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To: circlecity
You should be able to go to a church for support, help,”

"Lennon" is right, at least, about that. And he got the help he needed. He didn't get the support he wanted. Big difference.

Supporting sin and perversion is not help. It is destruction of body and soul.

The "help" he should expect is instruction on right and wrong; the "support" he should expect is to repent of his sins, and seek God's grace to avoid those sins in the future.

20 posted on 11/15/2012 6:48:30 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

“In those days there was no king and everyone did what was right in their own eyes.”


23 posted on 11/15/2012 6:53:51 AM PST by circlecity
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To: ArrogantBustard
Supporting sin and perversion is not help. It is destruction of body and soul.

But would the graces conferred in the sacrament help him see the error of his ways? I'm no theologian so perhaps I should just stay out of this, but here I go anyway. I know in our country, Confirmation is used as a sort of acceptance of one's Baptismal promises, i.e. you're an adult in the Faith. But I also know that's not how it's viewed in the Eastern Rites where babies are confirmed.

Still, in infant Baptism and Confirmation there are Godparents standing up as believers, so I suppose that would be the argument against confirming this kid. But, still, he's just a kid. I can't help but think the graces conferred in the sacrament of Confirmation, i.e. the gifts of the Holy Spirit - wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord - accompanied by some deep prayer, might help the kid to see the error of his ways. Might teaching the boy the Church's view and asking him to pray honestly upon it both before and after receiving the sacrament be the more pastoral response?

26 posted on 11/15/2012 7:07:30 AM PST by old and tired
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