Posted on 09/30/2020 9:36:29 PM PDT by ebb tide
September 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Fr. Mark Goring, a Canadian priest who became a YouTube sensation for his orthodox homilies and preaching, is warning US Catholics against the “mortal sin” of voting for politicians who champion the “slaughter” of children by abortion.
Catholics who vote for pro-abortion candidates, he says, are, in the words of St. Paul, “stupid.”
“I call Catholics who vote for this kind of politician ‘stupid Catholics’ and I don't apologize. I don't use this word often, but I do reserve it for this awful tragedy. Saint Paul says in Galatians chapter 3: “O stupid Galatians, who has bewitched you?’”
“Brothers and sisters, we need to understand that if we vote for a politician who is going to keep the door wide open, and even widen the door to the killing of our most innocent, we're complicit in this awful slaughter and we have blood on our hands,” he said.
“And one day, we will have to give an account for the fact that this awful scourge in our society, this awful injustice to the most weak, the most vulnerable, we were part of that,” he continued.
“As Catholics, we are supposed to be defenders of life,” he added.
Goring said that when St. Paul calls the Galatians stupid “it’s because he loves them.”
“He’s a father to them and he wants to see his children spend eternity in heaven,” he said.
For the same reasons, Father Goring admonishes the Catholic faithful: “Don’t be stupid.”
“You need to stand for what is true. Catholics must rise up, stop compromising, stand for the truth, defend life, because life is short and eternity is long.”
Ping
a true Catholic
Also of note CatholicVote.org (very pro Trump and pro life)
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Francis should say this.
Ah! Now this is refreshing!
Fr. Goring says “stupid”.
Church doctrine refers to a darkening of the intellect, a result of being starved of grace, which in turn is a result of failing to remain in friendship with God, with Christ crucified. Submitting to and diligently adhering to the precepts of the church will keep your intellect from darkening.
Stupidity equates with an intellect that has become significantly darkened. So Fr. Goring is perfectly correct in his main line or reasoning. He appears to have an involvement with the so-called Charismatic movement arising in the wake of the second Vatican council, perhaps was ordained into a related order of priests? That movement leaves some devout Catholics flat. That said, Fr. Goring is a credit to his order of priests and needs to be praised to the heavens for coming out in such a strong and timely way with this message.
Fr. Goring has deliberately put himself in league with Fr. Altman, a pastor whose (mostly) patient ordinary is the bishop in charge of the La Crosse, Wisconsin diocese. This show’s that Fr. Goring has courage and fortitude, as Fr. Altman is definitely suffering persecution from multiple malign sources (but by all appearances at least is bearing up well).
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