The quote below appears on the website of the Dominican Order. It was said by a Dominican at the chapter currently taking place in Croatia.
It is glaringly not true. And it's this sort of dishonesty that is no help to the church today.
If that man had said that we try to understand each other or that some succeed in understanding each other then it would make some sense. But to say we all understand each other really well is inaccurate, incorrect and dishonest and it should not be said.
Strange too as the motto of the Dominican Order is 'veritas' or 'truth'.
Why is the institutional Catholic Church so quick to use silly cliches that really have no meaning whatsoever?
Facile in the extreme.
“Although we speak in so many different languages, we all understand each other really well because love, readiness to listen, and desire for togetherness makes understanding easier.” Fr. André Luís Tavares OP from Brazil
Featured Post
Former Dominican priest Tom Brodie 1940 - 2026 - an obit
Former Dominican priest Tom Tom Brodie Brodie died in a nursing home in Galway yesterday. He had been ailing for some time. He was born in C...
-
In the current edition of the Irish Catholic David Quin writes about the controversy happening between US Catholic politicians and the US hi...
-
Brother Thomas Casey was born in Tom Casey OP Killarney, Co Kerry on August 26, 1933. After school he joined the Cistercian Order in Roscrea... -
The story below is from The Irish Times of yesterday. The article is written by Arthur Beesley. On face value this is a shocking story and i...
No comments:
Post a Comment