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Friday 22 February 2008

Pssst..... Andy? Eddy?

I got somethin' for ya -- John 1:1-14

From a sermon "Catholic priest" we read: http://www.agreeley.com/hom08/feb17.html

Evidently Jesus had a powerful "religious experience" at some point in his public life, an experience which had a profound effect on him .... God was present in Jesus in a special way.
-- Andrew M Greeley, Author*Priest*Sociologist

And from a "Catholic priest" who is a fan of a New Age Dr. Feelgood, http://www.amazon.com/Third-Jesus-Christ-Cannot-Ignore/dp/0307338312/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202604006&sr=8-1
Dr. Chopra captures an intriguing vision of a “Third Jesus,” who, while living on Earth, developed a deep relationship with God.... “God-consciousness,” [and] uses the sayings of Jesus to demonstrate how his basic mission and ethic of love grew out of his God-consciousness.
—Rev. Edward J. Ruetz, retired Catholic priest of the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend in Indiana

I guess we should be grateful that the latter, at least, is retired.
The dimness comprehendeth not the Light Who is the Light of men.
(There's also a "Catholic" nun quoted in the Amazon blurbs who is grateful that Chopra has "gently released this highly evolved spiritual teacher, light of the world and son of God [Jesus Christ] from the limitations of dogmatic theology."
Dang the limitations of dogma and theology, praise the LAWWWWWWWWWWWWD for the Magisterial pronouncements of St Deepak!)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him. But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man's decision but of God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.

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