January 16, 2010

  • Question 218 - Response to Shea -- Offer for public debate on Jewish issues

    Monday, January 04, 2010

    Just to make Sungenis, E. Michael Jones, and the Sundry Rad Trads Crazy...

    I just though I'd let all y'all know that my friend Roy Schoeman (author of Salvation is from the Jews) writes:

    Just a short note to, first of all, convey my wishes and prayers for a very Blessed 2010! that brings you ever closer to Our Lord.

    I also wanted to let you know about a couple of upcoming items. On Monday, January 11, I will be the guest on the live call-in program "Catholic Answers Live" during the     6pm-7pm EST time slot (3-4pm on the West Coast), discussing “The Jewish Roots of the Catholic Faith”, in case you would like to tune in, or even better, pray for the evangelistic success of the program. It can be heard on most Catholic radio networks (including EWTN Radio and Ave Maria Radio), and over the internet by going to www.catholic.com and clicking on “listen live” under “Radio”.

     

    The next major conference revolving around Jews in the Catholic Church will be held in St. Louis, Missouri over the weekend of August 6-8, 2010. The chaplain of the conference will be Archbishop Burke, former archbishop of St. Louis and now Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Vatican, and I am honored to be among the speakers.

    Finally, I am in the process of putting together another compilation of Jewish-Catholic witness testimonies, a sort of sequel to Honey from the Rock, so if any of you are – or know of any – Jews who have entered the Church who may be interested in having their stories included, please let me know!

    And finally, I plead again for prayers, yes for my apostolate but more importantly in general that, in the words of Edith Stein, “the Lord may be accepted by His own people and that His Kingdom may come in glory!” (maybe even in 2010!)

    May you have a very Blessed, Holy and happy 2010!

    With love and prayers,
    Roy


    Now the Jews are even getting into the Church!? Where will it all end? What would Y'shua and Miryam think about this dangerous subversion of Truly True Catholic Faith?

    Response: 

    Y’shua would be very happy to see the Jews come into the Church, as would I and E. Michael Jones. But Y’shua wouldn’t be so happy to see the unchristian attitude of Mark Shea that is commonplace on his blog, nor his consistent theological errors concerning the Jews and Old Covenant that Shea has been teaching for many years. Y’shua would also be dismayed at the numerous theological errors being touted by Roy Schoeman, errors that even Dr. Ray Kevane, at one time the spiritual advisor for The Association of Hebrew Catholics, confirmed in print as being "heretical." Y’shua would also be dismayed at how Roy Schoeman simply ignores those who point out his errors, but doesn’t have the slightest compunction of accusing those who object to his theological opinions as “anti-semitic” (Please see my article at http://www.culturewars.com/2009/SSPX.htm)

    But we will give Mr. Shea a chance to redeem himself. Perhaps he can search deep in his soul and decide whether he wants to be a courageous man who will defend his beliefs in public as opposed to someone who merely throws caustic epithets for the sheer pleasure of inciting his opponent. He can redeem himself by backing up his allegations against Dr. Jones and myself with an open and public debate on the issues. To facilitate this, I would suggest that Mr. Shea contact Mr. Schoeman to be his debating partner against Dr. Jones and myself. We will fund the debate and even pay Mr. Shea and Mr. Schoeman’s plane fare to come to the debate. In offering this debate forum, I don’t know how much more I could do to help resolve the issue – one of the most important among Catholics today. Only in that way will the public be able to see both sides of the story and then decide for themselves who is telling the truth. Or, Mr. Shea can just continue on his present path of character assassination and malicious gossip for which Y’shua will one day judge him. It’s Mr. Shea’s choice. Let’s see what kind of man he really is.

    Robert Sungenis

    PS: Copies of this email have been sent to various interested parties who are at liberty to divulge it to the public.