Liberal Media Catholics - time for brave homilies

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I am not sure of the rules with regards to discussing media specifics (networks) etc. However there is one issue I see prevalent with friends of mine who are Catholic yet are (from what I perceive) face-value Catholics. Or “Cafeteria Catholics”.

Some I know watch very liberal networks. to get informed and do not entertain any other means of expression. Laziness perhaps, not sure. I will not say what networks hopefully it will suffice to say, ‘Michael Says Nobody Be Condemned’ by ignorance. They believe themselves to be good Catholics. In fact, model Catholics, because of their high profile role models (such as our former VP) of which we will not mention. They in fact think abortion is an extreme issue only held by extremists. They simply do not know the Catholic view.

They go to Mass every weekend and never (or hardly ever - certainly not ever forcefully proclaimed) that their thinking is contradictory to their faith. In other words their “Michael Says Nobody Be Condemned” by ignorance is ever challenged.

TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO TAKE THE TAIL OUT FROM BETWEEN HER LEGS. Let the chips fall where they may. What say you?

I maybe made this a bit light but I am deeply disturbed by this. The church needs to stand or to fall. IMO.
Would love to hear others thoughts.
 
They should be pitied most of all in such a deplorable state.
 
Mijoy2 said:
They go to Mass every weekend and never (or hardly ever - certainly not ever forcefully proclaimed) that their thinking is contradictory to their faith.
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Maybe at your parish, but the priests at my parish are vocally orthodox, and we live in a notoriously liberal area where orthodox Catholic views on morality aren’t exactly popular.
PaulfromIowa said:
Who is Michael?
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It might be a reference to Michael Moore. He’s an ex-Catholic (though still theist as far as I know) who disagrees with the Church on things like abortion.

It could also be mocking those who cite Jesus from Matthew 7:1-2 by butchering the book’s name and actual wording in an effort to show that they don’t know anything.

It’s also possibly something entirely else. I’m just guessing.
 
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” - Thomas Jefferson
 
I think he has an identical twin brother Fred Of Xanadu
 
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A homily is meant to break open the scripture. I don’t know if anyone is familiar with Bishop Barron, but out here in Oregon our local Catholic radio station has a half hour, from 7 to 7:30 a.m. with him, and the first half is a repeat of his homily from the week before, and the second half, the current Sunday.

He does not spend much, if any time on topics such as appear to be suggested here. Why?

First, the homily is to be primarily focused on the readings of the Sunday.

Second, the purpose of the readings is to make a segment of our faith - and what we are called to do - present to us. Present, not in just “Oh yeah, I remember that story”, but to bring Christ to us, to engage us with Christ, and arouse our desire to follow him.

I get what you are talking about. I am part of the RCIA team, part of the adult education team, Catholics Returning Home team, and I get it.

But the homily - and the Mass - is not about getting us to try to be good people. Even atheists can strive for that. It is about getting us to truly love God - with our whole minds… you know the drill.

And some people will never seem to get to that point. Do they? ultimately that is between them and God; but having been around since well before Vatican 2, having heard my share of fire and brimstone; and “this is the moral law”, and etc., I find that I am far more drawn to Bishop Barron’s approach of really getting into what the readings were about.

One can get back to fire and brimstone, but given the status of the moral order (or lack thereof) within society in general and the Catholics the OP mentions who buy into what the progressives bleat about, I seriously doubt that blunt sermon on gay “marriage” and abortion are going to turn anyone’s hearts.

But really getting into what the readings are about, and what we are called to as followers of Christ might light that fire within them, and get them to realize that Mass, and the Eucharist, are about something more than a social event each Sunday.
 
What TV network we watch determines our fidelity to the faith? Wow. Sorry. No. There are plenty of “liberal media Catholics” just as faithful as anyone else.
 
Mijoy2 said:
TIME FOR THE CHURCH TO TAKE THE TAIL OUT FROM BETWEEN HER LEGS. Let the chips fall where they may. What say you?
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I say that it’s time for people to stop coming on here and labelling Catholics with labels which belong to the political arena .
 
Liberalism is first a philosophy before it is a political distinction.

Liberal - Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values. Emphasis mine.
 
“Liberal - Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values”

Ah, so then Jesus’s followers could be described as liberal. Sounds like pretty good company to me.
 
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I sit Sunday after Sunday patiently waiting for a “Fox News Only” homily…

Now that I think about it - Fox News isn’t in the Bible (or the RCC). Honda’s are though. In Acts it says “the disciples all met in one Accord.”
 
Perhaps so. Not sure if you can equate “discard traditional values” with discard former sins. But who knows?
 
TULIPed said:
Honda’s are though. In Acts it says “the disciples all met in one Accord.”
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I’ve always wanted to drive an Ample. Can’t seem to find who makes them though. But they are easy too park. I often see signs “Ample parking in rear of building”. Seems discriminatory though. Maybe only conservatives drive them.
 
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Honda’s are though. In Acts it says “the disciples all met in one Accord.”
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But in Matthew 21:7 we read that Our Lord rode triumphantly into Jerusalem on a Colt, which clearly shows his preference for Dodge cars.
 
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