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[severinus]

reen:

Thank you. The buttress image is not mine, but I use it when it is apt.

 

[reen12]

My dear friend, Strider,

quote: Strider

Settle down, pal. reen12 is a friend of mine. She’s doing what you should be doing; making sure that when people attack the Church, they are actually attaking what the Church believes. You know the Bishop Sheen quote, or you should.
Anyway, tone down the shouting and cool it. You’re way out of bounds, here.

Maureen,
I’m happy to see you on this thread. I thought I upset you with my PM

I know that anything that you say to me is said with
my eternal welfare in mind, and what you say, you
say with respect and genuine concern.

I defend the Church as best I can.

It’s so quiet, reading the Rabbinic Sages. Nobody
calls me names, and Judaism wishes me well, here
and eternally. They don’t question my love of God,
they encourage it.

I do, occassionally, “lean against” the cross, and
tell Jesus that I don’t know what to make of Him,
but that more than a few of His followers and organizations
have driven me nuts.

As I’m not “wrapped too tight” to begin with, I
find it more peaceful, less stressful, to say
prayers of praise to God, and hope for the best.

God bless you, richly, Strider, my friend,

Maureen
aka Tiny Tim

 

[astralis]

About Mary Ann Collins, the owner of CatholicConcerns.com, this was pointed out to me about her bio by a poster on Spero Forum:

This 2001 version includes this:

I spent over two years as a postulant and a novice. After two years of training and preparation, our mother superior decided that I should not make vows. The purpose of being a novice is for the leaders of the convent, as well as the candidate, to decide whether or not the candidate should go ahead and take vows. If the candidate does take vows, at first they are temporary, for one year at a time. There are still years of testing and discerning before permanent vows are taken. At least, that’s how it was done at our convent. I left the convent on good terms and have been in contact with the sisters from time to time since then.

Her current biography has been edited to rephrase this:

I spent over two years as a postulant and a novice. This was a time of testing for the leaders of the convent, and for me, to decide whether or not I should make vows. My mother superior had some questions about my calling, and she and the leadership decided that I should not remain in the convent. I left the convent on good terms and have occasionally been in contact with the sisters since then.

In the 2001 version, she continues:

I believe that decision for me to leave the convent was God’s protection, because we didn’t get regular physical examinations at our convent; we only saw a doctor if we were really sick. When I got home, my parents had me get a physical examination. I had pre-cancerous polyps in my colon. A few years later I had cancer in both breasts. (A doctor found the lumps during a routine physical exam.) If I had stayed in the convent, I would have died of colon cancer and breast cancer. (Dying is never fun. But being eaten up with cancer is definitely not my choice of how to do it, if it can be avoided.)

This has been completely removed from the current version. Furthermore, the date at the top of the current version indicates it was written in 2002, when clearly it is just a revision of the earlier 2001 version.

 

[Lance_O]

Rand Al'Thor:

Here is the e-mail that I just sent her…I don’t expect a reply, though I am hoping for one.

Peace be with you!

I read through your website on the Catholic Church, and, with all due respect and without the intent of sounding condescending, I can see why you are no longer a nun–you are horribly misinformed about what the Church actually teaches.

Good for you to email her! I was thinking the same thing about her not being a nun (good thing) also while reading her trash-site and bio.

Wow! She really likes to leave out a few bible verses when talking about the papacy, faith and bible ‘alone’, the Eucharist, etc. Then the website says we must “use the ‘whole’ Word of God” not just one verse for things…hum.

I can see why she doesn’t debate.

 

[Atreyu]

How would one reply to this particular topic? The sinfulness of Popes is fine, but what about the alleged breaks in the succession of the Popes? Are they breaks? Am I misreading it? Or is she just making it up?

 

[Eden]

You could compare her list to the list here (each pope’s name can be clicked for more about them):

newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm