Try to enter the narrow way...

Abba Poemen said: 'Teach your heart to follow what your tongue is saying to others.' He also said, 'Men try to appear excellent in preaching but they are less excellent in practising what they preach.'
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

At first I thought this guy was a CFR (Franciscan).



Turns out he's a Muslim cleric just released from prison.
A radical cleric, the Jordanian preacher known as Abu Qatada, once described as "Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe" was freed from a British prison to live under virtual house arrest on Monday after a court ruled that his detention without trial was unlawful. - Reuters
Posted by Terry Nelson at 10:23 AM

5 comments:

  1. Hahahhaha ... he looks kind of like Fr. Andrew Apostoli! Look at that Franciscan joy on his face, haha.

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  2. The pseudo-rosary adds to the confusion.

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  3. House arrest. Lovely.

    Daniel--I was curious, so I looked it up: http://www.prayerbeadsworld.com/prayer_beads_in_islam.html
    Interesting that strings are generally 33 beads long (Jesus' age at death) and they make 3 passes around the loop. Although they pray three phrases in honor of the "99 names of god," you can bet that one of those names is not "Father." What a precious treasure is the weapon Our Lady gives us!

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  4. Poor CFRs. The Capuchins already had an awesome habit.

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  5. Ya think? I like the CFR and Friars of the Immaculate habits. I like it even better that those really are their clothes.

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