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| My chalice, refurbished by my parents 6 years ago |
From the "Blessing of a Chalice and Paten by a Bishop":
"O Lord our God, be pleased to bless 
this chalice (these chalices), made by your devout people for your holy service. Bestow that same blessing which you bestowed on the hallowed chalice of your servant, Melchisedech. And what we cannot make worthy of your altars by our craft and metals, do you nonetheless make worthy by your blessing; through Christ our Lord."
this chalice (these chalices), made by your devout people for your holy service. Bestow that same blessing which you bestowed on the hallowed chalice of your servant, Melchisedech. And what we cannot make worthy of your altars by our craft and metals, do you nonetheless make worthy by your blessing; through Christ our Lord."
Having put on the mitre, he dips the thumb of his right hand into the holy chrism and anoints each chalice on the inside from rim to rim In the form of a cross, while saying the following formula:
"Lord God, may it please you to consecrate and to hallow this chalice by this anointing and our blessing, in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you forever and ever."
in Christ Jesus our Lord, who lives and reigns with you forever and ever."
Congratulations Father on your 6 year anniversary.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteCongratulations! It's been six wonderful years. All the best.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteYou support gay and lesbian children at 13 being told they are condemned to a life of celibacy, like it or not, because their sexual orientation is "intrinsically evil". You support transgender children's parents being told to deny the medical advances that can help their children lead a normal life by transitioning. You support parent's and children being told to ignore medical and psychological professionals who by consensus now conclude that being gay is a normal and natural sexual orientation. You support legal discrimination of LGBT citizens.
ReplyDelete6 yrs of hiding behind the protection of the official Church so you can promote your own homophobia, hatred, and bigotry. No better than the pedophiles who do the same. 6 years of promoting the abuse of LGBT children.
6 years of disgraceful conduct that has nothing to do with Truth or the love of God, and everything to do with you.
Well, the teachings of Christ have always elicited hatred - Jesus was put to death for his teachings, and all the Apostles were killed for the same faith. Today, all around the world, every day, Christians are killed for their beliefs.
DeleteYour hatred of the Church is neither new nor unexpected. When we encounter the Truth of Christ, we either conform our lives to that Truth or we reject it and rebel and make ourselves God.
Fr John Hollowell, intentional or not, the first 6 have been about you filling the world with even more hurt . You obviously don't have what it takes to reach LGBT people, their families, and supporters. You've just managed to push them further away , to make them feel completely unloved, misunderstood, and judged. You want them to listen to you but you don't have the talent to listen to them. No one responds well to an authoritative figure who keeps pointing his finger in people's faces telling them their relationship with someone for 20+ years is evil. Few parent's of LGBT children will respond well to a priest who tells them their child's sexual orientation is "intrinsically disordered". A priest (or anyone) needs a special talent to work with such a difficult and delicate subject. What does it take for you to realize you just don't have that talent?
ReplyDeleteI must say that your disappointment with the Sisters of Providence was justified, but your reaction and harsh words were not. Your reaction to them reminded me of a child's tantrum , not a wise priest who could handle a difficult situation in a very respectful, diplomatic way. Which is exactly how you behave with LGBT people who feel justifiably feel attacked. You really need to work on managing that side of you a little better.
How about you let other priests and other Catholics who do have the talent needed take care of the LGBT community ? I've seen some very successful priests work wonderfully with them , teaching the very same things you teach, but not hated as you are by so many. They simply have the talent to do it. You don't
It's time you let it go.
Think about going into an area where you will excel , where your talents can really bring God's love to other's. Where you can leave your anger, the sarcasm, the childish quips behind and you can show the best of who you are. Do God's work in an area where you will bring people closer to Him, not further away.
You don't need to answer or defend yourself, which I know you're very good at doing. Please, don't answer me . Just think about what I said. ....
Congratulations on getting this far....sincerely wishing you great success in the next 6 ! Now go out and preach love not hate
I appreciate your suggestion but I reject it.
DeleteThe Truth has always been labeled as hate, right from the beginning. You telling me that me talking about the Truth is hatred because of a tone that you perceive to be present does not, in fact, make it hate.
Flannery O'Connor said that you sometimes have to shout to reach those who are nearly deaf is very true - the first world today is on the point of moral collapse so I'm going to "keep shouting" in the hopes that a few will walk back from the edge of the cliff.
6 yrs of using your position to persecute LGBT people , to try and take away their civil rights, even those who aren't Catholic. Not to mention going after some Catholic Sisters and the majority of Catholics in the USA who don't want to be a part of your bigotry and discrimination. I'd say that unequivocally defines those 6 yrs as a complete disgrace, but then again, we're used to that now given what we now know about some priests.
ReplyDeleteAh, and the people who put Christ to death would have described his three years of public ministry as a disgrace as well.
DeleteFr. John Hollowell,
ReplyDeleteI didn't like how you treated gay people, especially how you treated them online. You did share the True teachings of the Church, granted, but it's the way you expressed them that I found disturbing. When I would read some of your answers to gay people I was impressed by your stand for the Church , but very unimpressed with you inability to express it without bitterness, sarcasm, and with what some would see as hatred. The fact that you rarely ended your exchange with them with a "God bless you" and that (at least not any that I ever saw) you never said you loved them, was very disturbing.
When your manner with gay people is very authoritarian, very gruff, very unappealing - God's message of love is lost.
I will pray for your success in the future ! God Bless
God bless you !