Pope and His Priests - Still Telling God What to Do
“In honor of the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of St Paul, Pope Benedict XVI has designated June 2008 through June 2009 as the Pauline Year.” This was reported in the Aug 22 Catholic Universe Bulletin, the newspaper of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, in an article titled, “Pilgrims Celebrate Pauline Year Close to Home.”
The pope likes to demonstrate how he can boss God around. One way is how the pope gives priests power to command Christ to turn Himself into wafers and wine – a truly awesome spectacle!
Another example of this power is the indulgence – whereby the pope relieves Catholics the temporal punishment of their sins by instructing them to do certain rituals or visit certain places.
To celebrate the birth of Paul, His Holiness had “A decree published by the Apostolic Penitentiary (that) offers a plenary indulgence to pilgrims honoring St Paul. Ideally, the pilgrim would visit St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, where St Paul is entombed.”
However, in these times of a slow economy and weak dollar, Cleveland bishop Richard Lennon has recognized that many Catholics can’t get to Rome this year. Therefore “Lennon has applied the decree to churches in the Diocese dedicated to St Paul.”
So……all a Catholic has to do to get this indulgence is to make a short pilgrimage to one of the churches named St Paul in northeast Ohio. That’s a lot cheaper than going all the way to Rome!
Comment – At least Bishop Lennon is allowing Catholics a full indulgence if they confine their “pilgrimage” to northeast Ohio. Earlier this year when the pope went to World Youth Day in Australia, he granted full indulgences to those who made trip down under, but only partial indulgences for those who stayed home and only prayed for the event.
This is the heart of the Roman priesthood – that sinful man commands and God jumps. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (para 882) says the pope has: “Full, supreme, and universal power over the whole church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.” This is wickedness! How dare a mere man claim such power!
Question - what is the “god” of Rome like? Answer – in 2008-2009 “god” will give special privileges to those who visit a parish named St Paul, but not a parish named anything else! This is absurd. Please pray that the God of the bible would free people from such a foolish and false religious system.
The pope likes to demonstrate how he can boss God around. One way is how the pope gives priests power to command Christ to turn Himself into wafers and wine – a truly awesome spectacle!
Another example of this power is the indulgence – whereby the pope relieves Catholics the temporal punishment of their sins by instructing them to do certain rituals or visit certain places.
To celebrate the birth of Paul, His Holiness had “A decree published by the Apostolic Penitentiary (that) offers a plenary indulgence to pilgrims honoring St Paul. Ideally, the pilgrim would visit St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, where St Paul is entombed.”
However, in these times of a slow economy and weak dollar, Cleveland bishop Richard Lennon has recognized that many Catholics can’t get to Rome this year. Therefore “Lennon has applied the decree to churches in the Diocese dedicated to St Paul.”
So……all a Catholic has to do to get this indulgence is to make a short pilgrimage to one of the churches named St Paul in northeast Ohio. That’s a lot cheaper than going all the way to Rome!
Comment – At least Bishop Lennon is allowing Catholics a full indulgence if they confine their “pilgrimage” to northeast Ohio. Earlier this year when the pope went to World Youth Day in Australia, he granted full indulgences to those who made trip down under, but only partial indulgences for those who stayed home and only prayed for the event.
This is the heart of the Roman priesthood – that sinful man commands and God jumps. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (para 882) says the pope has: “Full, supreme, and universal power over the whole church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered.” This is wickedness! How dare a mere man claim such power!
Question - what is the “god” of Rome like? Answer – in 2008-2009 “god” will give special privileges to those who visit a parish named St Paul, but not a parish named anything else! This is absurd. Please pray that the God of the bible would free people from such a foolish and false religious system.
posted by Robt. B. at 4:09 AM
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