tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post2576209643063914593..comments2023-08-05T17:29:04.803+01:00Comments on The Undercroft: An Orwellian MomentAnagnostishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post-57328854248136822082007-06-23T09:22:00.000+01:002007-06-23T09:22:00.000+01:00It's just that you're always complainingYes, I'm c...<I>It's just that you're always complaining</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, I'm conscious of that, Anon. Imagine if I posted more frequently? <BR/><BR/>Seriously - I understand exactly what you mean (I didn't choose the colour scheme here, or the title, on a whim)- I just trust I'm not complaining <I>gratuitously</I>; and though I'm anticipating the MP, I'm not really complaining about things that haven't happened, either. My reply to Arturo above distils the essence of it, I think.<BR/><BR/>Shall I think of something cheerful? I'd like to. If I can't I'll post some more poetry. Do come back, in any case.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post-76368008604759859082007-06-23T01:49:00.000+01:002007-06-23T01:49:00.000+01:00Sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh, you do make s...Sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh, you do make some good points in this post, and my comment was too hasty. It's just that you're always complaining, and now you've moved on to <I>things that haven't even happened yet...</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post-24412843708767531602007-06-23T01:46:00.000+01:002007-06-23T01:46:00.000+01:00Oh, have you run out of past and present stuff to ...Oh, have you run out of past and present stuff to bitch and moan about, so you're going to start on the things that you're certain will happen in the future?<BR/><BR/>Next post from Moretben: "In 2115 a female Pope will declare anathema the idea of mass as propitiatory sacrifice! O tempora, O mores!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post-31237646742025830632007-06-22T11:57:00.000+01:002007-06-22T11:57:00.000+01:00I'll link to my blog too as I am writing about the...I'll link to my blog too as I am writing about the prayer vigil over the 99 names.<BR/>I trust completely in Christ's promise that the gates of hell will not prevail-but I wonder what He meant. After all it is the attacking army who enters the gates-not the one sitting on its rump chatting about stuff and nonsence.<BR/>And I do so wish sometimes that the Church hierarchy in the Vatican did not come across so much as an Ent Moot. Does it really take so long...does it?WhiteStoneNameSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817511811745085749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post-30150452151585873142007-06-21T19:43:00.000+01:002007-06-21T19:43:00.000+01:00ArturoI'm in complete agreement with that: as you ...Arturo<BR/><BR/>I'm in complete agreement with that: as you put it to me once, "crisis is the Fifth Mark of the Church".<BR/><BR/>However - the questions raised by this Magisterially-sponsored assault on a section of the faithful, and the real rupture it represents, will not un-ask themselves, even though the original <I>causus belli</I> and <I>damnatio memoriae</I> have been removed.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22517294.post-32691318501357097232007-06-21T16:14:00.000+01:002007-06-21T16:14:00.000+01:00This is very thought-provoking. I will link this p...This is very thought-provoking. I will link this post to my blog, although truth be told, I think we have many of the same readers.<BR/><BR/>I guess the difference between you and me, Ben, is that I some time ago have already given up on the idea that the Church is sometimes in crisis, and sometimes not. I think there is always an unsettling equilibrium at the heart of the Church. It is called original sin. I suppose for me that means that the crises are never as bad as we think they are (comparatively speaking) and the triumphs never as glorious. That only happens when He makes all things new.Arturo Vasquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09674281914540496859noreply@blogger.com