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To: Alex Murphy

Communion for unrepentant sinners? I don’t see that as right.

It says in the Bible to leave the temple if you’ve wronged your brother, make amends, and then return.

Matthew 5:23-24 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”

I think that applies to a male, dressing as a nun in a manner that clearly indicates homosexual activity. If he repents, he should go home, change, and come back.

1 Corinthians 11

27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.


2 posted on 10/18/2007 7:01:37 AM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: Greg F

Well if the head honchos don’t know ‘unclean spirits’ when they see them, they need to be better informed. It’s not politically correct to infer one is demonically posessed, apparently. The majority of the christian religious have confused christianity with socialism. Woe unto them.


4 posted on 10/18/2007 7:13:02 AM PDT by x_plus_one (A nation ashamed of its past will fear its future.)
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To: Greg F
The fact that Bretzke refers to these two emotionally disturbed men as "sisters" shows that he cannot tell the difference between the sexes and the difference between an avowed religious and a mocker of the avowed religious.

He is unqualified to teach moral theology, or to even express moral opinions.

Canon law forbids communicating individuals who flagrantly live a sinful life - these two miscreants are textbook cases.

8 posted on 10/18/2007 7:33:56 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Greg F

I find myself in complete agreement with you.

Receiving communion whilst deceiving the priest is one thing and that is on the individual; openly proceeding in an unworthy manner will also carry spiritual consequences to the priest.


12 posted on 10/18/2007 7:47:12 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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