Good will to all men? Not from the grumpy atheists! (Thank God not all atheists are grumpy but there sure seems to be a lot of them)
Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
He had a lot of friends show up for prayers at the Cathedral tonight for sure.
ReplyDeleteLarry: It was a tribute to the man that virtually all of the priests and a cathedral full of former parishioners and friends were there to participate at his funeral today. Fr. Dobec captured the essence of Pat with his homily as well. He spoke for all the priests when he said before the mass that if Fr. Pat Tait doesn't make it into heaven, there's little or no hope for the rest of us. Nothing I heard since his passing was truer than that!
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I'm happy to hear that the respectability and respectfulness of this man...this priest was honored with such an overwhelming attendance of brother priests, friends and parishioners. A fitting tribute indeed to such a noble human being.
ReplyDeleteLive In Jesus Christ Fr. Pat Tait