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by Jim Holman.
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SEPTEMBER 2001 LETTERS

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The "Talk About Movies" in your June 2001 issue by Matthew & Ernie does the Cardinal a great disservice. He was NOT a person who relied on himself rather than on God!

His spirit, of course, was injured (not broken) when he was humiliated before his followers, about the fact that he had been born out of wedlock.

This robbed his flock of their morale. Remember, it was Jack Hawkins, the psychiatrist, who comitted suicide, after deprecating himself, saying, "I succeded? I did no such thing -- I crushed a noble soul!" (This was not the actual dialogue, but the essence of it).

The Communists feared that he would be made a martyr if they just killed him, and so the role of the psychiatrist was pivotal. Why, oh why did you leave out the suicide of the psychiatrist?!

Please come back to this noble soul and repair the damage you have inflicted.

Silvia DeBlasi
Carlsbad
srdeblasi@aol.com


USD PROF OWED APOLOGY

I had to respond to your article in the April 2001 Little Notes. I think you owe associate professor Evelyn Kirkley an apology.

I attended both of her continuing education programs at Oasis. Everyone I talked with after the programs really learned and enjoyed, and found her very good. She talked about all religions; that was the subject.

I think the person who wrote that letter [article] had a very narrow mind, and did not listen to all the program. Or pay attention. She gave information about her background and religion. I do not think they stayed! She was not trying to get people to agree with her. She was giving information on all the religions, and how they were started in the United States, and where they came from. Plus, at the end, people wanted to know about other religions outside the United States.

Patricia La Port
Hillcrest


FEW VOCATIONS NOT SO BAD

Regarding the ratio of Catholics to seminarians-plus-ordinations ["How Bad It Is," Little Notes, News Notes, May 2001], maybe we should consider that we are better off with the ratio as high as it is.

At one of the Masses he offered last year, [a priest involved with choosing candidates for St. Francis seminary] said that Jesus Christ did not know why He was here until after He was baptized by John the Baptist.

After many calls I was finally able to talk with him briefly. I did not identify myself, but I asked him if I had misunderstood him or did he really say that Christ did not know why he was here until after He was baptized. He admitted to making that statement. I asked him, "What about the fifth joyful mystery [of the rosary]?" He said that was a devotion. I said that came right out of the Bible. He said that you can't believe everything that is in the Bible because one of the Gospels says that Jesus was born in a stable and another one says that He was born in a cave. And he said that he didn't want to get into a long argument about it.

I think that I read somewhere that our seminarians are sent to a seminary in the Bay area for their theology studies. And I believe I read, maybe in the Wanderer, that the particular seminary they go to is one of the four worst in the country. Maybe it is time to consider moving to the Atlanta area where the FSSP has started a new parish where the Tridentine Mass is offered daily. And yes, I have given some thought to moving to an area such as Lincoln, Scranton, Atlanta, etc.

Name withheld
Kensington


HEROD'S SOLDIERS' SWORDS

Regarding the remarks of Broderick Barker on the tens of millions who are killed before birth or right after it, I thought of my own mother and father [see Confessions, July/August]. I had not been expected, since the last child born to them was born over ten years before I arrived. My mother's health was not good; my father was in dire financial straits. But they had no reservations about accepting me with love. Had I been in the hands of an abortion-minded couple, I wouldnever have seen the light of God's day.

I often meditate on this mystery of my life and how it was the will of God alone that I was to be born to those who affirmed life and Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign Lord. As I looked at the painting of the Holy Innocents by Fra Angelico which accompanied Mr. Barker's article, I saw that we are the ones who are trying to hold back the swords of Herod's soldiers. The oceans of innocent blood being shed in the abortuaries of the world will be ended if not by our effots, then by the Judgment of God on these heathen butchers.

Name withheld


JESUS CAME TO SAVE EVEN SAN DIEGANS

It was sad reading about San Diegans confessing their views on the sacrament of confession ["People Think They Can Do It Themselves," News Notes, May 2001].

Why so many of those interviewed view confession as not important escapes me. I thought Jesus came to save sinners, even San Diegans. It is good for the soul and besides, it is a sacrament that draws us closer to God and takes us away from self-centeredness.

Craig Galik
Duquesne, PA

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