Catholic Mass Lectionary Omits Anti-Homosexualism Verses from Romans 1

Dr Taylor Marshall ^ | October 19, 2015 | Dr Taylor Marshall

[BlessedBeGod]

Why do Catholics in America support homosexuality proportionately more than the general population?

Two reasons: lack of authentic Catholic teaching regarding homosexuality, and the Church omitted one of the clearest Bible verses on homosexuality from the lectionary.

One of the very unfortunate results of the New Lectionary is that verses that might be deemed offensive have been omitted from our liturgical celebrations. (I've written about how three "offensive" Psalms were removed from the Liturgy of the Hours after 1971 here.)

Verses against Homosexuality Omitted from Current Lectionary

An example of the silence of offensive passages is from the readings of last week [October 11th], where the reading of Saint Paul against homosexuality (including female lesbianism) in Romans 1:26-32 is notably omitted from the cycle. Below are the readings for the 28th Week in Ordinary Time (Lectionary 468 and 469):

Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Lectionary: 468

Reading 1 ROM 1:16-25

Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Lectionary: 469

Reading 1 ROM 2:1-11

So what's missing? Romans 1:26-32 is clipped out. Yet this passage at the end of Romans 1 is the locus classicus for Paul's theology against homosexual behavior and it also forms the cited passage in the Catechism of the Catholic Church for its teaching...

[redleghunter]

The Catholic Church’s teaching is clear, and unambiguous. Homosexual orientation is disordered, that is, not in line with natural law. It is the PRACTICE of homosexuality that is sinful. The Pope has even stated this, though you haven’t heard that in the media; doesn’t go with their template of how ‘tolerant’ he is.

So clear is the teaching they omit these verses from Romans 1? What better way to confirm the teaching with the words of an apostle addressing the Roman Church!

[metmom]

Imagine that.

So the “whole” Bible ISN’T heard every who knows how many years by faithful mass attending Catholics after all.

[metmom]

This is done according to the liturgical year. We don’t know why certain readings are chosen and others aren’t.

LOL!!!!!

Don't know why.....

LOL!!!!

[metmom]

Excuses, excuses......

So much for the claim of hearing the *whole* Bible every 3 years, eh?

[daniel1212]

In addition, the US bishop's approved NAB will not use render “porneia” as “sexual immorality” or anything sexual in places such as 1Cor. 5:1; 6:13; 7:2; 10:8; 2Cor. 12:21; Eph. 5:3; Gal. 5:19; Col. 3:5; 1Thes. 4:3; but simply has “immorality,” even though in most cases it is in a sexual context.

And see more on its decades of liberal notes here and links to other criticisms.