Comments for O, Altitudo! at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 18:27:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2349 "Perhaps we will see, slowly but surely, a new American Catholic Church". This wouldn’t be truly Catholic but just another schismatic group. If this interests you, then seek out the ‘Old Catholic Church’, they’ve been heretics for a long time and embrace all of the “progressive” agenda that Ms. Townsend so approves of. Or if that’s not progressive enough join the Episcopal Church. Even better the Unitarians. You don’t even have to believe in God to be a Unitarian. Anything goes there! - Michael Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:52:34 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2343 I think Ms. Kennedy-Townsend is saying that most Catholics, i.e. as they identify themselves, have pretty much the same beliefs as our president. I think she may be right. But then, as you rightly suggest, this puts most American Catholics outside orthodox Catholic teaching. Perhaps we will see, slowly but surely, a new "American Catholic Church". - Dan Deeny Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:24:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2307 when my girls were small, they tried to make Rock-birds. they loved nature but couldn't Make Nature. only their Father could. And He stole their hearts quite young thru His marvels. Mozart, Monet, Michaelangelo, DaVinci, Capernicus, Augustine, Tony Melendez, that brand newborn, you & i cannot fathom the Abyss of Love Who is our heart's Home. we try to express Him with us, always fall short but soar at the effort--how wonderful to ascend the Mountain of God... thank you for the hike, RR! - debby Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:13:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2301 Great piece. However I am not sure where Townsend's ideas fit because they are so off the wall. As a social indicator they do help us rectify Catholic education - I hope. But beyond that they are so disconnected from what the Church actually is that one can do little more than feel sorrow for her. To belong without belonging; to sit on the fence and to be complacent and superior in such an existence must be a life of vapid emptiness. Shallowness means one hits bottom very quickly. - Bevil Bramwell Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:24:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2300 It seems that first generation stars have to die to make heavier elements. Whole star ages had to pass before the dust was suitably rich to make us. The cost of a human life and thereby the worth is nearly infininte. Equality of worth before the Creator is obvious - or should be. Equality of opportunity is an excellent goal for society. Equality of outcome is impossible. Only fools and deceivers could propose it. There are plenty of both at center stage these days. An unhappy ending is assured. - Joe Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:23:57 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2299 Excellent article Mr. Royal. It is quite disturbing that seemingly intelligent or purportedly educated people can compare Obama to the Holy Father. It is mysterious and frightening. Using the notion of equality to interpret the world is akin to stuffing and elephant into a thimble. Thanks for everyday TCT. - Achilles Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:35:09 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2298 "..President Obama represents the beliefs of most American Catholics better than Pope Benedict XVI does" Another day, another lie, unless "American Caltholics" are niether "Catholic" nor proponents of the Natural Law on which the founding fathers laid as the foundation for being "American." Scary stuff! - John Kasaian Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:34:48 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/o-altitudo.html#comment-2297 Professor Royal, a profound piece indeed, and no easy task for a slow mind to digest on a summer morning. Has man become so egocentric and arrogant that he can no longer see how the heavens may proclaim the glory of God? Pehaps God is dead and the only truths are those dictated by the arbiters of social justice. Yes this hubris of the elite and powerful has reared its ugly head before and produced nihilism and terror. No hierarchies means no absolute truth. No absolute truth means God is dead! - Willie Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:34:06 +0100