tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post905999819862514361..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: "Happiness, happiness....Richard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-8448139839075372762011-11-16T07:28:56.990+00:002011-11-16T07:28:56.990+00:00Christ never really assured us of unmitigated happ...Christ never really assured us of unmitigated happiness!!! He did promise us that we would suffer in this world for the sake of his name and we better be prepared for it. Only the truth can set you free!<br /><br />This whole happy-happy story can mislead people down a very slippery spiritual slope. What is they believe that sacrifice, self-denial and suffering belong to the clergy and a few others. All our misery is supposed to END, END, END.<br />...and then reality bites! Those Catholics will never come back to the Church again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439614087264567341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-53697468477313501082011-11-15T09:09:24.433+00:002011-11-15T09:09:24.433+00:00I assume this is the CMOC protégé who once opined ...I assume this is the CMOC protégé who once opined that Confession was a dead letter and that there was no point in mentioning salvation to the young because they wouldn't understand the concept. <br />Or the same bishop who signed off New Age-type ceremonies at Mass for a National Youth Sunday. Or the one who admitted he wears mufti on train journeys to stop people from bothering him.<br />Or the bishop who, last Sunday, turned the Parable of the Talents on its head and told every congregation in his diocese which listened to his recorded homily that the hero of the parable was the man who did nothing 'cos he was poor. <br />That'll bring 'em flocking back.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.com