Path to the holy isn’t found in cannon law
In Colleen Carroll Campbell’s column on Aug. 14 she speaks in glowing terms of the moral high road Archbishop Burke walked as a true pastor. I did witness his moral high road but I see no pastor like behaviors in the community, only selected places. He only visited with those who rubber stamped his authority to think for us. He never visited St. Cronan’s parish or spoke personally to Sr. Louise Lears. My expectation of a pastor would be to follow the example of Jesus. Jesus did not stay comfy and cozy in a mansion, surrounded by those bowing and scraping to him. He walked with the downtrodden, dined with sinners and listened to the needs of all. He left us few rules and challenged the rigid, unjust structures of the religious institutions of his day. From my pew, my pastors at St. Cronan, Fr. Gerry Kleba, Sr. Louise Lears and Sean Collins were true pastors. Archbishop Burke was not and I would expect he never will be. The path to the Holy is not found solely in the Cannon Law of the Catholic Church nor is pasturing equivalent with beating people into submission with it.
Ann Reis Quigley
St. Louis
I dunno, if anything a “pasturing” typo could be misconstrued as say, sheep are in pastures, just like sheep are in churches.
“Maybe one day people will realize that religion is a man made entity. Then maybe we won’t have the problems in the world that we do today. …”
myredstrat, perhaps you meant to type that God is a man-made entity? Either way, in contrast to your belief, I do not believe that the problems we face today are caused by a belief in God. Instead, I tend to think that said problems are caused by disbelief in God. The US is likely going to go the way of Rome if we stay on our current path. We are certainly well on our way to decay.
Swizzle, there seems to be many religions, that have different versions of God. Since that is the case, which one is correct? Who made these definitions? Since most religions states that if you do not follow them, you are ‘damned’, aren’t we all going to hell?
Jimmy,
Your comments remind me of this Far Side cartoon involving sheep (feel free to paste the link into your browser)…
http://www.danielrorex.com/blog/2007/03/01/gary-larsons-sheep/
Of course, regardless of what the sheep announces, he’s still a sheep…..
myredstrat,
I challenge you to identify an example in which the Catholic Church, just to use one religious group, states that those who aren’t Catholic are unequivocally, as you put it, “damned.”
I have read that if you are not a follower of Christ, then you cannot enter the ‘kingdom of heaven’. So what about all the hindus, buddists and muslums?
Which religious group said that, please?
Steve/ Swizz
I see you two bozo’s are at it again, not understanding or paying attention to the content of the message but being proof readers.
Praze (Like that spelling) the lord, the yoke of oppresion has been lifted from the necks of the faithful in St. Louis, Arcb”BUTT” Burke is out to no longer make our life a living hell………….
Wow, Sto, thanks for the enlightening contribution.
As your proofreader, I should point out that “bozos” isn’t possessive. No apostrophe necessary.
“ArchBUTT Burke.” What can I say? You’ve really got your “A” material going today….
Its just like a good catholic to tear one of there own down,cattiest bunch of hypocrites ever.
God bless and love ‘ya, Sto. I see you are still trying to influence folks with your sparkling dialogue and charming personality.
God bless you too, Frado.