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COURAGE ?? . . This is betrayal. Sounds like a
Trojan Horse has been let it. Your sorrow, Anthony,
is totally normal . . and HELPFUL !
Schnippel’s two passages of Jesus’ own words
step around the current issue: they’re both about
NORMAL sexual relations, but OUTSIDE of their
proper context: NORMAL [ Sacramental ] Marriage.
Fr. Schnippel does NOT address what Courage Itself
is all about, NAMELY, counselling homosexuals —
whether active or with tendencies —to live the NORMAL
Catholic LIFE OF VIRTUE through the Sacramental Life
. . . WHATEVER that LIFE-LONG spirituall battle may entail.
“EVERYTHING is Grace, “ say BOTH St. Teresa of
Avila [ Doctor of Prayer ] and Ste/ Thérèse of Lisieux
[ Doctor of “The Little Way of Childhood” . . read her
“Song of ‘Today’ ” ]
So, nice try, Père Schnippel. Equivocation produces
BAD fruit. Therefore, “no banada”.
P.S.
To the degree that words out of the Vatican
ARE fast becoming meaningless —being SO
“open-minded that [ their ] brains [ HAVE ]
fallen out” (G.K.Chesterton) —to that degree
we would benefit from returning to memories
of our nursery rhymes at home, and dust off
those moral and fun-tinged lyrics:
“A diller, a dollar, a ten o’clock scholar!
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o’clock,
But now you come at noon.”
“Little Bobby Snooks
Was fond of his books,
And loved by his usher and master;
But naughty Jack Spry,
He got a black eye,
And carries his nose in a caste.”
“Little Tommy Tittlemouse
Lived in a little house;
He caught fishes
In other men’s ditches.”
Great one Prairie Grandpa !!!
Never learned that one even though when living in Michigan only one hour away from Canada, Port Huron Bridge, and Sarnia. My best recollection of a rhym , Jack and Jill
Blessings, Scott
Funny, isn’t it, Scott. I mean, being definitely into
that “final chapter of life” —entitled “Senioritis” —
I’ve noticed how awe-struck and fascinating have
been the arrival [ “from scratch” ] of each of our
grand children.
Grandpa’s “take”? Each Newborn comes with 5
PhD degrees behind their chosen name; BUT
the Newborn will never divulge a word of their
“Wisdom” . . until they begin imitating us “grown
ups” . . inspiring us to babble away in THEIR
language . . “foolishly”. As Grandpa noticed
many years earlier: “God is tricky”.
Also, while being closer and closer to the
simplicity of little ones, Grandpa also notices
that one’s childhood nursery rhymes pack a
bigger wholesome, humour-tinged “punch”
than way-back-then.
By the way, Scott, I HAD begun with “Jack
and Jill . . ” but scrapped it for ones I
hadn’t know before . . thus breaking my
own established rule: FIRST inspirations are
always the best. So, interesting that “Jack
and Jill . . ” also came up first in your
memory list.
P.S.
” . . Port Huron Bridge, Sarnia . . “, yes, been
down that route a hand full of times, last being
cutting across the Mac Bridge, from Ontario
[ through Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota up back into Canada ] on our
first car trip to Calgary to visit our new
Grand daughter, Catherine. That was ’bout
eight years ago.
Grandpa’s normally do not keep track of
time; A DAY at a time is plenty!
Have a GOOD day!
Bob