Thanksgiving Ecumenical Celebration

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From my parish bulletin; Nov. 12, 2006

“Everyone is invited to attend (name of sponser) annual interfaith Thanksgiving Service (time) here at (name of parish). This traditional (laughing) Thanksgiving Eve service brings together people from different faith traditions. The service will include symbols, music, movement and prayers from Protestant, Catholic, Baha’i, Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, Unitarian, Universalist, Christian Science and Native American Traditions.”

Quick now: Who is left out? Time’s up. The Orthodox in my community. I don’t know if they opted out or weren’t asked.

By the way; This is in a diocese that took 13 years to allow the Tridentine Mass; and to this day restricts it to a chapel in a retirement home.

I pray God gives the Pope the strength to free the TLM independent of the Bishops.
 
Disgusting, false ecumenism.

I think the Orthodox had some sense, and opted out.

Where in this meeting will they say to these False Religions that they need to convert to the Catholic Faith?

Nowhere i reckon…
 
CatholicNick said:
Disgusting, false ecumenism.
I think the Orthodox had some sense, and opted out.
Where in this meeting will they say to these False Religions that they need to convert to the Catholic Faith?
Nowhere i reckon…
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Whoa… hold on there Kemo sabee… We have had the last two popes in a row holding the Assisi World Peace fiascos … I think we’re on our 2nd or 3rd one now. According to the current and former holder of the Seat of Peter, we ALL worship the same god.

Never mind what all the Evangelists, Popes and Counsils said and wrote on the subject from the years 33 to 1965. Vatican II washed all that away. The Great Thumb is calling, I have to go now.👍
 
DonProfondo said:
What is the point of these interfaith events, anyway?
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When I was in the service we had a lot of them because of a lack of chaplains of different faiths. The ship I was on had a Chaplain who was Baptist. Nice guy, but it meant no Mass for the Catholics unless they brought a Priest aboard to have one, which they would do from time to time or when we were in port. But his services, which were interfaith in nature were all we had, except for private devotions. It was a compromise and a sacrifice that we all made.

I’ve never seen any practical use for them in civilian life except to expose someone to another form of religion, which can actually be dangerous.
 
Could be a nice show in a turbulant time when wars are waged between religions, people being martyred, children slaughtered all in the name of religion, that a few get together to pray and show that they can exist peacably, even though they disagree. Would also make a great chance to evangelize and show a Catholic’s devotion in a way that leaves no doubt where their faith lies.

Ecumenism does have an important role, one can dialogue without watering down one’s faith, or worse. It can go too far, most certainly, but if you take a moment to understand what a faith is actually saying, you can find a way to bring them home.
 
chotock said:
Could be a nice show in a turbulant time when wars are waged between religions, people being martyred, children slaughtered all in the name of religion, that a few get together to pray and show that they can exist peacably, even though they disagree. Would also make a great chance to evangelize and show Catholics devotion in a way that leaves no doubt where their faith lies.

Ecumenism does have an important role, one can dialogue without watering down one’s faith, or worse. It can go too far, most certainly, but if you take a moment to understand what a faith is actually saying, you can find a way to bring them home.
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If it can be accomplished without watering down the faith or worse, having to accept that what other faiths teach as being the truth, then I say go for it. In my experience though going back over 40 years, that is seldom if ever the case. We usually end up bending over backwards, sacrificing our beliefs and kowtowing to other faiths so they won’t feel offended, and I believe that is the wrong thing to do.

It is interesting to note that the Apostles, Martyrs and early Christians in general did not share in our zeal for ecumenism and inter religious dialogue. They believed in and would die for the faith. We as a general rule won’t even stand up for it, instead retreating to avoid controversy and possible ill will and compromising our position to ensure no offense is given to anyone,…
 
My opinion (and that’s what it is): IF the service does not interfere with the daily Mass, then it’s a go, and good on whoever for doing it in the spirit of charity.

😉 If there will be no daily Mass because of the interfaith service, then they (sponsors and attendees) at said service will be obliged to have as their gathering song (it will not be an entrance hymn, nor a processional) the Thanksgiving version of “Gather Us In” from the Moratorium on Haugen and Hass web site (slide way down to about the 2/3 of the way through the page). 👍
 
I guess the thing that bothered me the most was that a few years ago I tried to get an item in the bulletin informing people about a meeting to ask the Bishop for the TLM. You would of thought I was the devil himself. Also, our Bishop is a national/international expert on ecumenical affairs, but not once have I ever heard him say anything about the Orthodox communities in our area. He has never been photographed with them or even referenced them. In addition; the two Byzantine parishes (in union with Rome) in our diocese never get any space in any official newpaper etc. But Taiz and everything else under the sun is held out for praise.
 
Order a whole bunch of Pillar of Truth tracts and hand them out.
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Ecumenical means sharing our faith so that others can come to the fullness of the truth. This does not mean compromising or ignoring that Truth matters for salvation.
If you don’t stand up for truth then you let others go to Hell, no matter how good it feels sitting next to them holding hands and singing feel good songs.

In Christ
Scylla
 
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