Voris' piece underscores not only the heterodoxy running rampant in the Roman Catholic Church, but also the blatant arrogance and lack of humility that is destroying the RCC. I say this as a Roman Catholic, one of the many people dealing with considerable spiritual pain that Voris alluded to.
Sound spiritual and theological foundation is being replaced, among other things, by ideology, exemplified by hot button slogans such as "we are church," as Voris mentioned. There is an unbelivable ammount of sheer crap that lines the bookshelves of "Catholic" bookstores, crap that the faithful eat up with a large soup spoon.
The RCC is trying so hard to "gather us in," trying to get as many people as possible herded up through RCIA (which is a seedbed of dangerous spiruality, bad teaching, and heterodoxy), that it is selling its soul, and batering its patrimony so that it can be "relevant." It's trying to embrace everything, thinking that this is what it means to be Catholic. No, this is what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist.
The Mass itself has become a "celebration of community, " rather than a fourfold worship of God, the 4 ends of the Mass being Adoration, Thanksgiving, Reparation, and Petition. A good friend of mine recently became Catholic, and I asked him if they mentioned these 4 ends of the Mass in the RCIA. They did not. I'm not surprised.
My wife and I stopped receiving a catalogue from a group of nuns because of the new age, witchy crap within it. And they have the gall to say they are angry!
Inclusive language? First, it is not inclusive, because whoever questions it is shown the door. So much for "all are welcome in this place." Second, it has nothing to do with proclaiming God's Word or honoring God's Word, and it was forced on the faithful, without their consent.
Social Justice? Please. Drop the liberation theology crap, drop the creation spirituality crap, and focus on the lives of the saints, the church fathers, and the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
This Roman Catholic has about had it. Thank you, you self-important "nuns", for showing me the door. I'm outa here.
Many of the Sister's sisters are being ordained in the Episcopal Church with the expected results.
ReplyDeleteVoris' piece underscores not only the heterodoxy running rampant in the Roman Catholic Church, but also the blatant arrogance and lack of humility that is destroying the RCC. I say this as a Roman Catholic, one of the many people dealing with considerable spiritual pain that Voris alluded to.
ReplyDeleteSound spiritual and theological foundation is being replaced, among other things, by ideology, exemplified by hot button slogans such as "we are church," as Voris mentioned. There is an unbelivable ammount of sheer crap that lines the bookshelves of "Catholic" bookstores, crap that the faithful eat up with a large soup spoon.
The RCC is trying so hard to "gather us in," trying to get as many people as possible herded up through RCIA (which is a seedbed of dangerous spiruality, bad teaching, and heterodoxy), that it is selling its soul, and batering its patrimony so that it can be "relevant." It's trying to embrace everything, thinking that this is what it means to be Catholic. No, this is what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist.
The Mass itself has become a "celebration of community, " rather than a fourfold worship of God, the 4 ends of the Mass being Adoration, Thanksgiving, Reparation, and Petition. A good friend of mine recently became Catholic, and I asked him if they mentioned these 4 ends of the Mass in the RCIA. They did not. I'm not surprised.
My wife and I stopped receiving a catalogue from a group of nuns because of the new age, witchy crap within it. And they have the gall to say they are angry!
Inclusive language? First, it is not inclusive, because whoever questions it is shown the door. So much for "all are welcome in this place." Second, it has nothing to do with proclaiming God's Word or honoring God's Word, and it was forced on the faithful, without their consent.
Social Justice? Please. Drop the liberation theology crap, drop the creation spirituality crap, and focus on the lives of the saints, the church fathers, and the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
This Roman Catholic has about had it. Thank you, you self-important "nuns", for showing me the door. I'm outa here.