tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post1110445731678783049..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Mixed ReactionsFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-88843853568672641062012-10-02T10:35:26.886+01:002012-10-02T10:35:26.886+01:00Vatican II: can mean whatever one wants it to mean...Vatican II: can mean whatever one wants it to mean [Aice in Wonderland?].<br /><br />Fr. Dickson: ".. we can only hand on ..... what we have received [and] not alter it.. ". Where have I heard that before? Oh, I know, Msgr. Lefebvbre. [Just teasing.]Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-20576438646780777342012-10-01T21:03:12.382+01:002012-10-01T21:03:12.382+01:00What can I add? Just like 'boys will be boys&#...What can I add? Just like 'boys will be boys' so 'idiots will be idiots'. If they can't be defining about what you are supposedly doing contra Vat II they'll still chunterDavid O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-11605438177803235232012-10-01T07:45:12.115+01:002012-10-01T07:45:12.115+01:00Dear Fr Michael,
I too was listed on the St Peter...Dear Fr Michael,<br /><br />I too was listed on the St Peter's site of traditional priests who blog. I have learned that many of our brethren seem to believe:<br />1. That many practices are "traditional" (which they choose to mean old-fashioned and out of date) which are in fact completely normal and normative according to the teaching of the Church and Vatican II. I think this stems from a mixture of ignorance and personal prejudice.<br />2. That once idenitified as such, these "traditional" priests are some from of lunatic and can be ignored, sidelined and mocked.<br /><br />The great irony is that it is they who are in fact out of step with what the Church teaches and with the hermeneutic of continuity implemented by Pope Benedict and with all the latest and most up-to-date thinking that is engagig the parts of the Church that are thriving and growing.<br />Keep up the good work.Fr Simon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-83183088886805631252012-09-30T23:48:21.535+01:002012-09-30T23:48:21.535+01:00Let us hope that the 'senior cleric' rerea...Let us hope that the 'senior cleric' rereads his Vatican II documents as suggested by Benedict XVI for the coming Year of Faith.Holy Family Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452911116023277078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-38374391999722274532012-09-30T20:51:20.346+01:002012-09-30T20:51:20.346+01:00Your loyalty to the Holy See and the Magisterium i...Your loyalty to the Holy See and the Magisterium is unquestioned.<br /><br />This particular reader knows how your spiritual guidance has saved at least one soul from lapsing.<br /><br />God Bless you, Father.1569 Risinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680321977918677689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-36121672858651028252012-09-30T19:32:29.951+01:002012-09-30T19:32:29.951+01:00Methinks that "Senior Cleric" displayed ...Methinks that "Senior Cleric" displayed his own prejudice and his ignorance.<br />You walk with the Church imho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-53566737914273270822012-09-30T15:54:44.139+01:002012-09-30T15:54:44.139+01:00Father, if you were hsbitually celebrating the Ord...Father, if you were hsbitually celebrating the Ordinary Form ad orietem as I do, a supportive comment for that orientation could still not constitute beng against Vatican II. After all, the 'Missanormativa' which folloewed Vatican II as the final result of its liturgical renewal, still directed and directs the ad-orientem orientation in its rubrics and in its IG. It is those who see Vatican II as a new beginning or at least as turning over of what went before that are living contrary to the Council: after all, there cannot be a diffent Faith after any Council; we can only hand on and develop what we have received, not alter it. Do not worry -I wish you were a bit more Traditional at times!Fr Gary Dicksonnoreply@blogger.com