This happened to me.

Rescued by Mary said:

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Finally, as She reaches out to grab him by the hand, he looks up to notice Her sleeves are rolled up, revealing Her powerful forearms and weather beaten hands. He realizes whoever this Woman is, She’s been doing this for a long time. As She clasps him tightly, he looks up and realizes - it’s Mary!!

Are you confusing the Virgin Mary with Popeye the Sailorman?

No:  Rosie the Riveter - That's my Mary

RbM

That should appeal to the patriots but it's not the image that personally I have of Mary, maybe I'm crazy.

In the last couple days we have had yourself and "Hobbledehoy" who have come out of the blue and unspooled these long, erudite but slightly odd rants.  I draw no conclusions.  I'm just pointing something out.

I feel a bit more at my ease when the person who is giving lectures about Jansenism and Erasmus and so on is known to the forum first.  I'm not the moderator and I can't tell you how to comport yourself, but that is my advice.  

Like I know the personality of Matthew, or Myrna, or Emerentiana, or St. Jude Thaddeus, or Telesphorus, or Eamon Shea, or even David Hobson.  But when someone comes on and starts pontificating and they seem very vague, it doesn't really draw me in.    

Something about just bursting onto the site with a vague story of being "rescued by Mary" is pretty weird.  Obviously Mary didn't pull you out of the ocean, you're using a metaphor.  Maybe it would help to know what kind of life you were living that she really rescued you from.  

That should appeal to the patriots but it's not the image that personally I have of Mary, maybe I'm crazy.

In the last couple days we have had yourself and "Hobbledehoy" who have come out of the blue and unspooled these long, erudite but slightly odd rants.  I draw no conclusions.  I'm just pointing something out.

I feel a bit more at my ease when the person who is giving lectures about Jansenism and Erasmus and so on is known to the forum first.  I'm not the moderator and I can't tell you how to comport yourself, but that is my advice.  

Like I know the personality of Matthew, or Myrna, or Emerentiana, or St. Jude Thaddeus, or Telesphorus, or Eamon Shea, or even David Hobson.  But when someone comes on and starts pontificating and they seem very vague, it doesn't really draw me in.    

Something about just bursting onto the site with a vague story of being "rescued by Mary" is pretty weird.  Obviously Mary didn't pull you out of the ocean, you're using a metaphor.  Maybe it would help to know what kind of life you were living that she really rescued you from.  

Doesn't draw you in, huh?  Hmm...  O.K.

You're crazy, but I'm weird.  Oh hey - I'm RbM


Could you help me?  I see where you made reference to David Hobson from Today's Catholic World, right??

I just found his Web Site today which somehow led me here, not really sure how.  All of the anti-vatican II theology that has been developed is new to me.  I think I realize that this message board is dedicated to those who reject the Pope in Rome, etc.

There seems to be a lot of jockying for position.  I've only been at this for a couple of days so I only know about the Dimond brothers and Pope Michael and the Red Pope.

Could you just give me a run down on all of the theories that have been developed over the years - Salette eclipse - sedavanwhatever - etc.

I not to familiar with the rules of engagement either.  Not trying to hurt anybody's fellings.  I was a protestant street preacher for years and accustomed to ripping people new ones - pretty caustic.

I have been Rescued by Mary.  This happened.

RbM

So you're saying you're rescued by Mary from Protestant street-preaching, is that it?

Might I suggest that you lurk for a little while to see what's going on.  I'm not sure how you came to the conclusions that you have come to based on this topic.  Read through the topics as you wish, even comment upon them when you wish.  But don't decide that the entire forum is made up of a bunch of fruitcakes because the first people to read your post didn't understand what it was all about.

Frankly, I didn't really understand your post either.  We don't usually see stories such as this just come in out of the blue.

As for what kind of forum this is, you have to read through the posts, make sure you read the rules and user agreements and you'll get along just fine as long as you're respectful.  The forum owner is not a sedevacantist though he allows sedevacantists to respectfully comment.

By the way, there are not any Catholics who don't "follow the pope", as you say, though there are quite a number of Catholics who simply can't accept the theory that Benedict XVI is the pope.  

The people who say it is a sin to attend Holy Mass have been branded on this forum as "home-aloners" and they are not welcome on the forum according to the posting guidelines.  You must have read some older posts.

Whatever your background, I would think you are welcome on this forum, but leave your Protestant street preacher ways behind.  The Catholic Religion is based both on faith and reason.  If your argument is based solely on one or the other, I think you'll have trouble on any forum--even Conciliar forums, because they have neither.

Rescued by Mary said:

The roots of this phenomenon can be traced back to a grave yard where is buried a deacon; a disciple of Cornelius Jansen. What Jansen is most famous for is his treaties entitled “Augustinus” which he left for publication upon his death, after spending some twenty years of his life in its preparation. In it he readdresses the age old argument between Augustine and Pelagius in his attempt to dismantle the theology of the Jesuits and justify his rebellion against Rome in establishing the “old catholic church” in the Netherlands. His writings which have come to be known as Jansenism have been condemned as heretical by the Church.

Rescued by Mary said:

sedevacantist -  That means the Chair is empty?  There is no Pope at all right now?  The "owner" of the fourm?  This forum is owned by one fella??  Please just help me to understand what's what.

You say that you don't believe that Benedict XVI is the Pope?  Why not.  Who is the Pope than?

Is Hobson a "home aloner" as you say?  Is he the one not welcome here because he says not to go Mass at a Vatican II Church??  Hobson says that there is a Pope somewhere and he tells people where to go to valid Masses, right??

Is this board an anti-vatican II board?  What are ya'll?

Reading these posts back-to-back, they seem almost as if they were written by two different people.

So you are intimately aware of the struggles of the Church at the time of Jansen, much like the guy who runs the bizarre romancatholicism.org website.  Yet you are at a loss when it comes to sedevacantism and traditionalism, these things are completely foreign to you?

If you want to know a little about how the people on the site think, a half-hour browsing the boards should inform you.  If you want to know about sedevacantism, you can research it using Google.