I'm very happy for the Vatican's cleaning out the Church. My concern is not over Pope Benedict XVI...it's over all the message traffic I get for news of the attitude "ha ha listen to those losers whine! Hooray hooray already. The Holy Spirit wins...again! Why do I need to hear about those who've always discredited the Holy Spirit. Snubbing those who thought they were helping the Holy Spirit won't seem like an invitation back into the fold.
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke15.htm Luke 15:7
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I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
What I find stinky is all the emails I get of a not so silent joy over how the liberal left is still whining. I don't care for this news anymore because I don't read anywhere in the Gospels about how Jesus retells stories of Angelic butt kicking, "And Lucifer was going, "Please don't hurt me, please don't hurt, okay already! I'm leaving Heaven! Stop zotting me with those lightning bolts! HAR HAR HAR!"
Too much news on "losers" from very pro-Catholic apologists is like reading about how conservatives still snub car owners with Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers. It's poor form that's uninviting to the opposition for them to change. Liberals are still called to live a life of holiness. God willing, all sinners (me included) may reconcile and enjoy a Graceful death. Snubbing is not love.
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians13.htm
1 Corrinthians 13:4-6
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Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
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it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
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it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew18.htm Matthew 18: 15-17
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"If your brother sins (against you), go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.
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If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that 'every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.'
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If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.