Comments on: Ashes http://www.joethorn.net/2006/03/01/ashes/ steve mccoy is my Bud Abbott Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:11:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris W http://www.joethorn.net/2006/03/01/ashes/#comment-2210 Chris W Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:01:14 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2006/03/01/ashes/#comment-2210 On the news last night, I saw that the members of a Catholic church in LaGrange, IL used Ash Wednesday as an occasion to show their disappointment in the diocese leadership regarding an allegation of abuse made against one of the church’s priests. They did not hold a protest or a press conference. They did not gather in anger. They held a prayer vigil on the steps of the church. Gathered in prayer & love, seeking direction and reconciliation…. On the news last night, I saw that the members of a Catholic church in LaGrange, IL used Ash Wednesday as an occasion to show their disappointment in the diocese leadership regarding an allegation of abuse made against one of the church’s priests. They did not hold a protest or a press conference. They did not gather in anger. They held a prayer vigil on the steps of the church. Gathered in prayer & love, seeking direction and reconciliation….

]]> By: Jeff http://www.joethorn.net/2006/03/01/ashes/#comment-2209 Jeff Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:07:56 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2006/03/01/ashes/#comment-2209 It is perhaps the least savory aspect of the Reformation (and certainly was not the intent of...let us say Luther, that the elimination of valid and useful Church traditions coincide with the elimination of heretical doctrines. Mores the pity... jl It is perhaps the least savory aspect of the Reformation (and certainly was not the intent of…let us say Luther, that the elimination of valid and useful Church traditions coincide with the elimination of heretical doctrines.

Mores the pity…

jl

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