tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post2924020080319950781..comments2024-03-12T09:16:40.228-04:00Comments on Dyspeptic Mutterings: Mmm, yeah, Peter...DPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-70395132811068525142014-03-26T21:59:26.975-04:002014-03-26T21:59:26.975-04:00"Frankly (no pun intended), I don't get t..."Frankly (no pun intended), I don't get this pope, and I'm no longer interested in trying to get him. He's going to recede to the background of my spiritual life, he and his intentions the subject of the regular family rosary, remembered as part of the liturgy on holy days of obligation, and... that's it. Like it was in the old days, before instant information made it Ecgberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354592772973677609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-64295957061205829362013-12-22T02:20:36.949-05:002013-12-22T02:20:36.949-05:00That's better, Todd. And just remember, to you...That's better, Todd. And just remember, to you it will always be Mr. Thalmann.<br /><br />Ernst ThalmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-39872336882523942492013-12-21T21:42:38.725-05:002013-12-21T21:42:38.725-05:00Mr Thalmann, my last name is prominent both on my ...Mr Thalmann, my last name is prominent both on my web site (click link) as well as on a comment at 11:59am this morning.<br /><br />Still: no apology forthcoming. O well.Toddhttp://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-22331052546915398082013-12-21T19:40:33.724-05:002013-12-21T19:40:33.724-05:00What's you last name, Todd?
Ernst ThalmannWhat's you last name, Todd?<br /><br />Ernst ThalmannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-67408489659456706612013-12-21T19:37:44.882-05:002013-12-21T19:37:44.882-05:00Bah! You two are just steamed because someone you ...Bah! You two are just steamed because someone you don't consider a faithful and virtuous Catholic called some anonymous name-caller out on a juvenile expression.<br /><br />Just man up on this, admit you were wrong, and move along.Toddhttp://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-45526837971076818542013-12-21T18:51:18.302-05:002013-12-21T18:51:18.302-05:00How about if we start with some adult name calling...How about if we start with some adult name calling and observe that you are just the most insufferable and presumptuous ass I've encountered in sometime. Not that its any of your business but I chose to post here anonymously because Discus and the other commenting services I prefer to use elsewhere simply aren't available to me here. I'm new to the site - just a few days - and haven&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-75531009515075065962013-12-21T18:22:45.054-05:002013-12-21T18:22:45.054-05:00Oh, good grief, Todd, give me a break. Your high h...Oh, good grief, Todd, give me a break. Your high horse needs a bath. In any event, who are you to judge, right?<br /><br />As is typical of the pope's ever vigilant Golf-Clap Brigade, you seem to be missing the forest for the trees. Of course, one must wonder if a fellow who runs a blog called Catholic Sensibility has much of a leg to stand on when criticizing others of being prone to a Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-16372300507895042482013-12-21T17:03:50.492-05:002013-12-21T17:03:50.492-05:001:53 Anonymous,
I think it's one thing to pla...1:53 Anonymous,<br /><br />I think it's one thing to place one's name and links out there and be sturdy in one's critique of public persons and church elements. It's another to hide behind anonymity and resort to adolescent name-calling.<br /><br />I happen to agree that the effective "consequences" of the Duck Dynasty person are lamentable. He, at least, was willing to Toddhttp://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-58740807853017517832013-12-21T14:02:36.358-05:002013-12-21T14:02:36.358-05:00And as to Wuerl being the quintessential choice of...And as to Wuerl being the quintessential choice of Benedict, not in the teeth of having a clown like Francis at the helm. Choices of this kind are not made in isolation from one another, and the environment right now is decidedly shaky. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-45818902537137792502013-12-21T13:53:02.335-05:002013-12-21T13:53:02.335-05:00Here's something that's wildly entertainin...Here's something that's wildly entertaining, Todd, being a faithful Catholic and unconcerned when, in effect, Wuerl fills a chair formerly occupied by Mueller. But then again, what faithful Catholic will continue to be so once Frank the Hippie Pope's "culture of encounter" has enveloped us? Few I suspect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-41723503962056078572013-12-21T11:59:52.102-05:002013-12-21T11:59:52.102-05:00It looks like a feeling in search of a justificati...<br />It looks like a feeling in search of a justification. No CDF guy on Bishops. O woe! Oops, we forgot somebody. No CDF head on Bishops. O woe!<br /><br />I have to confess the conservative spinning on Pope Francis is wildly entertaining. <br /><br />For example: there are so few *real* experts on doctrine; they all must have been subsumed into the CDF. I nominate Donald. We need a good lay Todd Flowerdayhttp://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-53081732486476961902013-12-20T20:50:36.530-05:002013-12-20T20:50:36.530-05:00I was referring to Cardinal Wuerl, who is empirica...I was referring to Cardinal Wuerl, who is empirically the sort of bishop Benedict would pick for Washington, and for the CDF, and for a red hat. In this appointment, at least, Pope Francis is not undoing, but continuing his predecessor's work.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534284662785499386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-28212413107664980052013-12-19T20:53:59.601-05:002013-12-19T20:53:59.601-05:00Tom, do you mean that Levada represents the CDF (&...Tom, do you mean that Levada represents the CDF ("at least one member of the CDF")?Codgitator (Cadgertator)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00872093788960965392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-11596204222721407792013-12-19T07:21:10.538-05:002013-12-19T07:21:10.538-05:00I do feel slightly better, to have a minor miscomm...I do feel slightly better, to have a minor miscommunication cleared up.<br /><br />The fact itself doesn't make me feel anything, one way or another, since I don't believe that the office of prefect of the CDF necessarily confers on its holder the charism of prudence in choosing bishops, nor do I know enough about Cardinal Mueller to have an opinion about the impact to the Catholic ChurchTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534284662785499386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-11183685948993779762013-12-19T01:37:29.416-05:002013-12-19T01:37:29.416-05:00A correction is in order. I should have indicated ...A correction is in order. I should have indicated that it was the first time in 100 years that the Prefect of CDF hasn't been member of CFB. My apologies. Feel any better, Tom? I don't. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-9462320079211957032013-12-18T22:55:27.609-05:002013-12-18T22:55:27.609-05:00"I was not aware of the CDF representation as..."I was not aware of the CDF representation aspect. That's...bad news."<br /><br />Don't believe every anonymous claim you read on the Internet. At least one member of the CDF -- appointed by Pope Benedict, no less, who also appointed him as Archbishop of Washington and made him a cardinal -- is on the Congregation for Bishops.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534284662785499386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-87203140927979551902013-12-18T18:20:29.616-05:002013-12-18T18:20:29.616-05:00Keeping you all in mind, Dale. Keeping you all in mind, Dale. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-35635240524756413002013-12-18T09:34:09.867-05:002013-12-18T09:34:09.867-05:00Pretty much in the same boat as you. I cringe when...Pretty much in the same boat as you. I cringe whenever I hear non-Catholics proclaiming "I love this Pope," realizing for all their love they will never actually become Catholics, and that all of this "pastoral" lovey-doviness will not enhance the Church and may in fact drive more away.<br /><br />At any rate, my family expands and all is well. Please pray for us though as thePaul Zummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574775522802920843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-86891714299899075152013-12-17T16:41:39.001-05:002013-12-17T16:41:39.001-05:00Anonymous: yeah, perhaps. I did link to the Burke ...Anonymous: yeah, perhaps. I did link to the Burke story, so I'm aware of it. In addition to Burke, two Italian Benedict appointees were also given the boot. I was not aware of the CDF representation aspect. That's...bad news. <br /><br />But, yes, pastoral burial of doctrine seems to be in the wind. Let me do a little more research before I commit. In the meantime, pray, as the headwinds DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-54942696642819465622013-12-17T16:19:13.835-05:002013-12-17T16:19:13.835-05:00Might we bring you out of retirement to comment on...Might we bring you out of retirement to comment on the very obvious, public humiliation in Cardinal Burke's being unceremoniously dropped from the Congregation On Bishops? Also, the fact that for the first time in 100 years there will be no CDF representation on this Congregation. And here, in my view, the first concrete steps in the direction Francis plans to take the Church: An end to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-64993906120743418942013-12-17T14:07:44.864-05:002013-12-17T14:07:44.864-05:00Don:
It's still really too early to tell abo...Don: <br /><br />It's still really too early to tell about the impact. It's just that I'm exhausted with the hype, am experiencing disquiet about the initial moves, and I'm done with chasing after the latest tea leaf to try to reassure myself or otherwise gain insight. <br /><br />I feel like screaming, a la William Shatner at the SNL Star Trek convention sketch:<br /><br /><br />DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-29830572188935622892013-12-17T14:03:36.512-05:002013-12-17T14:03:36.512-05:00Glad to hear it, Flambeaux! Except for that projec...Glad to hear it, Flambeaux! Except for that project thing. Especial congratulations on the newest addition to the family--that's awesome!<br /><br />I am definitely going to shift into a book review mode--and I have some interesting Stirling and Byzantium books to talk about.<br /><br />A blessed Advent and Merry Christmas to you and yours, too!DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-64960386815015695172013-12-17T11:02:33.790-05:002013-12-17T11:02:33.790-05:00I hear you, Dale.
Grinding through a never ending...I hear you, Dale.<br /><br />Grinding through a never ending project at my new job. Still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. For now, this pays the bills, Deo gratias. <br /><br />I, too, need to quit paying attention to Rome and all its pomps and works.<br /><br />New parish is good. Family is good, although we've had more illness the last 5 months than I recall dealing Flambeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133131881423202010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-1579013892644488452013-12-17T06:41:57.866-05:002013-12-17T06:41:57.866-05:00My attitude is that from studying the history of t...My attitude is that from studying the history of the Church it doesn't surprise me that much that thus far Pope Francis usually strikes me as wrong headed and uninspiring. All sorts have worn the shoes of the Fisherman and we had a lucky run with John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. It is distressing that I suspect Pope Francis is dedicated to undoing much of their good work, but no papacy Donald R. McClareyhttp://the-american-catholic.com/noreply@blogger.com