In a promotional flyer, Francis House's "The Path to Joy: Understanding the Meaning of Suffering" does NOT even mention Saint Pope John Paul II's On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering but mentions writings from priests with questionable theology (e.g., Teillhard de Chardin and Richard Rohr). Francis House is also promoting the dopey old enneagram (cf, 9 Paths to Holiness & Wholeness)." Why aren't our shepherds and priests protecting the flocks from garbage?
"John Paul II warns with regard to the `return of ancient gnostic ideas under the guise of the so-called New Age: We cannot delude ourselves that this will lead toward a renewal of religion. It is only a new way of practising gnosticism - that attitude of the spirit that, in the name of a profound knowledge of God, results in distorting His Word and replacing it with purely human words. Gnosticism never completely abandoned the realm of Christianity. Instead, it has always existed side by side with Christianity, sometimes taking the shape of a philosophical movement, but more often assuming the characteristics of a religion or a para-religion in distinct, if not declared, conflict with all that is essentially Christian'.(6) An example of this can be seen in the enneagram, the nine-type tool for character analysis, which when used as a means of spiritual growth introduces an ambiguity in the doctrine and the life of the Christian faith....It must unfortunately be admitted that there are too many cases where Catholic centres of spirituality are actively involved in diffusing New Age religiosity in the Church "(Jesus Christ: The Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the "New Age", February 2003)
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