Posted on 11/30/2005 11:26:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Evidently, Admin Moderator agreed with you...got here too late to see what it was, but I auspect it was bad.
Interesting to me is that some people are starting to realize that the Church isn't going to go the way of churchLite, and they are not happy that we have leaders who actually BELIEVE in the teachings. And that the church is not going to validate their desire to live sinful lives. And that things really matter. And that some of us believe that God isn't a toy to validate their desire for spirituality, pat them on the head, and tell them what good little boys and girls they are.
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They need to take their problems up with The Boss and tell Him to change things:
Jesus told them...
...from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother (and be joined to his wife),
and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
I think He also mentioned those who are unable to marry by nature and that not everyone could understand that.
And that applies to more than just homosexual perversion ... it applies to masturbation, to contraception, and to the heinous evil of abortion.
Exactly!
Absolutely.
I decided I would be George W. Bush like and ignore all the raving critics of the Vatican Instruction like Sullivan -- they're not going to address the issue constructively or with a respect for what the Church teaches, they're just going to shrilly cry out the usual gay activist talking points and name calling. I will be able to keep my equanimity and just continue quietly to worship and pray and thank God for the great pastor the Lord has given us in Pope Benedict.
>> New York's Fr. Mychal Judge, who was killed by falling debris while comforting others in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01.<<
This whole Fr. Mychal Judge thing really bothers me. Fr. Judge may have been a priest but is anyone saying that if he wasn't that he would not have been right in there attempting to save people?
Perhaps being a chaplin put him in the right place at the wrong time, but he would have been no less a hero if he had been just a dude on the street running in to save a person.
Gay (in doubt) or not, he was a hero. No one should use him as a banner for sexuality.
A wise decision...There is going to be whining going on for awhile, I suspect.
Many bishops (and their fellow travelers) have been operating for years in opposition to long-standing Church discipline, anticipating that the discipline would change. It hasn't -- and what we see now is the flailing of these men as they try to salvage their authority while looking for room to maneuver (the parallel with clergy who anticipated approval of contraception prior to Humanae vitae is obvious).
This is one of the best and most succinct summaries of all the equivocating from the likes of Skylstad, Clark, McCarrick et al., which I have seen.
Amen!
As a "gay" Catholic, I completely agree with the Church's stance on homosexuality. Though most if not all of you have not had the experience of homosexuality (count your blessings), I have, and it has made me a better person, for it has given me the opportunity to witness the battle between good and evil in most vivid and horrifying way. I beleive that being "gay" has given me a perspective on what it means to suffer for Christ. Though its a constant battle against this temptation, as for any battle a Christian soldier must fight, it is the ultimate victory that matters and is most sweet.
God bless you!
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