Comments on: A day in the life of a Trappist Monk http://professio.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-trappist-monk/ Catholic. Art. Politics. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:54:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: professio http://professio.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-trappist-monk/#comment-116 professio Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:02:16 +0000 http://professio.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-116 Sylvain, Thank you for the links. I don’t know. The loosey goosey everybody hug “vibe” of the videos was a little strange, but I didn’t see anything anti-Catholic. It seems as though the goal wasn’t to water down Catholicism, but to take advantage of their interreligious dialog to promote environmentalism. The photo at http://www.monks.org/oracle.html just looks like a simple interreligious meeting. As far as I know, there is nothing anti-Catholic about environmentalism. Nor is there anything wrong with interreligious dialog. If there were problems with these two areas, the Vatican would not promote good stewardship nor would the Pope ever meet with leaders of other religions. Sylvain,
Thank you for the links. I don’t know. The loosey goosey everybody hug “vibe” of the videos was a little strange, but I didn’t see anything anti-Catholic. It seems as though the goal wasn’t to water down Catholicism, but to take advantage of their interreligious dialog to promote environmentalism.

The photo at http://www.monks.org/oracle.html just looks like a simple interreligious meeting.

As far as I know, there is nothing anti-Catholic about environmentalism. Nor is there anything wrong with interreligious dialog. If there were problems with these two areas, the Vatican would not promote good stewardship nor would the Pope ever meet with leaders of other religions.

]]> By: sylvain http://professio.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-trappist-monk/#comment-114 sylvain Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:41:34 +0000 http://professio.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-114 Yes, apparently still in good standing with the Holy See: http://www.monks.org/a_cardinal.html I doubt that Arinze knew that just a couple of months earlier they hosted this nonsense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT6-JxUk0E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbptUAsCPww And last year, 2007, from their website: http://www.monks.org/oracle.html Yes, apparently still in good standing with the Holy See:

http://www.monks.org/a_cardinal.html

I doubt that Arinze knew that just a couple of months earlier they hosted this nonsense:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPT6-JxUk0E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbptUAsCPww

And last year, 2007, from their website:

http://www.monks.org/oracle.html

]]> By: professio http://professio.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-trappist-monk/#comment-103 professio Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:12:55 +0000 http://professio.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-103 Hirotomi, I appreciate your comment, but I am not sure how to respond. As far as I know, the Trappists are still in good standing with the Holy See. I do not like the creep of Eastern religion into Catholicism, but I don't like jumping on any hate bandwagon either. Do you have any reference for the claims you make against the Trappists? Hirotomi,
I appreciate your comment, but I am not sure how to respond. As far as I know, the Trappists are still in good standing with the Holy See.

I do not like the creep of Eastern religion into Catholicism, but I don’t like jumping on any hate bandwagon either.

Do you have any reference for the claims you make against the Trappists?

]]> By: Hirotomi Takemitsu http://professio.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-trappist-monk/#comment-98 Hirotomi Takemitsu Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:59 +0000 http://professio.wordpress.com/?p=154#comment-98 The old black and white photo represents the Trappist Order in it's glory days, before the disaster of Vatican II. What these saccharine photos of monastic life fail to tell, is the collapse of the Trappist Order since Vatican II, brought about by discarding the Tridentine Latin Mass, Latin Gregorian Chant, monastic disipline, silence, Cistercian tradition, penances, and all the holy traditions and symobls that are associated with the Catholic Church and the Trappisy Order. The Trappists had 5,000 monks before Vatican II. Today, they have less than 2,000. The average age is 75+. Nearly all Trappist houses in Europe are down to less than 20 monks each, all aged monks who can not function 100% nor maintain their monasteries. Trappists have unfortunatly become at the vanguard of liturgical liberalism, dissent, and experimentation. They cling to inter-religious dialog and ecumenism. A Tibetan lama(monk) who is considered a divine "Oracle" (the famous Tibetan Oracle of Lhasa), visited the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, and was given the abbot's throne from which to conduct his lecture on Buddhist and tibetan traditions....all attended by the Trappist monks and a handful of radical liberal Catholics. Though these pictures are sweet, and appear to represent holy men still adhering to Catholic and monastic traditions....do not be decieved. With regards to the Trappists....nothing could be further from the truth!!!!!! The old black and white photo represents the Trappist Order in it’s glory days, before the disaster of Vatican II. What these saccharine photos of monastic life fail to tell, is the collapse of the Trappist Order since Vatican II, brought about by discarding the Tridentine Latin Mass, Latin Gregorian Chant, monastic disipline, silence, Cistercian tradition, penances, and all the holy traditions and symobls that are associated with the Catholic Church and the Trappisy Order.
The Trappists had 5,000 monks before Vatican II. Today, they have less than 2,000. The average age is 75+. Nearly all Trappist houses in Europe are down to less than 20 monks each, all aged monks who can not function 100% nor maintain their monasteries.
Trappists have unfortunatly become at the vanguard of liturgical liberalism, dissent, and experimentation. They cling to inter-religious dialog and ecumenism. A Tibetan lama(monk) who is considered a divine “Oracle” (the famous Tibetan Oracle of Lhasa), visited the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, and was given the abbot’s throne from which to conduct his lecture on Buddhist and tibetan traditions….all attended by the Trappist monks and a handful of radical liberal Catholics.
Though these pictures are sweet, and appear to represent holy men still adhering to Catholic and monastic traditions….do not be decieved.
With regards to the Trappists….nothing could be further from the truth!!!!!!

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