Town Talk for Wed, Feb 16

High priced mouthpiece
I'D LIKE TO comment on the closing of all the churches and in the south and north communities and the archbishop. Funny how he's closing all these church and then he can hire a high price spokesperson like Jamie Allman to do all the talking for him now. You can't even get the Archbishop to comment on anything at this point.

Where, oh, where to begin? Let's see, we are to believe that if we connect the dots regarding the various church closings, we will discover that this was done to hire Jamie Allman - Do I understand it correctly? It's unbelievable that one can even dream this stuff up...

...And I have yet to see anything published that would support the claim that he is a high-priced spokesman...And lastly, Archbishop Burke provides guidance and commentary all of the time. One can read it every week in the St. Louis Review, if one is committed enough to find out what he has to say.

Religion bashing
ALL YOU POOR Catholics.
If you would keep your noses and your beliefs and your politics and your priest out of the press there wouldn't be anything or any reason to bash your religion. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and their own religious beliefs. You're starting to try and run the country's politicians and the way the laws are run. I was under the impression that religion and state were separate and it doesn't seem to be that way any more. Your priests are preaching the words of God one day and they're in the basement committing sins the next.

And, of course, everyone is free to make a complete ass of himself! Job well done!

What am I bid?
ARCHBISHOP BURKE IS selling religion. If you don't pay for it, you won't get it. What other atrocities will he adopt from the Middle Ages? He is chasing people away from the Catholic Church not administering to their spiritual needs.

"Selling Religion"? With charity being tested by these absurd comments, perhaps it is time to silence myself. Frankly, I am outraged that the Post continues to print these calumnies against Archbishop Burke - every Catholic should be - and the Post should be so informed!

"Administering to their spiritual needs" does not mean confirming them in their sinful actions but calling them to repentance, humility, and obedience. In fact, Archbishop Burke IS administering to their spiritual needs. A quick check of the Merriam-Webster On-line Dictionary states that "administer" means:

1 : to manage or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of (administer a trust fund)
2 a : to mete out : DISPENSE (administer punishment) b : to give ritually (administer the last rites) c : to give remedially (administer a dose of medicine)

As has been well documented, #2c above is the purpose of the imposed interdict. Insinuations to the contrary are false.

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