www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall It's Official - Tony Blair is now RC

Seemingly it happened yesterday

BBC News Item [news.bbc.co.uk]


Now it's finally out - speculation can stop and hopefully he will be left in peace .

Glory to Jesus Christ. Here's the note I sent to the BBC

I've always considered Tony Blair to be a man of great integrity and one of the world's great statesmen. I'm not surprised that he is now Catholic, the most rational religion ever given to human kind.

Carson

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Stephanos I

Given his political stances on Homosexuality, Condoms , Abortion, and other moral isuse sin which he has consistantly sided with Modernism and socialism over and above the CHurches teachings, I wonder if this truly is good news.

But given the state of the British Catholic Church, and her leadership, he will fit right in.

Anyone can have a change of heart and mind....that is the definition of conversion.

God grant him many years!

Gordo

Any adult living human being is capable of improving his thinking and changing his behavior. We have no mission to sit in judgement on Tony Blair, and as for his previous conduct and views, we may all notice that he was not received into the Church the day he left office. I trust the pastoral discernment of Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor and the priests who were entrusted with Tony Blair's wish for entry into the Catholic Church. He would certainly have been required to come to Confession in the course of his reception - what he may have confessed is none of my business. Nor is it any of Anne Widicombe's business.

Our business is to rejoice at his entry into the Church, and to pray that he may find salvation in Heaven.

Fr. Serge

Mr. Blair if you read this, Congratulations!

Commemoration of an Uncondemning Monk
(March 30)


SerbianOrthodoxChurch.net

This monk died joyfully because he had never in his life condemned anyone. He was lazy, careless, disinclined to prayer, but throughout his entire life he had never judged anyone. And when he lay dying, he was full of joy. The brethren asked him how he could die so joy-fully with all his sins, and he replied: `I have just seen the angels, and they showed me a page with all my many sins. I said to them: "The Lord said: `Judge not, that ye be not judged.' I have never judged anyone and I hope in the mercy of God, that He will not judge me." And the angels tore up the sheet of paper.' Hearing this, the monks wondered at it and learned from it.

I just found this on the calendar of the Serbian Orthodo Church

What planet are you living on? Great integrity indeed. The man wrecked the House of Lords, banned hunting and turned Britain into a dump.

No, Edward, the Tories had 18 years to do that job. Mr Blair just followed along in their footsteps.

Only time will tell what kind of Catholic Tony Blair will be. If he chooses to reject those doctrines that run contrary to his past political positions, he'll be no different then millions of others who are Catholic in name only.

I welcome Mr. Blair into the Church and pray that he becomes a great witness to Britannia and may the country that was once Our Lady's Dowry become Catholic once again. I also pray that he accept all of the teachings of the Church.

"I also pray that he accept all of the teachings of the Church."

I will be joining you here.

Terry

Mr. Blair had to pronounce acceptance of all the beliefs and teachings of the Catholic Church at the time of his confirmation. Otherwise, he could not have been formally received by Cardinal O'Connor.

(It is assumed here that he previously went to his first confession and unburdened hinself of his political views on abortion, homosexuality, etc.)

What I join you in praying for is his perseverance!

Amado

Just my two cents, and I'm sure it's not required by Canon Law, but I believe that private confession should be for private sins.

On the other hand, if a public figure, whose positions on certain public issues are well known to be at odds with Catholic teaching, it certainly stands to reason that a public retraction would be in order.


Peace,
Deacon Richard