Posted on 11/14/2004 8:37:49 AM PST by Land of the Irish
The bells were silent when the latest desecration of the magnificent St. Paul Cathedral took place at the Sunday noon Mass on November 7, after a group of militant, rainbow sash wearing homosexuals were allowed to commit sacrilege by receiving the Holy Eucharist. It was as if the angels charged with guarding the Cathedral had fled to avoid witnessing a sacrilege against Christ in the Eucharist about to be allowed by a successor of the Apostles, Archbishop Harry Flynn.
Truth be told, the steel frames holding the huge bells were found to be cracked and to prevent a possible dangerous crash, the bells were silenced a few months ago pending necessary repairs. Perhaps the bells frames had cracked less than six months ago when Archbishop Flynn allowed the sash wearing homosexuals to desecrate the Holy Eucharist on Pentecost Sunday.
It truly staggers the faith and is an affront to the piety of faithful Catholics to learn that their archbishop would allow public sacrilege against Christ in the Eucharist. And not only that, but what can one make of Archbishop Flynns absenting himself from the scandalous incident while forcing a young priest, only months following his ordination, to handle the situation? Has the Archbishop considered his possible violation of the young priests conscience?
The only public explanation given by Archbishop Flynn for allowing the rainbow sashers to receive Holy Communion is that he does not want the Eucharist to become the focal point of contentiousness and battle. But does yielding to aggressive groups who are willing to commit sacrilege constitute too dear a price to pay for "peace"?
Is it possible that Archbishop Flynn really believes that homosexual sashers are properly disposed to receive Holy Communion? It would seem that public advocacy of a gravely disordered lifestyle would be contrary to having a proper disposition, but if the Archbishop holds a different view he should have the integrity and honesty to publicly so declare.
In any event, the permissive attitude shown by Archbishop Flynn and in some cases advocacy and outright support by other clerics and Catholic leaders in the Archdiocese toward militant homosexual groups and individuals and their various projects and programs often sponsored by parishes and other Catholic institutions cries out for investigation by higher authority. The Catholic faith of the people of this Archdiocese is much too important to allow this situation to continue its anarchical drift.
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For those readers who wish to express their concerns to the Holy See about this matter before Archbishop Flynns ad limina visit in early December, we provide some key addresses:
Pope John Paul II
Apostolic Palace
00120 Vatican City State
Europe
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Piazza del S. Uffizio 11
00193 Rome, Italy
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Congregation for Bishops
Piazza Pio XII 10
00193 Rome, Italy
Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos
Congregation for the Clergy
Piazza Pio XII 3
00193 Rome, Italy
Francis Cardinal Arinze
Congregation for Divine Worship
Piazza Pio XII 10
00193 Rome, Italy
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I think that we should be sad for these homosexuals at best. They are so uncomfortable with their so called genetic destiny, they need others approval. They can not just accept themselves, they need some kind of pat on the back. We stand firm as sad as they are. Jesus said: Peter, Thou art a rock and upon this rock I shall build my Church. They are trying to inflict situational ethics onto God's law. If we give in, who is the bigger sinner?
Leviticus 20:13... "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
No biblical indication of any such penalties being handed down...in the human realm, anyway.
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