tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post8858425889821719305..comments2023-10-26T03:39:34.927-04:00Comments on USCCB Blog: With two wings and one heart, the Church fliesMatt Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831806518934060560noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-74907304115931921132013-01-10T20:50:36.518-05:002013-01-10T20:50:36.518-05:00Sorry, Dismas, birds don't get any thrust or m...Sorry, Dismas, birds don't get any thrust or much lift from their tails, at least on this planet, and the flight feathers are on the wings. You could maybe make your point by saying that the tail provides balance and some steering, although I think they steer mostly by adjusting their flapping patterns.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843514873861242426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-74180597470043839232013-01-10T15:54:28.546-05:002013-01-10T15:54:28.546-05:00Once again Monsignor Pope alerts us to contemporar...Once again Monsignor Pope alerts us to contemporary threats to our Faith. The following quote may also be useful, <br />Gonzalo T. Palacios:<br />"Rapacity for wealth is not cured by rapacity for power. These things, then, are grave violations of Catholic Social Teaching: To proceed as if the child were the ward of the State; to seize from parents the oversight of their children’s education;GONZALO PALACIOShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078965848567910199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-80807071878030249692013-01-09T20:59:06.541-05:002013-01-09T20:59:06.541-05:00I suppose it's difficult to discuss the two wi...I suppose it's difficult to discuss the two wings of one bird without consideration of the third wing; the tail feathers or flight feathers. It's the tail/flight feathers that provide both thrust and lift, that enable the bird to steer. I imagine they could be considered the Magisterium of our Church without which the bird surely can't properly navigate and stay on course.Dismashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914455567953306044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-6181431980489633022013-01-09T20:13:35.992-05:002013-01-09T20:13:35.992-05:00I agree that each "wing" downplays the i...I agree that each "wing" downplays the importance of what the other is doing. However, I think that you'll be hard pressed to find anyone on the "right" who is against fighting poverty and helping those in need. It is just that they believe that more government and continuing to add to massive debt, at the expense of future generations, is not the way to accomplish that Paul Adomshickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846316939509109377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-42330191593612044322013-01-09T17:05:56.871-05:002013-01-09T17:05:56.871-05:00Thank you for highlighting the concept of subsidia...Thank you for highlighting the concept of subsidiarity, which is an important element of the Church’s social doctrine. Subsidiarity does not mean that there is no government or federal involvement, but it does mean that any such involvement ought to be as small, as local, and as temporary as possible. <br /><br />The Church teaches that “[t]he principle of subsidiarity is opposed to certain formsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699599836536372069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-22386131498346010082013-01-09T16:39:04.783-05:002013-01-09T16:39:04.783-05:00I am so happy to see this blog. Since my conversio...I am so happy to see this blog. Since my conversion almost 2-years ago I have been troubled with this feeling that some are being "left behind" in the midst of the respect life movement. It has been difficult to steer away from this ideology that one work is more or less important than the other but I know that I must. The human dignity has been accosted on seemingly all fronts from theThe Herbeck Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902949600180500208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-66273025063234071462013-01-09T16:12:52.459-05:002013-01-09T16:12:52.459-05:00I think the problem is deeper than the outward str...I think the problem is deeper than the outward struggle. The focus on which justice issues misses the real question on who is the Church, and what is our relationship to her. Is she a changeable institution or is she more than that. I offer that those who are seeking to change society and institutions see the Church herself as an institution. I think those who see her as the bride of Christ, and RobKPhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220380405943891911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470781729941761069.post-84508358931975926532013-01-09T14:20:53.892-05:002013-01-09T14:20:53.892-05:00"Mutual respect"? I think you have in m..."Mutual respect"? I think you have in mind loving our neighbors as ourselves, combined with a large dose of humility. If so, I wholeheartedly agree. One has to be careful, though, not to give the implication that "all ideas are equally worthy of respect". This is <b>not</b> what you said and not, I think, what you meant, but it is how many today would read the phrase "Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843514873861242426noreply@blogger.com