Comments on: Losing our Religion

By: jcemanuele

jcemanuele — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:31 +0000

I totally agree…and we wonder why so many leave the Church…BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW THEIR FAITH…it is touchy feel good…we need the SPIRITUAL…the beauty of our faith…meditating…using the wonderful sacraments we have…uniting ourselves with Christ for Lent…

By: clansullivan

clansullivan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:14 +0000

well said

By: 0rbis2010

0rbis2010 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:26:03 +0000

Someone above writes, “Reducing our carbon footprint is just a popular and politically correct way of saying that we should reduce our dependence on material resources. What’s wrong with learning to be better stewards of God’s creation?”

This new, unsubstantiated and exposed ideology is the glue of a new ‘spirituality’ for what the Financial Times calls a New World Order. It is creeping (now galloping) crypto-earth worship. The Vortex is absolutely right.

By: imbonnie

imbonnie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:42:53 +0000

Another great video

By: jfd1951

jfd1951 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:48:17 +0000

Well said Michael!

The mission of the church IS to save souls and it is the obligation of the Catholic Church hierarchy from the Holy Father to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons to Preach, Teach, and especially Live what Jesus called us to do

We’ve had Perpetual Adoration for almost 11 years, and I am encouraging more parishioners to commit to 1 hour of adoration per week.

Spritual Renewal is needed in our church. We need to pray for that.

Keep up the good work Michael.

Fr. Joseph

By: blu3jay

blu3jay — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:38:26 +0000

TheHiachiever, you’re right that we need to be good stewards of God’s creation. Don’t use the term carbon footprint though because it’s a term that refers to the Progressives’ attempt at population control, among other things. If you want to use Lent as a time to learn more about our role as stewards, you need to do something that will truly cause you to sacrifice something of yourself and will help you reflect on our fallen human nature. This is how we look forward along the path to God.

By: canhvanglangoc52

canhvanglangoc52 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:38:14 +0000

Michael!

This was very well put! American Catholics need to ask themselves what it means to be Catholic and not to resort to their own definitions of Catholicism. I find that the more we study our Faith, and the more we put time into studying philosophy and theology… we truly do come to realize the beauty and universal truth of the Catholic Church.

By: AbundantDivineMercy

AbundantDivineMercy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:12:33 +0000

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

By: ThanksSaintJoseph

ThanksSaintJoseph — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:04 +0000

Nothing’s wrong with learning to be better stewards of God’s creation,But to reduce Lent to such things is to be focussed on lower matters.Creation is a good gift, but sanctifying grace is a higher gift. This we should be focussed on first. By growing in grace and virtue we can attain Heaven. And even in terms of creation, the pinnacle of the physical world is human life. At least the Bishops could have focused on this…But reducing L:ent to our carbon footprint? Come now.

By: christianman73

christianman73 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:29:19 +0000

jcemanuele,

As a former Catholic who is strongly considering returning to the Church, I agree with what you’ve written here. Tragically though, many Catholics do not know their faith because liberal priests and nuns did not teach the Faith to them. This sort of heresy continues to this day. I don’t understand why more heretical religious leaders are not excommunicated from the Church.

By: benchwarmerbenji

benchwarmerbenji — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:06 +0000

Could not have nailed it any better than you did friend. Well said!

By: hercules101

hercules101 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:35:10 +0000

i hope and pray you come back to the One True Faith brother…Pax tecum. (by the way, if your name is emanuel thats awesome, because your name means “God with us” . ) peace

By: mastersirk

mastersirk — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:21:07 +0000

@christianman73
All the more reason to rejoin! We need to form a “Wine Party” movement within the church and reafirm the Catechism. “We must be the change we wish to see.”

By: tigerarmyrule

tigerarmyrule — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:46:16 +0000

It is notable how Michael in only a few minutes can clearly, succinctly and honestly put his point. If only more of our bishops were similarly able.

By: canhvanglangoc52

canhvanglangoc52 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:52:55 +0000

who is this petty and immature person that goes around giving thumbs down rating for everyone’s comments……….. interesting!

Anyways,……GO MICHAEL! We support you, and we support the Church and her teachings. It’s hard for society to see the Truth when they are all wrapped up in their selfish desires.

By: Perfectibilisti

Perfectibilisti — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:03:46 +0000

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

By: RedBloodedShqiponja

RedBloodedShqiponja — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:26:29 +0000

This Michael Voris guy needs his own talk show on TV. He’s a much better speaker and knows what he’s saying; Oprah wouldn’t be as smart as him.

By: summerlin89128

summerlin89128 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:45 +0000

It is ironic that while Catholic leaders are encouraging limiting our carbon footprint as a Lenten observance, the American church has universally eliminated the beautiful Corpus Christi procession which leads the congregation out of the church into nature in a celebration of God’s material creation through our adoration of the Body of Christ in the Holy Eucharist. As Michael observes, we have abandoned those things which are distinctively Catholic and have replaced them with a dull secularism.

By: chgohulk

chgohulk — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:42:42 +0000

You are not making a convincing point in this video.

This lenten calendar does not contain any errors in Catholic teaching. It is putting forth a resposnibility in the consumption of material goods and resources. Does that speak clearly to a return to a thoughful and austure life as we prepare ourselves for Easter?

Isn’t Lent supposed to be a time when Christians are more mindful about being less worldly?

By: RealCatholicTV

RealCatholicTV — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:51 +0000

>> This lenten calendar does not contain any errors in Catholic teaching

Actually, it does – an implied error, at least. It says we should abstain from meat on ONE Friday; to fail to do so on ALL Fridays of Lent is a violation of Church law.

And the statement “puppies are cute” is not contrary to Church teaching, but neither does is speak to an increase in HOLINESS.

Lent is not a time for reducing carbon footprint – it is a time to grow HOLIER.