Posted on 10/13/2014 4:54:49 PM PDT by ebb tide
Denounce the Synod
PopeSynodFamily1 Today, the first official document of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family was released. Suffice it to say that the document doesn’t even bother in the least to present Catholic teaching on the family. The whole document is an exercise in modernist tactics of persuasion by means of doctrinal ambiguity and unsettling that which is settled. But the most sinister passages depart clearly from the Catholic Faith. First, the document opens the door explicitly to holy communion for those who are publicly living in objectively adulterous unions:
46. In the same way the situation of the divorced who have remarried demands a careful discernment and an accompaniment full of respect, avoiding any language or behavior that might make them feel discriminated against. For the Christian community looking after them is not a weakening of its faith and its testimony to the indissolubility of marriage, but rather it expresses precisely its charity in its caring.
47. As regards the possibility of partaking of the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist, some argued in favor of the present regulations because of their theological foundation, others were in favor of a greater opening on very precise conditions when dealing with situations that cannot be resolved without creating new injustices and suffering. For some, partaking of the sacraments might occur were it preceded by a penitential path – under the responsibility of the diocesan bishop – and with a clear undertaking in favor of the children. This would not be a general possibility, but the fruit of a discernment applied on a case-by-case basis, according to a law of gradualness, that takes into consideration the distinction between state of sin, state of grace and the attenuating circumstances.
48. Suggesting limiting themselves to only “spiritual communion” was questioned by more than a few Synodal Fathers: if spiritual communion is possible, why not allow them to partake in the sacrament? As a result a greater theological study was requested starting with the links between the sacrament of marriage and the Eucharist in relation to the Church-sacrament. In the same way, the moral dimension of the problem requires further consideration, listening to and illuminating the consciences of spouses.
49. The problems relative to mixed marriages were frequently raised in the interventions of the Synodal Fathers. The differences in the matrimonial regulations of the Orthodox Churches creates serious problems in certain contexts to which have to be found suitable responses in communion with the Pope. The same applies to inter-religious marriages.
Second, the document asserts that homosexuals (the term strongly implies that these persons are sexually active, or at least not striving to be chaste while struggling with same-sex attraction) have “gifts and qualities” to offer the Church as homosexuals, and even more appallingly, that the Church should be “accepting and valuing” of homosexual orientation itself:
50. Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community: are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a fraternal space in our communities? Often they wish to encounter a Church that offers them a welcoming home. Are our communities capable of providing that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?
51. The question of homosexuality leads to a serious reflection on how to elaborate realistic paths of affective growth and human and evangelical maturity integrating the sexual dimension: it appears therefore as an important educative challenge. The Church furthermore affirms that unions between people of the same sex cannot be considered on the same footing as matrimony between man and woman. Nor is it acceptable that pressure be brought to bear on pastors or that international bodies make financial aid dependent on the introduction of regulations inspired by gender ideology.
52. Without denying the moral problems connected to homosexual unions it has to be noted that there are cases in which mutual aid to the point of sacrifice constitutes a precious support in the life of the partners. Furthermore, the Church pays special attention to the children who live with couples of the same sex, emphasizing that the needs and rights of the little ones must always be given priority.
It needn’t be pointed out that homosexual “unions” (there is no such thing) might be the context for some good things. There has always been honor among thieves. What is most telling about this document is what it doesn’t say: nowhere are the faithful warned of the temporal and eternal consequences of sexual sin; nowhere are homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, or those who commit other sins against Christian marriage called to repentance and conversion; nowhere are those in irregular “unions” called to live chastely in order to receive holy communion; nowhere are the faithful given the hope of being delivered from their sins and living in a state of grace; nowhere is the salvation of souls included as a priority. Clearly, the whole thrust of this document is to weaken the Church’s resolve in opposing the forces of modernity in redefining the family, even at the expense of doctrine.
This disgraceful “relatio post disceptationem” must be repudiated by good Catholics at every level, and this train-wreck of a Synod publicly denounced.
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....What is most telling about this document is what it doesn’t say: nowhere are the faithful warned of the temporal and eternal consequences of sexual sin; nowhere are homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, or those who commit other sins against Christian marriage called to repentance and conversion; nowhere are those in irregular “unions” called to live chastely in order to receive holy communion; nowhere are the faithful given the hope of being delivered from their sins and living in a state of grace; nowhere is the salvation of souls included as a priority. Clearly, the whole thrust of this document is to weaken the Church’s resolve in opposing the forces of modernity in redefining the family, even at the expense of doctrine. This disgraceful “relatio post disceptationem” must be repudiated by good Catholics at every level, and this train-wreck of a Synod publicly denounced.
PFL
From the FULL REPORT (just below the article) at:
Read it and weep:
“Welcoming homosexual persons
Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community: are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a fraternal space in our communities? Often they wish to encounter a Church that offers them a welcoming home. Are our communities capable of providing that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?
The question of homosexuality leads to a serious reflection on how to elaborate realistic paths of affective growth and human and evangelical maturity integrating the sexual dimension: it appears therefore as an important educative challenge. The Church furthermore affirms that unions between people of the same sex cannot be considered on the same footing as matrimony between man and woman. Nor is it acceptable that pressure be brought to bear on pastors or that international bodies make financial aid dependent on the introduction of regulations inspired by gender ideology.
Without denying the moral problems connected to homosexual unions it has to be noted that there are cases in which mutual aid to the point of sacrifice constitutes a precious support in the life of the partners. Furthermore, the Church pays special attention to the children who live with couples of the same sex, emphasizing that the needs and rights of the little ones must always be given priority.”
ET, I realize how important you are but would you mind if I found out what the final report was first?
If I'm off base here, just let me know and I will denounce them in obedience to you.
Thanks.
“The document seems not to be consonant with 2,000 years worth of Church teaching, theology, practice, and spirituality,” said Benjamin Harnwell, founder of the Rome-based Dignitatis Humanae Institute. “Where is the Catholic content? Where are the insights only a Catholic would say? With the caveat this is only a provisional document, at this stage it hasn’t been sufficiently explained how can there be good fruits based on something that the Church has always taught was intrinsically sinful.”
Royal said that in a “media environment like the one we live in now, the message that gets transmitted is uncertainty” and that “only kind of ratifies people’s autonomy to go ahead and do whatever they want.
“This is not Catholicism,” he said. “It’s hard to know exactly why we’re so anxious to be able to talk to people. Certainly we want to be respectful to all persons, but that shouldn’t be the centrality of what the Church is up to. The Church has, in the modern world, got many more difficult things to address.”
The truth always discriminates. That is the nature of Truth that it must reject falsehoods.
I see no reason why we cannot substitute the word incest and incestuous relationships (assuming consenting adults) or the words polygamy and polygamous for the words homosexual. What then?
Oh this is not to mean I favor any acceptance of such. It is just to suggest that you cannot lower one barrier without lowering them all.
The audacity of this Pope, who dares to stir up this mess at a time when Christian morality is already under attack from all directions, is horrifying. Instead of providing clear, consistent teaching based upon the Deposit of Faith, he is leading souls into confusion and destruction. It is obvious that his lavender minions are driving this train exactly where HE wants it to go.
To all Catholics, it is time to acknowledge that Pope Francis is NOT our friend. The fix is in, and Francis has been stacking the deck with his “team” for several months now.
This is just the beginning. He will stack the deck with appointments like Cupich in Chicago. Watch how quickly Cupich is made a Cardinal while Archbishops like Chaput in Philly get passed over. His goal is to get a majority of his buddies on the College of Cardinals so as to control who gets selected as his successor.
“... as was in the times of Noah and in Sodom and Gomorrah....”
Contact (FReep) your Bishop! Tell him that you don’t like the way this is going. Tell him you are for the Sacrament of Matrimony as it has always been as well as the support of a natural family.
God bless!
http://usccb.org/about/bishops-and-dioceses/all-dioceses.cfm
Instead of “smelling like sheep”, Francis reeks of the scent of wolves.
Benedict XVI biggest mistake of his pontificate: Resigning!
“To all Catholics, it is time to acknowledge that Pope Francis is NOT our friend. The fix is in, and Francis has been stacking the deck with his “team” for several months now.”
Well, boys, you can’t call yourselves “Protestants” because that name is already taken. Maybe “Reprotestants”?
Thank God I’m not a protestant, but we have Protestants to thank for this, since that’s what these bishops seem to want us to be.
“Thank God I’m not a protestant, but we have Protestants to thank for this, since that’s what these bishops seem to want us to be.”
We left because of this sort of corruption, and you reformed for a time. But like any bureaucracy, it begins to worship itself. Protestants of many persuasions fell apart just the same as you did.
But dont blame us, you did this to yourselves.
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