Posted on 05/08/2005 1:26:32 AM PDT by kingattax
Responding to a directive from the Vatican, Archbishop Harry Flynn has advised all parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to deny communion to anyone wearing a rainbow-colored sash.
For the past four years, supporters of the Rainbow Sash Alliance USA -- a group of Catholics who are active in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community -- have worn the sashes to receive communion at the St. Paul Cathedral on Pentecost Sunday, the anniversary date of the group's founding in 1998.
Last year the service was disrupted when a group of 40 laymen protested the activists receiving communion by kneeling in the aisles in an attempt to block the path to the altar.
The sashes are worn as a symbol of celebration of God-given sexuality, according to Brian McNeill, an organizer of the alliance, who lives in Minneapolis. He said the sashes also represent an invitation to the church to open dialogue on the issue of human sexuality.
As he has in the past, McNeill wrote to Flynn in early April to advise him of the group's intended presence at the Pentecost service on May 15.
In a reply sent Monday, Flynn told McNeill that he had received a directive from the Vatican declaring that wearing the sash during communion is unacceptable.
Flynn said the sash has increasingly been perceived as a protest against church teaching, and asked that group members remove their sashes before receiving communion.
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You caught that too, eh? These people are SO CONFUSED aren't they? If they would step out of the "in your face" attitude and read scriptures, they might actually see that they are wrong.
GOOD ONE!!funny
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins!
As for the she,I'm with Doughboy...
Well: I think thats what I said. But since the men who marry the women taking birth control are equally guilty , what you and I are actually saying is that about 85% of American Catholics between the ages of 25 and 50 are not actually receiving Communion whether they go or not.
Only if he also stops guitar playing and drums.
Everything these people need to know about sexuality is written in The Bible. Apparently they have never read it, or choose to ignore those parts.
It amazes me that some want the Church to change its position on homosexuality -- which would require a major edit of The Bible. To me, it means that these people believe The Word of God is not the ultimate authority on morality. If this is the case, then why are they even attending church?
They desire the perversion of society, are the work of Satan himself, and either knowingly or unknowingly act as his minions.
I read right over the "she". Thank You for pointing that out!
Humanae Vitae(mins), now with B16.
To these demented people the Bible, like the Consitution is a set of sugessions only.
She?? ..... SHE ???? We quit our church two years ago when the new female preacher introduced this garbage to the kid's Bible class.
Nam Vet
13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.
Trying to corrupt the church and God's Word is nothing new for satan.
What if they wear the Sash underneath their other clothing.?.
wearing the sash under clothes defeats the purpose.
they want acceptance of their sins by the church.
as for teds aquamarine sash...maybe we could get a lovely oldsmobile pin to match...It would look so nice. :)
although noone bit on the what sash hillery would wear line...i thought that bait would land a few fish.
And so did they?
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