>>and telling us how wrong and sorry he was for offending God. He didn’t.<<
He didn’t have to tell US anything.
It’s between him and God.
That being said, I am not happy with the Cardinal Presiding. However, did anyone really expect it not to happen?
How naive are you? You do know what repentance (Again, he had plenty of time) is?
Also false confession, confessing but absolutely have no desire/want to change?
Actions speak louder than feint Spirituality and by holding this spectacle, the local Church/Cardinal is giving the keys of approval to Satan. There must be a stand taken, I don't publicly see it.
Best read Micah to get a little perspective on the situation.
********************
Maybe not, but I was hoping. It's probably a ridiculous thought, but I wish Pope Benedict would step in.
Well, I didn’t think O’Malley would preside, and I’m really disgusted.
What people are omitting, however, is not only the fact that Kennedy is getting a big splashy funeral of the type that implies approval, but that Obama is being permitted to speak from a leading position in front of the Church...even though eulogies are not permitted at a Catholic funeral and homilies by someone who is not a priest or not Catholic are not permitted. Furthermore, the one somewhat ambiguous permission for brief remarks by a family member (only at the vigil, IIRC) certainly doesn’t apply to Obama, who is not a family member and will not be brief.
There might be some excuse for Kennedy getting a Church funeral, but there’s much less excuse for his getting a big formal Church funeral, and NO excuse at all for letting someone like Obama speak at it.