Is this for real?

[PeterPaul]

I'm shocked and I live in NY (we don't shock here very easily)

http://www.stjosephsmen.com/letters/vision_tree_branch.htm/view

 

[Aaron-Aggie]

 

[Rosa Mystica]

[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse], this is just bad.

 

[Christy4Christ]

I am speechless

 

[Woodsy]

It's a plague, a rot in the church...

 

[Momzilla]

Oh, my. I'm stunned, and I'm not even Catholic. And I feel sorrow for my Catholic brothers and sisters--it must be deeply wounding to see things like this happening in the Church you love.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

Well, Momzilla, abuses are quite common these days, I'm afraid.

 

[nyj]

...it must be deeply wounding to see things like this happening in the Church you love.

St. Paul said there would be wolves amongst the sheep. St. John spoke of the anti-Christ's who would mingle amongst us. That stuff like this occurs is, in my opinion, expected. The Church has always been assaulted, both from within and without.

 

[mhillson]

that's some kookery, for sure. however, it does remind me of something rather similar in college at the newman ctr. i remember that there a very early distribution of ashes only from the priest, and there were a series of masses later on in the afternoon when students didn't have classes. pretty much everyone i knew went and received the "drive thru ashing" (dreadful phrase) on their way to first class, but then all returned for a full mass around noon. then again, it seems at times that such things at non-catholic colleges seem to be a bit looser. then again, the newman ctr. was so small that we held mass in the local lutheran chuch on sunday night. i guess thats good simply due to the fact that so many folks wanted to go.

anyhoo, a bit OT i know...

 

[UberLutheran]

Removed this post.

 

[EdmundBlackadderTheThird]

I will pray for the San Jose parish, it is sad to see the Catholic church come under this sort of attack from within.

 

[Metanoia02]

"Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith."

–St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597)​

 

[faerieevaH]

A tree branch replacing the cross? *blinks* I've heard of crosses made of treebranches. I've heard of treebranches being used in lenten decorations. I've never heard of the cross being replaced (even the idea alone!) by treebranches.

Have to disagree with a few things in the article though. About the feminisation of church... women have their own, proper, and to be respected places in church. It's not a feminisation that's the problem, I think. It's a simple lack of respect and education.

 

[sobresaliente]

That is rather strange

 

[raptor13]

God save us.

 

[KennySe]

That diocese is glad I don't live there.

 

[Debi1967]

I know somebody else said this but that wasn't even a Catholic Service I don't know what that was accept sacreligious.

 

[Dark_Lite]

Well well gentlemen. We seem to have stumbled on it!

 

[Matrona]

I'm shocked and I live in NY (we don't shock here very easily)

How frightening...

The words "defrocked, deflocked, removed from the mailing list, and their parking spaces reassigned" come to mind (with apologies to The Onion Dome).

 

[ps139]

We need a Church police force. I would happily join to prevent and fix things like this New Age ****.