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Comment on Kissing the Face of God Christmas Card In Stock and On Sale by Ian

Ian — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:22:33 +0000

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Comment on Why We Don't and Won't Ever Carry Richard Rohr by Shamrock

Shamrock — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:21 +0000

Mark.....Once more, a serious reading of the Catholic Catechism would give you more than enough insight into Rohr's numerous heretical errors that disqualify him from the shelves of a Catholic bookstore. No need, other than to satisfy one's curiosity to plow through your suggested website when one has already given enough reasons why Rohr cannot qualify for a Catholic bookstore. ( Why would you eat a food that you already know only gives you a bad case of indigestion.) And after all, this is the point of Ian's blog. If you are not in agreement, then your *beef* is actually with Truth, as it is taught by the Catholic Church, not with Ian. It never ceases to amaze how for some, Catholic teaching of Truth is somehow open to dissent and distortion and that those distortions and departures from Church teaching are as legitimate as Truth itself. It is called relativizing Truth and is entirely false and completely misleading. Placing Rohr on a bookshelf dedicated to solid church teaching is shamefully misleading and dishonest. Ian is to be commended for refusing to collaborate with lies which mislead souls away from their eternal destiny and the Truth which sets men free from such error.
You and everyone else are free to chase after such nonsense but you look for all the world like the cat who endlessly chases its own tail.
There are those who call themselves Catholic, but what they really mean, is they are Catholic according to their own definition of its teachings or distorting Truth itself. Rohr falls into this category in many serious ways It is to this end Rohr writes and therefore, he does not belong in a Catholic bookstore. He is hoping to bring the Church around to his way of thinking by sprinkling his *feel good* books with serious error and calling them "Catholic teaching" or in some instances, inviting the Church to change God's revealed Truth.
The Church was instituted by Christ as a place on earth where Truth could be deposited and proclaimed from, until His Return.
He knew it would be attacked and reviled as He was, and we were given a very grave task to not only proclaim but also to defend these Truths from those who would do it irreparable harm.
It is not censorship ( after all, there are secular bookstores that stock his books where you can purchase them ). It is called doing the will of God when you defend Truth in all its aspects.
Consider a store that sold automobile parts. You would only purchase there if you knew that the store carried a reputation for stocking its shelves with legitimate merchandise. Only a fool would purchase items from this store if it was known to carry at time stolen goods or shoddy merchandise. Or that its sales practices were misleading and often injurious. Immortal souls are of far great worth than auto parts.
Again, Ian is to be commended for his integrity in presenting the truth about Rohr and why he will not be found in his CATHOLIC bookstore. He has done his readers an everlasting favor! Meantime, pray Father Rohr will be visited by the Holy Spirit and be opened to a clearer, less distorted vision of the Truth!

Comment on Why We Don't and Won't Ever Carry Richard Rohr by Mark30339

Mark30339 — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:48:19 +0000

I challenged the Rohr detractors in my Dec. 2012 comment (http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2011/03/16/why-we-dont-and-wont-ever-carry-richard-rohr/comment-page-1/#comment-14212) and got no takers. Let me challenge another way.

Richard has very substantive comments on scripture in these books: New Great Themes of Scripture, parts 1 and 2; Great Themes of Paul parts 1 and 2; Sermon on the Mount; and Things Hidden in Scripture. Shamrock, Ian and others are so strident in their derision, but they probably haven't invested in studying even a single chapter of these core teachings.

It's one thing to not like Richard's blog post social commentary, I'm not that into his politics either. It's quite another thing to actually show how his books on scripture are so wrong they deserve condemnation. It's time for the detractors to do a little scholarship or do some apologizing for their slander.

Comment on Kissing the Face of God Christmas Card In Stock and On Sale by patricia chaplin

patricia chaplin — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:44 +0000

Iam a religious education teacher searching for a picture of the Madona and Child, I found exactly what Ineed in "Kissing the Face
of God" Please is it possible to purchace a poster of this beautiful painting for our school?

Patricia.

Comment on Onesie! Onesie! Onesie! or, the Silliness of Gerber by Toni M.

Toni M. — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:50:19 +0000

I'm donesies with Gerber as well They're literally taking the shirts off of my little guys' backs since I'm having a hard time selling their baby ***sies on eBay in order to buy them new shirts! Not cool Gerber!