Posted on 07/10/2017 7:13:21 PM PDT by marshmallow
People need to stop identifying themselves by their sin, which is what homosexuals do.
They let it become their identity.
I have great compassion for Christians who struggle with that particular temptation but it is NOT who they are.
A Christian’s identity is in CHRIST, not their sin.
In the Greek, the word is the word for *repent* not *do penance*.
Putting in *do penance* is just another not so subtle mistranslation of the Greek to make Scripture say what the Catholic church wants it to say.
Here's a quick example, which can be found at this Bible Gateway page:
| And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying: "The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel." Mark 1:14-15 --- Douay-Rheims Translation |
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This has always and everywhere been Catholic teaching. Sad that it should be controversial to state it.
How can one be sure if one has repented/atoned and has decided to really really really really try?
I'd wager a lot of those who go to Confession are going through the motions and have no problem getting Communion despite the fact that they know they cannot/will not stop the behaviors/thoughts that require Confession.
When mortals think they can prevent others from communing with God/Christ/Holy Spirit, them mortals have placed themselves mighty high in the Richter Scale of holier than thou-ness.
The standard is "a sincere purpose of amendment," not "infallible knowledge of no future sins." It is the honest attempt to cooperate with God's grace to sin no more, even if someone knows that this effort will most likely fail at some point. This is different than the person who is hardened in his sins and refuses to amend his life. You should really try to understand Catholic teaching before criticizing it.
if we were capable of doing what you say is required, then He would not have had to die on the Cross for us.
It is our Lord's sacrifice on the cross that opens up to us God's grace to live holy lives according to the Commandments. Our relationship with Jesus includes the submission of both intellect and will, not just an act of faith.
I'd wager a lot of those who go to Confession are going through the motions and have no problem getting Communion despite the fact that they know they cannot/will not stop the behaviors/thoughts that require Confession.
There is a big difference between "cannot" and "will not." Imagine the difference between the alcoholic who truly desires and attempts to stop drinking but often fails and the drunk who says, "the hell with it. I like drinking and getting drunk." The first perhaps "cannot" stop drinking but desires to stop. The second "will not" stop drinking because he chooses not to.
When mortals think they can prevent others from communing with God/Christ/Holy Spirit, them mortals have placed themselves mighty high in the Richter Scale of holier than thou-ness.
Like the Protestants who say that we cannot be saved unless we accept their concept of "faith alone"?
” active homosexuals “ HUH? Is there any other kind?
The homosexual acts are what DEFINES a homosexual. It isn’t DNA.
So if queers abstain from unnatural sex, they are cured?
Is that anything like celibate pedophile priests?
How is that working out?
Jesus had to stay true to the Old Covenant but He also gave us a bit of information about "commandments" that many tend to ignore. Something about loving God with every fiber of one;s being and the other about loving others as you love yourself because (paraphrase) where there is love, there is no harm and that in itself fulfills the intent of the commandments.
Once we are saved, God no longer recognizes us as sinners even though we never lose the sinfulness. If Paul, who had met the risen Jesus had to lament that he kept finding himself doing things he knew he shouldn't do, and not doing things he knew he should do, how can one sanely expect those working on pure faith to do any better.
Repenting as one supplicates himself to Jesus is necessary - else on has not reason for the supplication. As far as the rest, who can judge what is really in another man's heart" If one says that "This one is not repentant" then what's to stop them from saying "This one never actually gave himself to Jesus"? One tends to take the news one likes, on faith and then condemn those that disgust one w/o really knowing the mental/spiritual state of that individual.
God will sort it out and I suspect that some who take communion regularly will not be in Heaven and some who are denied communion will see us there - not our decision to say who will/won't make the trip.
Among these is the notion that an individual’s conscience has, after Amoris Laetitia, become the final judge in moral matters.
Very good, Your Excellence. It is not just practicing gays we are in spiritual combat with.
Let me ask you a question: When a practicing gay picks up his belongings and moves out of his partner's house, wouldn't he be doing something rather than thinking something?
Are not the words repentance and penance both the same words to begin with?
Are not the words repentance and penance both the same words to begin with?
Are not the words repentance and penance both the same words to begin with?
Are not the words repentance and penance both the same words to begin with?
Are not the words repentance and penance both the same words to begin with?
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