Busy day here.
Muller:
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Busy day here.
Muller:
Source:
Pope St Pius X
Livestream (8:30am CST)
© 2023, Anthony Stine. All rights reserved. You may reuse or copy this post by giving credit and providing a link.
Second day reflection: I don’t know, Anthony, but
isn’t Cardinal Müller dealing with —re. Cardinal
Duka’s dubia —a “rugged individualism” . . .
spawned by the now-perfected digital technology?
I mean, now anyone and everyone can make
public their OWN “take” on a given issue, whereas,
in the days of BEFORE-INTERNET, theological &
moral questions [ differing from Church Teaching ]
went directly to the local Ordinary or to Rome for
clarification and resolution.
But now —with instant AND “fracing” communication
[ to use a term from mining ] —who, practically, is
there to put moral and theological differences to
rest . . after clarifying and resolving?
Thank God that Cardinal Müller took on Cardinal
Duka’s “dubia”, put it through the highly fine-tuned
vetting of Catholic Church Teaching, leaving
Cardinal Duka with a clear option: one does
not have to assent to teachings that go against
the Doctrine of the Faith . . which Francis sees
as “rigid” [ frozen dead ] yet overlays every
perception with ambiguity, i.e. HIS “open-ended”
opinions, except the one affirming the Amoris
Laetitia interpretation [ by the Buenos Aires
hierarchy ] the ONLY and correct interpretation.
Thank you, Anthony !
@1:38 “ . . not lose their Charity”. I have found
that this indispensable virtue stays alive AND is
protected ESPECIALLY by daily praying the
rosary.
Take it from Prairie Grandpa Bob, who “was BORN
to” argue, and habitually call into question, with a
built-in bad temper, an unhappy character trait,
Inherited from Mom during Hitler days [ 1944 ff. ]
My Spiritual Director of 42 years ago [ 1971 ]
nailed it with his observation, “Bob, when you’re
happy don’t looking for reasons to be UN-
happy”.
Currently, it is our GRAND CHILDREN [ aged
four months to seven years (the eldest preparing
for first Confession & Holy Communion as we
speak) ] who have been the REAL anti-dote to
Grandpa’s habitual “head-tripping” and mistrust.
Little kids have no “script”. On is instantly dis-
armed by their spontaneous joyful excitement,
their squabbling, and their tears . . a critical
“lesson” for Grandpa [ and every aware adult ],
who are NO different in the sight of God their Father,
WHO ALWAYS awaits —and LOOKS FOR —the
returns of His straying “little nose-pickers.
So, for this aging “geezer”, praying the Rosary
daily definitely “waters” Charity, which he
INHERITED at his Baptism, and can “practise”
23/7, according to graces received and
responded tol
The Rosary, prayed every day, and Charity
are inseparable; omit the first and the second
very quickly disappears with the day’s sun-
set . . like “Marlborough Man” and his
cigarettes.
P.S.
Conclude with: “The rosary prayed daily and
Charity are inseparable. Omit the first and
the second very quickly disappears, like
Marlborough Man riding off into the sunset
in a cloud of cigarette smoke.