Lucky me! I can boldly approach the Throne of Grace and confess my sins directly to Jesus instead of some celibate (yeah, right), dress-wearing weirdo who has a fetish for hearing other peoples’ peccadilloes while never admitting his own. I can do that because the Holy Spirit told us through Paul the Apostle that we have one High Priest, Jesus Christ the Righteous (Hebrews 4:15).
You certainly have my prayers.
Stick it!
“I can boldly approach the Throne of Grace and confess my sins directly to Jesus instead of some celibate (yeah, right),”
Jesus was celibate.
“dress-wearing”
Jesus wore clothes that many modern anti-Catholics would call “dresses”.
“weirdo”
Many people probably thought Jesus was a weirdo for preaching things like loving your enemies.
“who has a fetish for hearing other peoples’ peccadilloes while never admitting his own.”
Jesus had none to admit, but He never everyone else’s and probably patiently listened to everyone pour out their hearts to Him. He would even allow you to bathe His feet with dears and dry them with your hair...if you were humble enough to do such a thing.
“I can do that because the Holy Spirit told us through Paul the Apostle that we have one High Priest, Jesus Christ the Righteous (Hebrews 4:15).”
Yep, and I approach Jesus too to confess my sins - especially through His priests.
Interesting how this priest downplays the role of God and reduces the role of the Trinity...
Departing from his prepared statement, the Holy Father spoke on the reservations one might have to confessing their sins to a priest. “Someone may say: ‘I confess only to God.’ Yes, you can tell God: ‘Forgive me’, and say your sins,” he said. “But our sins are also against the brothers, against the Church, and for this it is necessary to ask forgiveness to the Church and to the brothers, in the person of the priest.”
Instead pray to the priest who not only is in effect Christ, but the priest is the Church, contrary again, to scripture... This priest apparently flunked Bible 101...
Yeah, like all protestants...never mind what Jesus said...do it your own way...and the Eucharist is just a little cracker too I guess??
You picked that scripture right out of my mind...Indeed we are told we can boldly approach the throne of grace