Most asinine comment?

[Crusader]

What is your vote for the most asinine comment made by a Church official in the past few years? Following is a favorite of mine:

“What some refer to as a ‘vocations crisis’ is, rather, one of the many fruits of the Second Vatican Council, a sign of God’s deep love for the Church, and an invitation to a more creative and effective ordering of gifts and energy in the Body of Christ,” he added. “This is a time of great challenge and opportunity in the Church, not least of all because the gifts of the lay faithful have been flourishing in unprecedented numbers and in unforeseen ways.”

Roger Cardinal Mahony
Holy Thursday 2000

 

[Jadesfire20]

Crusader:

What is your vote for the most asinine comment made by a Church official in the past few years? Following is a favorite of mine:

“What some refer to as a ‘vocations crisis’ is, rather, one of the many fruits of the Second Vatican Council, a sign of God’s deep love for the Church, and an invitation to a more creative and effective ordering of gifts and energy in the Body of Christ,” he added. “This is a time of great challenge and opportunity in the Church, not least of all because the gifts of the lay faithful have been flourishing in unprecedented numbers and in unforeseen ways.”

Roger Cardinal Mahony
Holy Thursday 2000

That sounds like Mahoney alright…excuse me while I hurl

Honestly I think he’s from some parallel universe…

 

[Agomemnon]

Crusader:

What is your vote for the most asinine comment made by a Church official in the past few years? Following is a favorite of mine:

“What some refer to as a ‘vocations crisis’ is, rather, one of the many fruits of the Second Vatican Council, a sign of God’s deep love for the Church, and an invitation to a more creative and effective ordering of gifts and energy in the Body of Christ,” he added. “This is a time of great challenge and opportunity in the Church, not least of all because the gifts of the lay faithful have been flourishing in unprecedented numbers and in unforeseen ways.”

Roger Cardinal Mahony
Holy Thursday 2000

That has my vote! stupid is as stupid says

 

[Voice_Of_Reason]

Locally, a priest saying that Mass isn’t the time to be “judgmental” in regards of a certain pro-abortion former presidential candidate coming to Mass and receiving the Eucharist. Ummm…well, I guess Cannon Law and The Bible means nothing nowadays according to him.

 

[Starflower]

There is a beautiful instructive writing about sacrifices a priest has made and continues to make in fulfilling his calling. Because he is representing Christ as priest, it suggests that if one has a gripe about a priest they should take it to God. Of course, this does not dismiss when one must speak out in a discrete way.

 

[DominvsVobiscvm]

You can find 500 of the most asinine comments here.



I think this one takes the cake:

I believe all altar server slots should be filled by those males who just might be possibly be discerning a call to the priesthood or permanent diaconate.

In the broadest terms that might be males from post first communion (the earliest age typically allowed for servers) to those up to perhaps 60-65 years of age? (I would go with the individual diocese’s regulations on maximum age for ordination.)

This group would certainly not include those males who have stated that they would never consider a call to the priesthood or permanent diaconate, or those males who for any reason are not ordainable . . .

 

[roemer]

And the charitable goal of this post is what ?
Building up theBody of Christ are we ? This is an extremely unusual way of practicing ythe works of mercy. Let us practice them in better ways.

 

[Crusader]

roemer:

And the charitable goal of this post is what ?
Building up theBody of Christ are we ? This is an extremely unusual way of practicing ythe works of mercy. Let us practice them in better ways.

I wasn’t aware these forums were limited to practicing the works of mercy. Sometimes it’s actually productive to reflect on the madness that permeates the Church…

 

[katherine2]

the most asinine comment award definatelly goes to the ultraconservative and now disgraced former Archbishop of Boston who denied the Archdiocese had a problem with priests abusing children.

 

[Crusader]

katherine2:

the most asinine comment award definatelly goes to the ultraconservative and now disgraced former Archbishop of Boston who denied the Archdiocese had a problem with priests abusing children.

You think Bernard Cardinal Law was *ultraconservative? *I’m not so sure I would go along with that, but I would say he was ultraincompetant.

 

[Prester_John]

Crusader:

I wasn’t aware these forums were limited to practicing the works of mercy. Sometimes it’s actually productive to reflect on the madness that permeates the Church…

I agree. A bit of critical review and comment is not only cathartic, it is sometimes even necessary, I think. And while I see many posts from the mediators reminding us to be more charitable, and not to make personal attacks on each other, I don’t recall it anywhere being stated that we are limited to practicing the works mercy, either. I mean, this is a place to say what we think as much as it is a wonderful place to learn what others are thinking and saying. It’s a treasure trove of new ideas and information for me, and I see it as a unique way of learning to communicate about faith topics, etc. by learning from how other people do the same thing. I think it would impossible to do this if we were so strictly censored that only posts with a goal of charity were permitted.

 

[roemer]

Last time I heard, dwelling on others’ faults was considered deliterious to one’s spiritual health.
Which of course brings up the problem that maybe Iit’s hurting me to be critical of others critisizing others. But then if you point this out, you are being inconsistent . We have logical gridlock here; everyone back up slowly and go home to dinner.

 

[Pinklady]

roemer:

And the charitable goal of this post is what ?
Building up theBody of Christ are we ? This is an extremely unusual way of practicing ythe works of mercy. Let us practice them in better ways.

I guess you and I are the only ones who think this way. I sometimes cringe when I think of what non-Catholics reading this board must think of Catholics.

 

[space_ghost]

Pinklady:

I guess you and I are the only ones who think this way. I sometimes cringe when I think of what non-Catholics reading this board must think of Catholics.

 

[Crusader]

Prester John:

I agree. A bit of critical review and comment is not only cathartic, it is sometimes even necessary, I think. And while I see many posts from the mediators reminding us to be more charitable, and not to make personal attacks on each other, I don’t recall it anywhere being stated that we are limited to practicing the works mercy, either. I mean, this is a place to say what we think as much as it is a wonderful place to learn what others are thinking and saying. It’s a treasure trove of new ideas and information for me, and I see it as a unique way of learning to communicate about faith topics, etc. by learning from how other people do the same thing. I think it would impossible to do this if we were so strictly censored that only posts with a goal of charity were permitted.

I think some of these forums can almost be used as santiy checks. More than once I have had a hard time believing something in the Church, and it was nice to know other held the same position.

 

[TeAmo]

Probably the worst comment I ever heard was when I went to a first communion mass and the priest told about thirty first communicants that the most important part of the mass was the dismissal.

 

[George2]

Gee and here I thought we had a shortage of priests.

Little did I know it was only an “invitation to be more creative”.

“Ah the laity…without whom the clergy would look very foolish”.

• G.K. Chesterton.

 

[Exporter]

Dominus vobiscum thought this was an asinine comment.
I think this one takes the cake:

Quote:
I believe all altar server slots should be filled by those males who just might be possibly be discerning a call to the priesthood or permanent diaconate.

In the broadest terms that might be males from post first communion (the earliest age typically allowed for servers) to those up to perhaps 60-65 years of age? (I would go with the individual diocese’s regulations on maximum age for ordination.)

This group would certainly not include those males who have stated that they would never consider a call to the priesthood or permanent diaconate, or those males who for any reason are not ordainable . . . "

**I am sorry to disagree whith DV. I don’t think it was “asinine”. I think it was made with his heart in the right place, (good intentions), but was not thought through in practical terms.I would rather call it an unthoughtful comment.

 

[Crusader]

Exporter:

Dominus vobiscum thought this was an asinine comment.
I think this one takes the cake:

Quote:
I believe all altar server slots should be filled by those males who just might be possibly be discerning a call to the priesthood or permanent diaconate.

In the broadest terms that might be males from post first communion (the earliest age typically allowed for servers) to those up to perhaps 60-65 years of age? (I would go with the individual diocese’s regulations on maximum age for ordination.)

This group would certainly not include those males who have stated that they would never consider a call to the priesthood or permanent diaconate, or those males who for any reason are not ordainable . . . "

**I am sorry to disagree whith DV. I don’t think it was “asinine”. I think it was made with his heart in the right place, (good intentions), but was not thought through in practical terms.I would rather call it an unthoughtful comment.

And I would suggest your comment is really nothing more than an excuse…

 

[puzzleannie]

made by a bishop leaving the Dallas Conference last year: at last we can put the sex abuse scandal behind us.