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Posted on 02/21/2007 4:01:04 PM PST by wagglebee
DENVER, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado commenced the Lenten season today, Ash Wednesday, by issuing a message to his diocese reminding the faithful “As we offer our prayers to God this Lent, let’s ask Him to restore us as a culture of life — a culture committed to the sanctity of every life, from the unborn child to the mentally disabled, the infirm and the elderly, and yes, even the condemned criminal.”
Chaput’s message, published in the Denver Catholic Register, began by explaining the purpose of the Catholic tradition of Lent. “We all have a natural longing for happiness, but we can’t be happy alone. We were made for wholeness, for friendship with one another, and for communion with our Creator.” He went on, “Again and again, despite our best intentions, we make wrong choices, do bad things and hurt those we love.”
“Lent is not a time to revile ourselves. But the fasting, prayer and mortifications of the season do have a very important purpose: They help us to clear our soul of debris. They cut away the selfishness that obstructs our view of God and blocks His light from us.”
Chaput emphasized the need for our society to respect life saying, “Lent is a time to reflect on our sinfulness, to learn humility and gratitude, and to turn toward the greatness of God’s love. God’s Son gave up his own life so that we might have eternal life. Shouldn’t we show our gratitude for this gift of life in the ways we honor and respect all life, as Christ did?”
Chaput ended his Lenten message with a request for the faithful to use the penitential season as an opportunity to restore the culture of life in today’s society particularly by praying for an end to the death penalty in Colorado – currently a topic being discussed at the 2007 Colorado General Assembly. “As we offer our prayers to God this Lent, let’s ask Him to restore us as a culture of life — a culture committed to the sanctity of every life, from the unborn child to the mentally disabled, the infirm and the elderly, and yes, even the condemned criminal.”
Read Chaput’s entire Lenten message:
http://www.archden.org/dcr/news.php?e=407&s=2&a=8557
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Chaput is one of the good guys. Wish he were in NYC or DC.
Genesis 9:6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood beI'm not sure what god brother Chaput prays to;
b'shem Yah'shua
but YHvH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
demands the death penalty for murder. Genesis 9:5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.
I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each
man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.
shed; for in the image of God has God made man.
Apparently in the future this should be a "caucus thread" to avoid any death penalty debates.
And one could respond, the Church teaches based on Scripture . . .
But that really defeats the whole purpose of why this thread was posted.
As I said, I support the death penalty, but it would not upset me all that much if it was abolished, especially if all life was protected in return.
Moreover, it is a trap to take Old Testament law (and Genesis is technically NOT law) without considering Christ's teachings. He came to FULFILL the law and His Death was for mankind's sins and this could be interpreted as rendering the verse in Genesis as moot.
As I said, I support the death penalty, but it would not upset me all that much if it was abolished, especially if all life was protected in return.
Moreover, it is a trap to take Old Testament law (and Genesis is technically NOT law) without considering Christ's teachings. He came to FULFILL the law and His Death was for mankind's sins and this could be interpreted as rendering the verse in Genesis as moot.
10 posted on 02/22/2007 6:16:01 AM MST by wagglebee
When I compare the word "fulfill" with it's other use in Matthew only, This is very clear in Yah'shua' Holy Name which is "Yah has become my salvation" It does not do away with YHvH's command in Genesis 9:5-6 I'm not trying to argumentative , I am attempting to exegete "fulfill"
b'shem Yah'shua
it seems to point to corroborate Yah'shua's role as the "anointed" substitutionary sacrifice for sin.
because on careful reading the death penalty is commanded
because murdering another human being is an affront to
YHvH the creator of the universe.
Here are some explanations for the Church's position on capital punishment. The Church DOES NOT categorically oppose capital punishment.
http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=5805
http://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/indianadeathpenalty.htm
http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Dossier/9-10-98/Column1.html
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0461.html
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