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« Reply #30 on: July 02, 2009, 09:38:AM » |
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Well India does sound like punishment.  Why?...too many brown people? poverty? heat?? |
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"Catholics throughout the country are again accepting `the lesser of two evils'.... They fail to see the body of Catholic social teaching of such men as Fr. Vincent McNabb, G.K. Chesterton, Belloc, Eric Gill and other Distributists ... and lose all sight of The Little Way."
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I thank God that I live in a day when the enemy is outside the Church, and I know where he is, and what he is up to. But, I foresee a day when the enemy will be both outside and inside the Church ... and, I pray for the poor faithful who will be caught in the crossfire. --Cardinal Newman
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« Reply #31 on: July 02, 2009, 10:37:AM » |
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Ridgefield, Connecticut's Fr. Gerardo Zendejas and Fr. Tim Pfeiffer from Syracuse, New York have both been reassigned to New Mexico and India respectively. Both men are the anchors of Christianity on the East Coast. Please pray for them and their replacements.
WOW!!! Fr. T. Pfeiffer was here in San Antonio for many years. He married my wife and I in 2005 - right before he went to Syracuse. He is responsible for me getting passionate about my faith again (I was sadly one of those that went through the motions). I have never known a priest that touched so many people - I remember during my wedding - family members and friends were telling me what a wonderful sermon he gave - and wanted to make appointments to talk to him. He truly lived by example, kind of reminded me of the Parson from Canterbury Tales. An extraordinary priest, I am sure he will be missed in Syracuse as he still is in San Antonio. |
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« Reply #32 on: July 02, 2009, 10:39:AM » |
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Knowing how the SSPX works, those types of "reassignments" are a type of punishment. Wonder what they did???
I doubt they a punishment. The SSPX typically tries to match the talents of the priests to their assignments. Apprarently there is great need in India. |
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« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2009, 11:10:AM » |
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Sometimes the transfers simply don't make sense from a practical pastoral point of view. Some of the best preachers in English are sent to places where they don't learn the language very easily or very well.
Others come to the English speaking countries from non-English speaking countries and they are virtually incomprehensible. They often struggle from the pulpit because they are trying to express theology in the 5th language they've had to learn.
How they operate in the confessional is beyond me. I've had to go find a Novus Ordo priest on occasion and re-confess because the lines of communication were so crossed that the whole confession was a bomb.
I only know of a few priests that have that superlative ability to learn languages and globe hop like that.
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« Reply #34 on: July 02, 2009, 11:16:AM » |
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Well India does sound like punishment. Why?...too many brown people? poverty? heat?? It's India with yes heat and disease where people will starve and let cows eat their vegetables instead of killing and eating the cow itself. Not to mention the recent persecution of Christians from Hindus. And why would you bring up "brown people?" Do you think I would consider affiliation with those of a different skin color to be punishment?! |
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Foolish then, is he who departs from the Vicar of Christ Crucified, who has the keys of the Blood, or who goes against him . . . Even though the pope were satan incarnate himself, I may not lift up my head against him, but I must always humble myself, and beg for the Blood as a mercy, for in no other wise can I obtain a part of it -St. Catherine of Sienna.
If desire has equal power with actual Baptism, you would then be satisfied to desire Glory, as though that longing itself were Glory!-St. Gregory Nazianzen.
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« Reply #35 on: July 02, 2009, 11:38:AM » |
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Well India does sound like punishment. Why?...too many brown people? poverty? heat?? It's India with yes heat and disease where people will starve and let cows eat their vegetables instead of killing and eating the cow itself. Not to mention the recent persecution of Christians from Hindus. And why would you bring up "brown people?" Do you think I would consider affiliation with those of a different skin color to be punishment?! Did not know what you meant-good to get clarification!!!!!! |
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Don't blame me, I voted Baldwin 2008!
"Catholics throughout the country are again accepting `the lesser of two evils'.... They fail to see the body of Catholic social teaching of such men as Fr. Vincent McNabb, G.K. Chesterton, Belloc, Eric Gill and other Distributists ... and lose all sight of The Little Way."
-Dorothy Day
I thank God that I live in a day when the enemy is outside the Church, and I know where he is, and what he is up to. But, I foresee a day when the enemy will be both outside and inside the Church ... and, I pray for the poor faithful who will be caught in the crossfire. --Cardinal Newman
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« Reply #36 on: July 02, 2009, 12:29:PM » |
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I actually heard that Fr. Tim Pfeiffer had been petitioning to go to India for quite some time, and he seemed very excited about it when I saw him a few weeks ago. He is a wonderful priest. His brother, Fr. Joe Pfeiffer, is also amazing, and has played a major role in my husband's and my life. What a blessing for India to have them both! It is a bit unusual though, isn't it, for two brothers to be assigned to the same place?
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« Reply #37 on: July 02, 2009, 12:40:PM » |
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Well India does sound like punishment. Why?...too many brown people? poverty? heat?? It's India with yes heat and disease where people will starve and let cows eat their vegetables instead of killing and eating the cow itself. As compared to America where we abort babies left and right even though we can feed them and people die from heart disease because they eat McDonald's all the time. Maybe India is the reward and American is the punishment.... |
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« Reply #38 on: July 02, 2009, 02:01:PM » |
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2. As the SSPX is primarily missionary, they want to avoid long-term appointments...
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Arreptisque Nadab et Abiu, filii Aaron, turibulis posuerunt ignem et incensum desuper, offerentes coram Domino ignem alienum quod eis praeceptum non erat. Egressusque ignis a Domino devoravit eos et mortui sunt coram Domino.
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« Reply #39 on: July 02, 2009, 02:42:PM » |
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What length of time would be considered a "long-term appointment" ? From observation, anything over three years would be quite long to be in any one place in general. By way of correction, Fr. Zendejas is now in Dickinson, Texas not New Mexico. |
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« Reply #40 on: July 02, 2009, 02:46:PM » |
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Knowing how the SSPX works, those types of "reassignments" are a type of punishment. Wonder what they did???
Did you mean to label these two priests by implication? |
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« Reply #41 on: July 02, 2009, 02:52:PM » |
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What length of time would be considered a "long-term appointment" ? From observation, anything over three years would be quite long to be in any one place in general. Three years is quite long? OK. I guess I'll file the 13-year (and current) appointment I'm observing as... an anomaly.  |
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Arreptisque Nadab et Abiu, filii Aaron, turibulis posuerunt ignem et incensum desuper, offerentes coram Domino ignem alienum quod eis praeceptum non erat. Egressusque ignis a Domino devoravit eos et mortui sunt coram Domino.
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« Reply #42 on: July 02, 2009, 03:05:PM » |
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 Dickinson, eh? Fr Z. kept telling us we'd be back (in CT) when we left for TX. Tables seem to be turned.
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« Reply #43 on: July 02, 2009, 06:09:PM » |
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Well India does sound like punishment. Why?...too many brown people? poverty? heat?? It's India with yes heat and disease where people will starve and let cows eat their vegetables instead of killing and eating the cow itself. As compared to America where we abort babies left and right even though we can feed them and people die from heart disease because they eat McDonald's all the time. Maybe India is the reward and American is the punishment.... India has the same if not worse problems when it comes to abortion. They are very much into selective abortion, like China, based on gender. |
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"We're from Jersey. Not New Jersey, just Jersey. We curse a lot. We say "yo" and we say it often. We sure as hell don't pump our own gas. We know what real pizza tastes like and we know that a bagel is much more than a roll wit a hole in the middle. We judge people by what exit they are off the parkway or by what mall they live closest to. We drive SUVs and we tailgate any chance we get. All good nights must end in a diner, preferably with cheese fries. It's a sub, not a hoagie or a hero. and I wash it down with soda, not pop. I have a dawg, and I drink cawfee. ..and New York City, is "the city." We know 65 mph means 80 mph."-Anon
Foolish then, is he who departs from the Vicar of Christ Crucified, who has the keys of the Blood, or who goes against him . . . Even though the pope were satan incarnate himself, I may not lift up my head against him, but I must always humble myself, and beg for the Blood as a mercy, for in no other wise can I obtain a part of it -St. Catherine of Sienna.
If desire has equal power with actual Baptism, you would then be satisfied to desire Glory, as though that longing itself were Glory!-St. Gregory Nazianzen.
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« Reply #44 on: July 02, 2009, 07:50:PM » |
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Knowing how the SSPX works, those types of "reassignments" are a type of punishment. Wonder what they did???
Did you mean to label these two priests by implication? Not at all. The SSPX is notorious for banishing its priests who don't follow the party line. This type of "discipline" is a fact known by many, and just because many who post here are ignorant of this doesn't change a thing. On the other hand, this whole thing could be above board. No one will ever know the real truth. But hey, who really cares if the parties involved don't? Time to move on... |
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