tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post5302098096573593900..comments2024-03-21T17:13:34.747-07:00Comments on On the Contrary: Vatican blesses David BowieMichael Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485741729327325322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-19870330805117381642016-01-23T20:41:53.219-08:002016-01-23T20:41:53.219-08:00Would you believe me that the first time I heard a...Would you believe me that the first time I heard about David Bowie was just at the announcement of his death? And I am older than him!seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804487873268748108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-61384329187242144952016-01-16T17:45:03.571-08:002016-01-16T17:45:03.571-08:00Excellent article from Fr. Rutler. He writes; &quo...Excellent article from Fr. Rutler. He writes; "the insatiable desire for approval by pop culture is beneath the dignity of the Church as the Mother of Nations." Of course this is true and we see this constantly from the present regime in the Vatican, especially the Pope himself who has acheived man of the year status from nearly every organization in the world that hates the Catholic church and objective truth. This Vatican praise for bowie seems to be a form of signaling to the hordes of catholics drowning in the horrific sins of sodom that the mean old judgemental and patriarchial church is being replaced, while the merciful Pope francis is working hard to find you a place at the table.JMoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474524269612685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21240636.post-51754266041064963482016-01-16T16:50:59.278-08:002016-01-16T16:50:59.278-08:00Thank you Mr. Hoffman for yet another hard hitting...Thank you Mr. Hoffman for yet another hard hitting and excellent commentary. Please excuse the somewhat disjointedness in my own.<br /><br /><br />As for the good Padre Rutler, the typical conservative in the manner of conservatives being liberals in slow motion, let us at least give credit where credit is due. In this article Rev. Fr. Rutler is for the most part operating on the right side of liberalism's inherent inconsistency. As for the fairly reliably erroneous and slanderous NY Times, we know that it generally operates on the wrong side of the liberal equation in placing lies, ugliness, and goodness, not to mention obvious hypocrisy above, or rather in place of, truth, beauty, goodness, and integrity.<br /><br />Due to my relatively lengthy commentary I will cite just one example of the Times' typical vomit. Their editorial writer Lawrence Downes declares, "Why, when they [i.e., in Downes own words: " some conservative Catholics who wear the faith so prominently on their sleeves and chasubles"] speak on faith and morals, are they so contemptuous of their fellow humans? If the Gospel message is love, and forgiveness for sinners, why does the message, coming from them, sound so wretched?" It appears that Mr. Downes does a rather good job here of putting his ignorance (intentional or not), not to mention bias, on open display for anyone with proper discernment. Let it suffice to merely ask what the oh so pretentiously loving and caring sounding Mr. Downes would say about the God-man who said things such as, "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he stood not in the truth; because truth is not in him." Can it not be said that this passage is a rather accurate statement for the liberal media in general and the NYT in particular? You bet! If the whited sepulcher fits... <br /><br /><br />If Fr. Rutler can act inconsistently in offering the Novus Ordo Mass while also offering the Traditional Mass; if he can give a free pass to the Tribe's Holocaust narrative as well as its 9-11 myth we may still laud him for the good he does in calling out the Vatican on its disgraceful homage to David Bowie.<br /><br /><br />Experiencing ironies are certainly part of the human condition so it should not be too surprising to read Fr. Rutler, correctly asserting how youths "want their mothers to be mature and not adolescent [and yet how] Mother Church appears ridiculous as Adolescent Church, as in the case of the Holy See lamenting David Bowie." The problem is that Fr. Rutler has unfortunately helped to lend credence and a sense of legitimacy to the impious spirit of Vatican II whose very essence has in large part made Holy Mother Church appear ridiculous (and even much worse) as "Adolescent Church."<br /><br />P.S.<br /><br />As a bit of an aside, I mention here how Fr. Rutler astutely notes: "In his Republic, Plato said that music is a more potent instrument than any other." I would venture to say that if Plato were alive today he would -- and this in no way taking away from the immense evilness of so much of what would pass itself off for music today -- declare that pornography (and, of course, so much "music" is audibly and with videos visually pornographic) is a "more potent instrument than any other." Its incredibly "straight out of hell" impure imagery has the capacity of burning itself onto your soul in an instant! Even burns can heal, but generally not very readily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com