings of the Church in these matters are correct....I've heard you state that they are very clear many times, but I've yet to hear you state that they are very correct..This is why people question your fidelity. If you believe as the Church believes, then why on earth would you refuse to simply say so????Tim Brantleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-43669897169123206882013-01-12T09:19:24.326-05:002013-01-12T09:19:24.326-05:00Charity is one thing. Truth (capital T) is anothe...Charity is one thing. Truth (capital T) is another. Feel good "mental flossed" truth with a small "t" is deadly. Jesus was not "Charitable" with the Pharisess, was he? No, Truth (big "T" Fr. Jim) was more important, in regards to eternity). If old "Jim" would spend more time inside his Scripture than his "own feelings") he'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-825274138887446122012-06-10T00:06:39.308-04:002012-06-10T00:06:39.308-04:00In regard to religious who actually are same sex a...In regard to religious who actually are same sex attracted, a 1990 "Instruction" in regards to consecrated life, a category of document which has force as law in the Church, specified that "those who do not seem to be able to overcome their homosexual tendencies, or who maintain that it is possible to adopt a third way, "living in an ambiguous state between celibacy and Elizabeth Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888400643867182872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-65948756230751194562012-05-13T08:25:22.741-04:002012-05-13T08:25:22.741-04:00Fr. James Martin, S.J. has a big enough heart to d...Fr. James Martin, S.J. has a big enough heart to defend Sr. Elizabeth Johnson in the pages of America Magazine. Is his heart not big enough to embrace Mother Angelica?<br /><br />Fr. James Martin, S.J. has a big enough heart to reach out and comfort the sodomite. Is his heart not big enough to embrace the Sixth Commandment, "You shall not commit adultery"? So that the sodomite might Mauricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-74560065819449393632012-05-11T11:11:45.308-04:002012-05-11T11:11:45.308-04:00Anonymous at 9:23
“The essence of what we believe...Anonymous at 9:23<br /><br />“The essence of what we believe here is that God is present as man. The Eucharist began with the Incarnation, in the womb of Mary. Except for her there would be no Jesus and without Him there is no reality to speak of, in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is unqualifyingly Jesus Christ! Our faith tells us that Christ, true God and true man is present on earth as He is Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-11850462851626406602012-05-11T06:51:43.405-04:002012-05-11T06:51:43.405-04:00I picture "deleting bookmark" Maria (Ano...I picture "deleting bookmark" Maria (Anonymous 1:42 ) walking away with her hands cupped over her ears, repeating loudly: la la la la la la la la la ....<br /><br /><br />MaryGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-3166247009325370362012-05-11T03:18:42.826-04:002012-05-11T03:18:42.826-04:00Ray, as a convert to the Catholic Church from Prot...Ray, as a convert to the Catholic Church from Protestanism, I agree with you. After years of studying many Christian denominations and non-christian religions, I decided that if the Catholic Church was not the one started by Jesus Christ, than none of them were. I too would become Orthodox Jewish if I did not believe in the Divinity of Jesus Christ. As Cardinal Newman, another convert, once said,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-80937947045981108512012-05-11T00:42:31.580-04:002012-05-11T00:42:31.580-04:00If it is true that many Catholics in the pews thin...If it is true that many Catholics in the pews think the Eucharist is only a symbol, that is tragic. It is even more tragic if they go up and receive Communion in that frame of mind. And how horrible that they teach this error to their children.<br /><br /><i>For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. (1 Corinthians Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-45961938372537711352012-05-10T21:51:11.337-04:002012-05-10T21:51:11.337-04:00Anonymous, the central belief of the Catholic fait...Anonymous, the central belief of the Catholic faith is that Jesus is really present (Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity) in the Holy Eucharist. A lot of Jesus' disciples didn't want to believe it either -- Read John 6. Many left Him over that teaching ("Who can listen to this?") and He turned and asked the twelve if they wanted to leave Him too. Peter had the faith to say, "Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-2541843978239180092012-05-10T21:49:42.250-04:002012-05-10T21:49:42.250-04:00Odd really how people can have this cafeteria mind...Odd really how people can have this cafeteria mindset. The Catholic Church is either the church Christ intended to found and which He promised would be protected against all error because He was sending the Holy Spirit, the spirit of truth, or it is not. If it is not then one has to question if any Christian church can be since only the Catholic Church (and perhaps the Orthodox) go back to the Ray Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-13253025895166735752012-05-10T21:24:40.178-04:002012-05-10T21:24:40.178-04:00Ray, all of the men in my family were educated by ...Ray, all of the men in my family were educated by the Jesuits--three generations. They have baptized us, married us and helped to Shepherd us homeward to our last end. <br /><br />Only those of us who have been close to them, who knew how good and holy these men were ( and still are---there are faithful Jesuits who are persecuted for their fidelity e.g. Fessio, Pacwa, Spitzer, Hardon still-- RIPMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-52783492792783946562012-05-10T21:23:28.113-04:002012-05-10T21:23:28.113-04:00@ Ray - your comment made me think. I guess that ...@ Ray - your comment made me think. I guess that I, a lifelong Catholic, have not really been pressed about the subject of the Eucharist before. However, I would venture to say that most of the Catholics I know in the pews, myself included, do not really believe that Jesus is "present" in the Communion wafer. I think it is a nice symbol of the sacrifice that Jesus the human made, butAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-898474403133728252012-05-10T18:04:16.780-04:002012-05-10T18:04:16.780-04:00The fact that one blog reader pulled out is fascin...The fact that one blog reader pulled out is fascinating. Apparently defending the truth isn't enough.<br /><br />My impressions, for what they are worth, are that Fr. Martin was playing the usual line of any criticism of others is uncharitable and so should be avoided. Of course that is a strange position coming from a priest. We are called to admonish sinners by the scriptures and Jesus Ray Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-66135078077623732322012-05-10T17:30:12.084-04:002012-05-10T17:30:12.084-04:00Hi BN:
Well done, BN! I think what Fr. Martin doe...Hi BN:<br /><br />Well done, BN! I think what Fr. Martin does not understand is that when you spit in the face of Christ, it angers those among us who still love Him, his precepts and the Church He founded.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-59206202281906039182012-05-10T13:54:26.228-04:002012-05-10T13:54:26.228-04:00Father Martin is an advocate for the "spirit ...Father Martin is an advocate for the "spirit of the age" and shuns the scandal of the cross. Pascal deemed this worldliness: "licking the earth". In the spirit of ecumenism, I'll quote Melville in Moby Dick, "Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal!"<br /><br />Father's constant invocation of ad hominem attacks characterizes Leftist secularist breathnachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308036185276331387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-13031919897273340302012-05-10T13:42:56.784-04:002012-05-10T13:42:56.784-04:00As someone who does consider herself a true Cathol...As someone who does consider herself a true Catholic, I can only say that I must stop reading this blog. While it is like a train wreck (difficult to look away from) and entertainment of the first order, I have realized that it is just as detrimental as reading trashy tabloid magazines. While your sensationalism isn't about Hollywood stars, it is just as damaging. I'll miss the back Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-84891695783660538112012-05-10T09:49:25.827-04:002012-05-10T09:49:25.827-04:00No 'father', your ACTIONS are feeding my (...No 'father', your ACTIONS are feeding my (and other true Catholic's) righteous outrage.susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-57633733368910069562012-05-10T09:37:56.884-04:002012-05-10T09:37:56.884-04:00If Fr. Martin feels his priestly vocation is assau...If Fr. Martin feels his priestly vocation is assaulted by some comments here, maybe he should take a look at Fr. Steven Scheier's video on youtube -- the priest who was condemned to hell. Better your feelings are hurt by us Father....<br />MaryGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-64870744391898159992012-05-10T08:32:50.247-04:002012-05-10T08:32:50.247-04:00"...know that error always conceals its desig..."...know that error always conceals its designs: error is always deceitful. Error is falsehood, deceit is hiding the falsehood. People look for evil as evil, or error as error. They have been beguiled into embracing evil as good and error as the truth; so they have truths, partial truths, aspects that are true; but by the time you've swallowed the sweet pill you realize it is cyanide. Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-50271536284412090252012-05-10T00:12:24.265-04:002012-05-10T00:12:24.265-04:00Good bye, "Father" Martin, good riddance...Good bye, "Father" Martin, good riddance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-33742347758527918522012-05-09T21:27:08.302-04:002012-05-09T21:27:08.302-04:00Well, clearly my responses are just feeding your h...Well, clearly my responses are just feeding your hate. So goodbye.James Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157604882957555446noreply@blogger.com