February 6, 2010
The Prosperity Gospel
I have decided not to post a new homily this weekend, because I think my homily from three years ago continues to speak to an important question of faith in our time. Judging from search traffic, it's something that needs to be addressed. Follow this link for a homily for this weekend.
2 comments:
Faithful, or even just thoughtful criticisms are always welcome. Uninformed rudeness to other posters or to the Lord and His Church is not.
I also reserve the right to reject comments promoting things like private revelations and fringe points of view, if it seems to me like they are being presented in a misleading way.
If you raise a disagreement with something I say but I do not respond, please do not feel slighted or insulted, or imagine that this automatically means I disagree or agree with you. It's just that I don't find the comment box to be a constructive medium for certain forms of debate.
Very Strong. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is the "beauty" and idiocy of heresy/Protestantism. They can essentially say or preach anything they want and their only measure of legitimacy is the amount of followers they have for their specific sect (very much like Mohammedanism).
ReplyDeleteFather Charles, I too listen to Protestant talk-radio (KFAX) simply because sometimes you have to actually hear it to believe it (i.e. "did he REALLY jus say that???"). What I have noticed is that they have a disproportionate number of "guests" (see: infomercials) that disguise financial planning advisors or stock-brokers hawking their services as "biblical analysts".
I can only listen to this tripe in small doses at it invokes the sin of pride in me. I always have to remember to turn my pride into gratitude for being Catholic, by the grace of almighty God. And gratitude for good clergy, once again, thanks be to God.