tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post4216565810280833343..comments2024-01-12T04:58:49.069-05:00Comments on Kyrie, Eleison!: You Go Back to your Prayers and Let Us Handle ItAnastasia Theodoridishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-56021880733865100802010-05-05T16:24:57.761-04:002010-05-05T16:24:57.761-04:00Policy is an essential component of sound pastorin...Policy is an essential component of sound pastoring - specifically, a policy about killing lions and driving away wolves. <br /><br />A pastor, to be credible, has to have (and in this case, to show he has) an effective policy in place for defending his flock.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-89526377801349039892010-05-05T14:12:23.940-04:002010-05-05T14:12:23.940-04:00The pope's suggestions are actually quite good...The pope's suggestions are actually quite good. Reform, and the recognition of general human sinfulness, always begins at home. And responding to the call to holiness by living a life in God's grace, clinging fervently to the Holy Sacraments, is the best way to achieve that reform, fundamentally. <br /><br />This was the point of this particular letter. It was <i>not intended</i> to be a policy letter but rather a <i>pastoral</i> letter. This is stated outright, "I write to you as Pastor of the universal Church."<br /><br />Thank God for Pope Benedict. Your insolence, Anastasia, is in terribly poor taste. I think the Orthodox could take a note from Benedict's general suggestions here in addressing their own problems and sins.MAPnoreply@blogger.com