Comments on: Nuncio stresses vocation to holiness https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2022/10/04/nuncio-stresses-vocation-to-holiness/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Hamish https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2022/10/04/nuncio-stresses-vocation-to-holiness/#comment-87631 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:19:55 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=25960#comment-87631 It was G.K.Chesterton who once remarked
that if there was no God, there would be no
atheists and no agnostics.
The optimism by the faculty Te Kupenga-
Catholic Theological College is a hope for
all in troubling times.
The presenting of a faith based education,
is a powerful instrument for future good.
That the faculty sees this as one of its aims
is itself a strength and a means to combat
secularism.
Secular Humanism is a clear denial of
any supernatural and thus of God.
This posits it within the sphere of apostates.
Daily prayer, weekly fasting make it difficult
for secularism to become entrenched in a
faith based community, and parishes need to
re-examine their options.
It was Fr Tim Deeter from west Australia
a supporter of Medjugorje who once stated
if someone came to him in confession
saying it was more than four weeks
since their last confession, he knew they were
from another parish.
Such an admission should be the aim for every
priest in every parish.
Over 40,000,000 pilgrims have been to Medjugorje.

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