Comments for Bringing Home the Word: Exploring the Catholic Lectionary http://bhtw.wordpress.com Linking our everyday lives with the weekly Scripture readings Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Finding a Treasure by Alex Saunders http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/finding-a-treasure/#comment-464 Alex Saunders Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:41:15 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-464 It is very sad that in the 17 times this gospekl has cycled since Vatican II not once have I heard a comment relating to the business ethics implied in the story of the pearl of great price. To take use inside knowledge that puts a business deal at great advantage is ethically wrong. I know that there are other interpretations of this gospel and strong spiritual meanings in being totally oriented to ones goals. But the probability of hearing the ethical side of the gospels just once in the so many cycles should be high, if it ever occurs to homilists. The same can be said aboutmany of the parables. There is a business aspect to them that shows how well Jesus knew the business environment of his day. Yet this is never mentioned in homilies. It is as if the needs of the business community in the pews does not exist. at least no homilist ever addresses them. Alex It is very sad that in the 17 times this gospekl has cycled since Vatican II not once have I heard a comment relating to the business ethics implied in the story of the pearl of great price.

To take use inside knowledge that puts a business deal at great advantage is ethically wrong.

I know that there are other interpretations of this gospel and strong spiritual meanings in being totally oriented to ones goals. But the probability of hearing the ethical side of the gospels just once in the so many cycles should be high, if it ever occurs to homilists.

The same can be said aboutmany of the parables. There is a business aspect to them that shows how well Jesus knew the business environment of his day. Yet this is never mentioned in homilies. It is as if the needs of the business community in the pews does not exist. at least no homilist ever addresses them.

Alex

]]> Comment on Those Who Know They Need God by heck yes http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/those-who-know-they-need-god/#comment-461 heck yes Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:44:29 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-461 I write from the perspective of an ex catholic, a “cathloid” as I was referred to in my college days in great state of Kansas, home of Fred Phelps, a man who has done more to put folks of faith in the absolute gutter of humanity than anybody on the planet. But wait, here comes Sarah. Sarah Palin is cut from the same mold as Fred and I pitty any person of faith who puts faith in this supremely unqualified pit bull with lipstick for VP candidate. And just when it seemed that no one could compare with the dark side himself, Dick Cheney, in struts guns loaded Sarah. It is absolutely disgusting to see the sheer level of hypocrisy practiced by so many God fairing Catholics when they step right up and back this woman who is inciting real violence (actually breaking the law) now whenever she steps up to a mic (witness, in the past two days, voices from a crowd of supporters shouting “kill him” when she mentioned Obama, or in McCain’s audience, “Treason”. What are the chances that these reptiles (and, I would bet money on it, religous), human beings shouting from the cover of the mob actually had a loaded gun. Very real. God, please protect me from your followers who are considering voting for McCain and Palin. Joe Bidin today called Sarah out on her “maverick” stepping over the line and thank goodness. She is possibly more dangerous than Dick Cheney and if she gets his job, he will no doubt simply wear her mask and keep on shredding the constitution and pushing ever on towards the “end times”. God help us all with a difficult decision in the Pentagon! When I was kid, God, even though he was part of an amazing ghost dance, was an amazing cat, Jesus. Now there is a candidate, Jesus, the historical one. But Sarah has trashed even that cool cat. It’s all so sad, so predictable, but so important that we call this Hockey Mom against the axis of evil out. She is a Bush/Cheney wet dream looking for a flock of sheep to dream her into office. A note to the culture cop who will no doubt ax this entry from this blog, may guilt by association with Sarah haunt you until Lee Atwater rises from the grave. sad, sad, sad I dare you, email me: antalla@cox.net Tony Allard San Diego I write from the perspective of an ex catholic, a “cathloid” as I was referred to in my college days in great state of Kansas, home of Fred Phelps, a man who has done more to put folks of faith in the absolute gutter of humanity than anybody on the planet. But wait, here comes Sarah.

Sarah Palin is cut from the same mold as Fred and I pitty any person of faith who puts faith in this supremely unqualified pit bull with lipstick for VP candidate. And just when it seemed that no one could compare with the dark side himself, Dick Cheney, in struts guns loaded Sarah.

It is absolutely disgusting to see the sheer level of hypocrisy practiced by so many God fairing Catholics when they step right up and back this woman who is inciting real violence (actually breaking the law) now whenever she steps up to a mic (witness, in the past two days, voices from a crowd of supporters shouting “kill him” when she mentioned Obama, or in McCain’s audience, “Treason”. What are the chances that these reptiles (and, I would bet money on it, religous), human beings shouting from the cover of the mob actually had a loaded gun. Very real.

God, please protect me from your followers who are considering voting for McCain and Palin. Joe Bidin today called Sarah out on her “maverick” stepping over the line and thank goodness. She is possibly more dangerous than Dick Cheney and if she gets his job, he will no doubt simply wear her mask and keep on shredding the constitution and pushing ever on towards the “end times”. God help us all with a difficult decision in the Pentagon!

When I was kid, God, even though he was part of an amazing ghost dance, was an amazing cat, Jesus. Now there is a candidate, Jesus, the historical one. But Sarah has trashed even that cool cat. It’s all so sad, so predictable, but so important that we call this Hockey Mom against the axis of evil out. She is a Bush/Cheney wet dream looking for a flock of sheep to dream her into office.

A note to the culture cop who will no doubt ax this entry from this blog, may guilt by association with Sarah haunt you until Lee Atwater rises from the grave.

sad, sad, sad
I dare you, email me: antalla@cox.net
Tony Allard
San Diego

]]> Comment on Choosing Good Leaders by therev1 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/choosing-good-leaders/#comment-459 therev1 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:15:46 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/choosing-good-leaders/#comment-459 Glad I ran across your blog! Excellent commentary! May God continue to use you! Glad I ran across your blog! Excellent commentary! May God continue to use you!

]]> Comment on The Power of Pestering by Compassion dave http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/the-power-of-pestering/#comment-458 Compassion dave Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:00:52 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/the-power-of-pestering/#comment-458 Howdy! WORDPRESS says that our two blogs (at least our most recent posts) are related, so I came by to check you out. Please stop by my place and let me know what you think (and maybe add <a HREF="http://compassiondave.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Jesus + Compassion</A> to your blog roll so we can stay connected). God bless you! Cd Howdy!

WORDPRESS says that our two blogs (at least our most recent posts) are related, so I came by to check you out. Please stop by my place and let me know what you think (and maybe add Jesus + Compassion to your blog roll so we can stay connected).

God bless you!

Cd

]]> Comment on What God Does Is Who God Is by irishanglican http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/what-god-does-is-who-god-is/#comment-454 irishanglican Wed, 21 May 2008 18:51:03 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/?p=161#comment-454 sorry for the typo's and a few lost words...I am not a good typer..I am in my 50's lol sorry for the typo’s and a few lost words…I am not a good typer..I am in my 50’s lol

]]> Comment on What God Does Is Who God Is by irishanglican http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/what-god-does-is-who-god-is/#comment-453 irishanglican Wed, 21 May 2008 16:42:36 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/?p=161#comment-453 Thank God for the Orthodox Church! They know that the Oecumenical Councils have spoken in the Church with truth and conlusiveness! Christianity can really only be fully expressed by and in dogmatic theology. Here is the expression and charm Truth. "The dogma of consubstaniality, which safeguards the unity of the Holy Trinity, that remains a sealed book so far as we are concerned - for in a religious sense it has neither assimilated nor unfolded." (Fr. Serguis Bulgakov) It was Fr. Bulgakov's observation that in the Church there is a very well-developed theology of the Divine Persons, but there is hardly any development of the Divine Essence. The Father being the regal - the cause or origin of the Godhead, from whom the Son is begotten eternally and also from whom the Holy Spirit proceeds eternity. And this is much more than anthropomorphic, but both God's eternal essence, which is totally transendent, but reaches us in His "uncreated energies". The God who is transcendent and the God who touches us are one and the same! But indeed the mystery and beauty of God are expressed in the dogmatic nature of theology...here is great charm, beauty and truth! Fr. Robert Thank God for the Orthodox Church! They know that the Oecumenical Councils have spoken in the Church with truth and conlusiveness!
Christianity can really only be fully expressed by and in dogmatic theology. Here is the expression and charm Truth.
“The dogma of consubstaniality, which safeguards the unity of the Holy Trinity, that remains a sealed book so far as we are concerned – for in a religious sense it has neither assimilated nor unfolded.” (Fr. Serguis Bulgakov)
It was Fr. Bulgakov’s observation that in the Church there is a very well-developed theology of the Divine Persons, but there is hardly any development of the Divine Essence.
The Father being the regal – the cause or origin of the Godhead, from whom the Son is begotten eternally and also from whom the Holy Spirit proceeds eternity. And this is much more than anthropomorphic, but both God’s eternal essence, which is totally transendent, but reaches us in His “uncreated energies”. The God who is transcendent and the God who touches us are one and the same! But indeed the mystery and beauty of God are expressed in the dogmatic nature of theology…here is great charm, beauty and truth!

Fr. Robert

]]> Comment on Ashes on the hearth by Joe http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/ashes-on-the-hearth/#comment-445 Joe Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:15:42 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/ashes-on-the-hearth/#comment-445 I would love you to visit my site and perhaps include my site in your blogroll. This is a such a good site I have already included it in my blogroll. I would love you to visit my site and perhaps include my site in your blogroll. This is a such a good site I have already included it in my blogroll.

]]> Comment on Bringing Home the Word by Bosco Peters http://bhtw.wordpress.com/about/#comment-430 Bosco Peters Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:32:09 +0000 #comment-430 Awesome! I'm delighted to have found this site from the Deacon's Bench. I run a liturgy site which includes a weekly introduction to the readings. I hope you will visit it and link as "Liturgy" to www.liturgy.co.nz Blessings Awesome! I’m delighted to have found this site from the Deacon’s Bench. I run a liturgy site which includes a weekly introduction to the readings.
I hope you will visit it
and link as “Liturgy” to http://www.liturgy.co.nz

Blessings

]]> Comment on Not Needing to Be Right by Meg http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/not-needing-to-be-right/#comment-405 Meg Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:05:19 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/not-needing-to-be-right/#comment-405 Okay, this made me laugh, but probably not for the reason you think. I'm a member of the O Dea clan -- which includes O'Days and Deas and Days. And I have NEVER heard that expression!! Ever! I will have to pass it along to the relatives. ;) Nice homily too. Okay, this made me laugh, but probably not for the reason you think. I’m a member of the O Dea clan — which includes O’Days and Deas and Days. And I have NEVER heard that expression!! Ever!

I will have to pass it along to the relatives. ;)

Nice homily too.

]]> Comment on Minding God’s Business by Bosco Peters http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/minding-gods-business/#comment-371 Bosco Peters Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:25:09 +0000 http://bhtw.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/minding-gods-business/#comment-371 “In Mary God has grown small to make us great.” St. Ephrem (d. 373) Christmas blessings from one liturgical blog to another Bosco Peters http://www.liturgy.co.nz “In Mary God has grown small to make us great.”
St. Ephrem (d. 373)

Christmas blessings from one liturgical blog to another
Bosco Peters
http://www.liturgy.co.nz

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