I really enjoy reading your blog.

Thanks

We could also use some compassion from you for those of us who would like to attend a Traditional Mass, but can’t afford to drive 50 miles each way to do it. I beg you to please allow more Tridentine Masses in your diocese – the Pope has expressed his desire for this himself – and, as you know, he may be issuing a Motu Proprio along those lines. How about taking the initiative and providing your own “Indult” for each parish under your jurisdiction to choose for itself? If parishes can choose to have Rock Masses and folk Masses and all other varations, why not the Tridentine Mass, which nourished so many saints for so many centuries?

All of this traveling to Los Vegas and South America!!

I think we need you right here at *home* for a while. As JPII has written, a bishop should stay in his diocese. I really enjoyed celebrating the mass with you at the Boston Catholic Men’s Conference. I really think that the Archdoicese has a very deep spiritual thirst and need right now and that your presence and homilies at every parish would make a huge impact!

With regards to some well-meant but clearly anti-Catholic comments to the blog, could we please have someone monitor them, deleting as necessary, lest confusion be caused among the laity who may not know better about the true teachings provided by the Magisterium.

According to our gospel traditions, marriage is between a man and a woman. I believe that in our Church, it must be preserved as so.

I don’t, however, agree that it is appropriate to forward our ideology into state and federal politics, or onto folks who do not practice our faith. As a practicing Catholic and a Democrat, I always try to walk in Christ’s path by teaching through example. A blatant political movement against gay marriage rights has and will continue to create animosity against the Church.

I believe demonstrating our faith through good works, tradition, and integrity (as you do) is the best strategy for convincing the public from the grassroots.

Putting a minority’s rights on a ballot is not the answer, and persecution isn’t what Christ would want for his children.

Here’s my question for you, if I disagree with the Church’s politics, is that a sin?

I also support Pro-Choice politicians for their stance on preventing unwanted pregnancy through comprehensive sexual education. If effective, this could decrease the abortion rate…a REAL solution to the abortion issue.

I also support Embryonic Stem Cell Research for the millions of lives it could save by finding cures faster for terminal and genetic diseases…my mom suffers from heart disease, diabetes, and kidney failure at the age of 55. While I believe it is wrong to exploit life for science, the 300 cultures asked by the House bill are being destroyed anyway from in vitro fertilization. A conservative estimate I read in a New England medical journal says that in 5 years of full federal funding, diabetes would have a genetic treatment.

The Church’s politics asks me to choose the life of an embryo the size of a period (.) over my mom’s. I just can’t do that.

The embryos are God’s children just like my mom, but she’s suffering and they aren’t. They don’t have nerves or tears or fear…she does.

Please tell the Holy Father about me. Every day time is wasted that could help cure people like my mom…and it tears me apart that my Church’s leaders advocate for that wasted time. I cried when she was diagnosed with all her illness, I got angry, and then I prayed for you and all the Cardinals to help.

Just because I practice Roman Catholicism doesn’t mean I invest in the leaders’ interpretation of contemporary issues. My spot in the pew doesn’t allot anyone political capital.

You don’t need to respond, save the typing time and research the life-saving potential of ESCR for me.

-Alex

God Bless you, Cardinal Sean. I think Boston is very lucky (otherwise known as blessed) to have you. I am from the diocese of Wichita, KS, where we are also blessed with a very fine Bishop.

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James Phelan

I think that it is great that you have this blog. I noticed that you will be attending the World Congress on Mercy in Rome next year. I am asking Bishop Barbarito if I can be a delegate from the Palm Beach diocese. Things are going well now at St. Lucie’s, but we sure do miss you down here. St. Lucie’s has dramatically increased attendance after celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday this year. I wish that all parishes throughout the world would follow the example to quickly restore our Church.

With every prayerful good wish,

Robert R. Allard, Director
Apostles of Divine Mercy

One thing I love is your generosity throughout your blog entries in illuminating the service of sisters in the Church. They are true heroines, and the work only increases as they gracefully age, yet they serve on, even as we strive and await for new vocations.

To all sisters in the Church: Veni electa mea, et ponam in te thronum meum… dicit Dominus….. Ista est speciosa inter filias Jerusalem.

Praying for priestly, brotherly, and sisterly vocations, and that women in particular understand the glory in service as sisters, and how they are life blood of the physical body of the Church and community, and prayer life.

Aren’t they entitled to love and be loved.?
To be accepted just for who God created them to be?

Is our God not big enough to include everyone?

Thank you for bringing the notice on the Marriage Amendment to the Parishes. Let’s hope that everyone will call their legislators and ask them to vote on this very important issue.

Thanks to for reminding us about the marriage vote. We all need to make an effort in this!

I am late with my comment – it concerns a previous subject – but, I am sure you agree!