tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post4054696591090983486..comments2023-10-02T01:11:04.783-07:00Comments on Mahound's <br>Paradise: EXCLUSIVE: Text of Fr. Phillips Canon Law Letter to CupichOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-54209329704635571882018-06-29T22:36:09.766-07:002018-06-29T22:36:09.766-07:00Supporters of Fr. Phillips may assist with his def...Supporters of Fr. Phillips may assist with his defense here<br />https://www.gofundme.com/legal-defense-fund-for-fr-phillips<br />mburny@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960691980769711956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-60944031134813245852018-06-28T17:24:54.616-07:002018-06-28T17:24:54.616-07:00After the heretical nonsense Cupich spouted recent...After the heretical nonsense Cupich spouted recently in Cambridge UK recently, I cannot understand why he still imgines himself to be a Catholic -- still less competant to continue as a priest, Cardinal and Archbishop! I am told, 'though, he is as smooth as smoke-black silk. (Remember the Satanic stuff that entered the Church during and since the Second Vatican Council?)Ignatius, Cornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682463477631323674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-21056818896225101822018-06-28T11:37:06.365-07:002018-06-28T11:37:06.365-07:00It appears that Fr. Phillips is simply following O...It appears that Fr. Phillips is simply following Our Lord's advice given in Mt i8:15-18:<br /><br />"But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother. And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican."<br /><br />He is also heeding the words of St, who admonished the Corinthians for taking their disputes before civil courts:<br /><br />“Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust, and not before the saints?”<br /><br />The present system of hierarchic recourse in contained in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Fr. Phillips is using the methods that the Church has given us. I have seen it work many times and, from first-hand experience, can say that it does indeed offer real help.<br /><br />Chuck Wilson<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384546784424640486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-37172971297811553362018-06-27T08:14:46.701-07:002018-06-27T08:14:46.701-07:00Barbara, this type of comment and this sort of app...Barbara, this type of comment and this sort of approach is all too rare in the blogsphere. Are we Catholics or not? Do we believe in the power of prayer or not? There is nothing wrong with looking to canon law for relief, nor for Catholic journalism to expose the truth, but still, for the love of God, where should our focus be, our main effort? Jesus Christ is the savior, and we can scramble around looking to other methods for relief and deliverance and HE WILL LET US until we discover that all other methods and approaches offer no real help. The experience of the human race, of the Church, of you and me is that no one is allowed to be his own savior, not here nor in any area of our lives. Query Oakes Spalding. Are you the savior? He will say, "I am not He" Ask Alan Kershaw, Fr. Philip's canon lawyer, "Are you the savior?" He must answer, "I am not He!" Nevertheless, let us exhaust all other avenues and discover our impotence to the full, our complete lack of wisdom, while Fr. Philips languishes and the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius disintegrate. In such a tangled situation as this, and the many other tangled situations confronting the Church today, the Lord ALONE can deliver us, but until we act and pray as if this is the case, He will let us flounder. Why should He not? he has told us in many places in Scripture, in the lives of the saints, in the providential dispositions of our own lives that He alone is the savior, but if we will not believe Him, He will not act.<br /><br />Also, it should be perfectly obvious that the person in REAL trouble in this entire imbroglio is Cardinal Cupich, not Fr. Philips. Reading between the lines does not always give an accurate reading, but he seems to be the one dangling by a thread over the abyss. He, far more than Fr. Philips, needs prayers, sacrifices and deliverance from the clutches of satan. Lee Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399292611179526836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-34036715712327192922018-06-26T15:56:37.784-07:002018-06-26T15:56:37.784-07:00Well stated. Congratulations.Well stated. Congratulations.Jim Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032003470886876268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-29767398174843718532018-06-26T09:50:06.857-07:002018-06-26T09:50:06.857-07:00I give thanks to God that Fr Phillips has a compet...I give thanks to God that Fr Phillips has a competent lawyer. It remains to be seen whether the Church is governed by its own Canon Law, or whether by ruse the actions of Cardinal Cupich will be brought directly to Pope Francis for confirmation, as has happened in at least two cases during this Pontificate.<br />Wisely, however, Fr Phillips has civil lawyers to help. The Church has no good news (evangelium) to preach to the world, if her own system of justice is not based on the Law of God, but on the whim and prejudice of powerful prelates.B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-39247692372123026982018-06-26T09:44:20.328-07:002018-06-26T09:44:20.328-07:00My wife, 7 children and myself have attended St. J...My wife, 7 children and myself have attended St. John Cantius for some 20+ years and I can attest that never have we heard so much as a whisper of bad conduct by anybody associated with that great parish. Something seems very wrong here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181898537335103391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-85747891015804780012018-06-26T05:03:39.876-07:002018-06-26T05:03:39.876-07:00I am with you in prayer Barbara! If we all storm ...I am with you in prayer Barbara! If we all storm Heaven, Heaven will help Fr! I'm sorry, but this has been a bungled witch hunt from the get go. TLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185788425122984772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-76671209317506198402018-06-26T04:50:41.861-07:002018-06-26T04:50:41.861-07:00Cardinal Wormtongue (aka, Blase Cupich) will be br...Cardinal Wormtongue (aka, Blase Cupich) will be brought to justice, either now or before God. <br /><br />It will not be pleasant either way for the man. Pray for his conversion. Paul D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055496521071397951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-34897574941547952672018-06-25T22:11:44.801-07:002018-06-25T22:11:44.801-07:00Prayers for Father Phillip and Cardinal Cupich! I ...Prayers for Father Phillip and Cardinal Cupich! I hope Father Philip will be reinstated at St John Cantius.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989630347526482814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-3395889325083261572018-06-25T20:30:02.016-07:002018-06-25T20:30:02.016-07:00I pray for Father Philips. He is experiencing wha...I pray for Father Philips. He is experiencing what Christ the Lord experienced so that he may become like Him. All those who follow Christ sincerely taste His Cross and this is the plight of this fervent priest. We are with you, Father, and we pray for you.Barbara Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566610653008240239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-69477456583289091872018-06-25T18:39:40.339-07:002018-06-25T18:39:40.339-07:00The wicked run when no one pursued, but the righte...The wicked run when no one pursued, but the righteous shall roar like a lion, (Prov 28:1)<br /><br />Love the verse. Truth will prevail. The forces of resistance to all these multiplied injustices are gathering. The time for weeping, anguish and hand wringing ... just about over.Aquahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691722006352014613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-15214610334736533042018-06-25T18:37:55.321-07:002018-06-25T18:37:55.321-07:00We really need a copy of the finding of the invest...We really need a copy of the finding of the investigation. Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02461037782982511931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-55566091378471833722018-06-25T18:25:29.540-07:002018-06-25T18:25:29.540-07:00Pray for the Cardinal he is in dire need of prayer...Pray for the Cardinal he is in dire need of prayers and Masses to be offered for himAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11208731419976665859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-61646209332228475752018-06-25T17:04:56.596-07:002018-06-25T17:04:56.596-07:00Why sure! The Rota is subject entirely to the wis...Why sure! The Rota is subject entirely to the wishes of the Pope who is THE supreme judge and legislator on earth.<br /><br />Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-49589326160557097682018-06-25T16:44:45.333-07:002018-06-25T16:44:45.333-07:00Very interesting!Very interesting!Matt C. 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