Posted on 04/18/2008 7:43:03 AM PDT by NYer
Thank you Tom McFadden!
Actually, I think this may be OK. Kerry changed his position to pro-life when he got in line, then changed it back as he was seated.
Finally I can say Kennedy did something right. I wish the others were denied.... as they should have been
I think if I were a priest or deacon assigned to distributing Communion at the Mass I would have a pocket full of Necco wafers, and say “And this is a special one, just for you!”
(I would also have some holy water to rinse my fingers off afterwrds, since I would still be distributing Communion.)
I’m not sure Kenneddy was up to the long walk.
Ted was just too lazy to walk all that way just to get the tiny wafer of unleavened bread. If it was a chalice filled with wine, however, he’d be first in line (and then ask for a refill).
From the original post:
"There is an objective connection here with the Eucharist," he said referencing the Biblical passage 1 Corinthians 11:27-29. That passage reads: "Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord."
Kerry is hiding what he does with the Host. creepy.
I just gained a smidgen of respect for Fat Drunk Ted.
Thanks.
I really missed that......
As far as Kennedy is concerned, HE should be giving THE POPE communion.
The mechanics may be similar but the theology is quite different. That picture of Kerry is an absolute abomination. Kennedy at least has the decency to refrain from heaping one sin upon another.
> Finally I can say Kennedy did something right. I wish the others were denied.... as they should have been
Informed self-interest, probably. He didn’t want to burst into flame, or be smitten by lightening bolts. Darkness doth abhor the Light.
Pope Benedict XVI has always taken God's words totally literally. In the areas of abortion, birth control, and the problem of priests abusing children he will stand steadfast in the word of God and no mortal will make him accept less than what God spoke in the Ten Commandments and through Jesus.
If Pelosi, Kennedy, Kerry, and other Catholics-in-name-only don't realize that God is speaking directly to them through Pope Benedict when he does not permit communion be administered to those advocates of abortion and birth control, then they have made a conscious decision to ignore God and listen to the devil and the people through whom the devil speaks and has influenced. They might want to cloud their decisions to acquiesce to public pressure based on the rationales of men, but it is just their desire to hold political office and remain “popular” that has become more important than what they know to be what God wants.
Pope Benedict XVI, through his steadfast commitment to uphold God’s rules and by his action to exclude pro-abortion supporters is quite strongly reminding them they will never gain “popularity” with God for turning away from the laws and standards He set. Benedict is acknowledging the obvious: that they are openly succumbing to the temptations of self-gratification for their own mortal agendas and careers. And every time they attend a Mass and receive Communion they are flagrantly repeating the sin that not only scars their souls, and are also making an arrogant statement that they do not consider God’s rules important, nor the lives of the aborted children lovingly created by God.
These politicians and abortion supporters will pay in a way that will be far worse than loosing an election here on earth. Whatever success they have in this life, and no matter how they have tried to justify their decisions and actions, God will not forget the millions of lives they have allowed to be destroyed just so they could satisfy their own egos and personal desires for worldly acclaim.
They might always have supporters on earth and we might not witness their demise, or see the punishment they will face, but we can hold onto the knowledge that in the end God has the final judgment. On the day these people stand before Him, (no matter how many times they have kissed the Pope’s ring, or spoken to a Pope, or attended a Mass) God will not be influenced by any political action group, or lobbyist, or popular movement promulgated by those who have found it easier and advantageous to their own goals to destroy a life and succumb to the devil’s desires. When we do not respect the gift of life that God blessed us with, there is no loophole to slide through into Heaven.
Maybe he heard there was no alcohol in the wine?
Big difference in the Communion between Catholics and Protestants. Not “nuanced”
Do some research.
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