Rosary Praying Catholics removed from Brussels Cathedral by Police during "Reformation Celebration"

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They were protesting in their own Church…it’s not like they went to a Lutheran Church and did this.
 
Who said you were not “allowed”? We have freedom of speech, you are “allowed” to say and think what you like, I am not the police.

My personal opinion as an ordinary lowly member of the Church is that it is not healthy or productive to throw the words “heretic”, “heresy”, “inquisition” around. They conjure up the past eras of abuses and executions and mass slayings that partly motivated the Protestants to split in the first place.
 
Luther didn’t rebel because of “executions” or the “Inquisition”. He rebelled because of his arrogant pride. I wonder if those who celebrate his legacy will support burning down Jewish buildings. Because Luther did, after all. The great reformer.
 
Heresy is a sin. As Catholics we must hate sin. This starts with calling it out.
 
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What about loving our neighbor? Isn’t it still a sin to be indifferent? Or do all paths now lead to heaven?
 
I see nothing wrong with acting in the spirit of a Council opened by Saint Pope John XXIII and closed by Blessed Pope Paul VI. I would like to see us all one day become one Church again in the love of Christ.
 
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Me neither. But liberals always say this to justify all sorts of ungodly acts.
 
I really wish the Bishop would reconsider.

How does he not understand this will scandalize many Catholics? Is it a Bishops job to scandalize his flock, or is it a Bishops job to shepherd his flock?
 
Then to the Bishop,we owe high honor and profound respect;he is the hand,the heart,the mouthpiece of the Pope,and of Jesus Christ;he is a prince of the Church,seated on the steps of the pontifical throne and sharing in the spiritual royalty of the Sovereign Pontiff.

from St Peter Julian Eymard, the Duties of a Christian
 
And if you read my other posts, I did not object to the disagreeing view, only to the manner in which it was expressed, which I found disrespectful.
 
These young faithful men have every right to pray the Holy Rosary in there own Church.
 
Irishcatholic said:
These young faithful men have every right to pray the Holy Rosary in there own Church.
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Do we Catholic faithful usually pray our Rosaries in Church out loud in a group during the homily part of the service, causing a distraction that makes it hard for the speaker to speak and be heard?

If we did this as a group, might it not be expected that the ushers or the priest would tell us to stop?

I have prayed my Rosary many, many times in churches during a service, including out loud in a low voice, and never been stopped or thrown out…I’m willing to bet if these young men had truly wished to pray rather than make a public display, they could have done the same with no problem.
 
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Presumably the Protestant preacher was asked to speak at the service so he was essentially an invited guest.

This action of the young men was not about sincere prayers to God or Mary, it was about trying to shout down a speech or speaker they didn’t want in “their” church.
 
Irishcatholic said:
These young faithful men have every right to pray the Holy Rosary in there own Church.
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Really? So if you are being wedded and a spurned lover comes in, he is the right to disrupt the wedding by praying a Rosary loud enough to interfere with the ceremony because it’s “The Rosary?”

Priest is ready for Mass and the Rosary Group started late so they are on the fourth decade. The priest rings the bells and starts the procession. During the procession, through the Penitential Rite and into the readings, they are back their loudly finishing up. This is okay because it is “The Rosary?”

I expect young people to feel this sort of entitlement mentality. I am surprised so many here do as well, but maybe we have a younger population than I assume.
 
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You make me laugh. I’m not aloud to say Protestants are heretics? Lol
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Then understand at least what the word means.

http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=634895&Pg=&Pgnu=&recnu=
The first Protestants were heretics because they were baptized Catholics. But their children would not be considered heretics because they had no choice in the matter, They quite naturally accepted the faith of their parents. To be a formal heretic you have to know what your faith is and then reject some part of it.
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I know this may irk people, but these Lutherans are baptized Christians.
 
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Really? So if you are being wedded and a spurned lover comes in, he is the right to disrupt the wedding by praying a Rosary loud enough to interfere with the ceremony because it’s “The Rosary?”
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Your analogy is designed to view the “celebration” positively and that skews it in the direction you are promoting.

Another way of seeing the celebration would be a divorced couple celebrating the anniversary of their divorce and some of their children attend the celebration to protest it. The children are not permitting their divorced parents to pretend that what they did by divorcing should be celebrated because of the hurt and damage they have caused to each other and to all their offspring.

You see how the nature of the analogy can change the way we see things? The question is: which analogy better captures the situation? Are we really speaking of a spurned lover intruding on a wedding celebration or children of a messy divorce protesting that divorce?
 
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