Saturday, 12 October 2013

Prepare to be scared....very scared

I have no way of verifying the integrity of this letter to Pope Francis featured on this post but, it rings true to me....you decide, you will need the translate button:-

http://muniatintrantes.blogspot.co.uk/
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2013 6:32 pm

    SIR, I READ IT AND IF TRUE, SCARIFYING!!!

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  2. philipjohnsonOctober 12, 2013 8:22 pm

    i have read it and it is terrifying if true!!philip johnson.

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  3. ACC92October 12, 2013 8:57 pm

    Sorry, but why is it scary exactly...

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  4. RhoslynOctober 12, 2013 10:15 pm

    What a brave woman (and 9 children? Go on!!) and a fair letter, I think. Please God, I hope Pope Francis reads it. I hope he realises what he is doing and yes, I hope he is shocked and he will probably be saddened by it. A bit of tough love can do us the world of good!

    Also, we should never forget to follow her example. That is, we must pray for Pope Francis every day! Whenever we have a spare prayer going, let's offer it up for our dear Holy Father.

    All this talk about us having to wait and see and us being 'pleasantly surprised' in the end. Christ's message is actually not very complicated, in my opinion (as Fr Hugh Thwaites said, God would not have created a faith that only clever people could understand). Furthermore, it's all been worked out and written down for the Pope, so he just has to be faithful to existing teaching. It's not like the Pope has to play the system and then in the end, it all works out for the best.

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  5. Mike CliffsonOctober 12, 2013 10:40 pm

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  6. LyndaOctober 12, 2013 11:53 pm

    I couldn't get a good translation and my Spanish is poor (I went to original) but the writer seems simply to be expressing the dismay and anxiety of most orthodox Catholics at many things Pope Francis is doing and saying. The language of (the true) Catholicism is universal.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 13, 2013 6:11 am

    Mike you seem at pains to dismiss first hand testimony from an Argentine woman who married and relocated in Mexico...I have friends in both countries and they say she is impeccably trustworthy...

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    1. PatriciusOctober 13, 2013 10:30 am

      And, as the author of so much splendid poetry and music, you are yourself absolutely trustworthy?

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    2. Mike CliffsonOctober 13, 2013 4:12 pm

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  8. YE OLDE JARRA SCRIBEOctober 13, 2013 2:33 pm

    Richard,
    Thank you for alerting us with this post as regards to this present occupant to the Papacy! Yes, it is very scary indeed. However, it has only served to enforce and reaffirm my thoughts as to the Bishop of Rome!


    Cheers,

    Michael.

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  9. NonAngelusSedAnglusOctober 13, 2013 2:39 pm

    It is very sad if this is true. Does Pope Francis not genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament? This is very disturbing if true.

    Here is my own call for a more inclusive and humble liturgy: http://english-catholic.blogspot.hk/2013/10/humble-and-inclusive-liturgy-in-spirit.html

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    1. YE OLDE JARRA SCRIBEOctober 13, 2013 3:12 pm

      EnglishCatholic,
      Be assured that he TBOR does not genuflect before the Blessed Sacrament: I have watched all his televised Masses on EWTN!


      Cheers,

      Michael

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    2. Squashed SardineOctober 14, 2013 2:50 pm

      Maybe he's got a knee problem? I know a few faithful Catholics who can't genuflect because of that!

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    3. LyndaOctober 15, 2013 12:24 pm

      The Pope knelt down to wash the feet of the prisoners on Holy Thursday.

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  10. parepidemosOctober 13, 2013 5:11 pm

    As we know, the Pope is not shy about answering letters seeking help. If this letter were true, Pope Francis would have most likely responded - and the author most likely have shared that the Pope had actually been in touch. This letter belongs in the dustbin.

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  11. Aged parentOctober 14, 2013 4:10 pm

    Some of the dismissive comments I'm reading in response to this post are a bit odd, to say the least. A woman writes to the Pope with love and charity, and yet concern, and her letter is held in sarcastic disdain by some commenters here. Weird.

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    1. parepidemosOctober 14, 2013 6:02 pm

      Dear Aged parent,

      If by "sarcastic disdain" you mean my comment, then such disdain was not meant. I simply do not believe the letter to be genuine but rather something published by a person unhappy with Pope Francis.

      The reasons I believe the letter to be a fabrication are (a) why on earth would someone publish such a personal letter? (b) As I mentioned, had Francis actually received such a letter, it is likely he would have responded (especially when the writer claims some personal knowledge of the Pope) - and, the author would most likely have shared that response (having so readily shared the letter).

      Time may well prove me wrong, but I do not believe this letter to be genuine.

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