Dissident priest Fr. James Martin wants you to celebrate LGBT ‘pride month’

LifeSite News ^ | June 3, 2021 | Doug Mainwaring

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Dissident priest Fr. James Martin wants you to celebrate LGBT ‘pride month’

It’s especially important for churches to celebrate ‘pride,’ the Jesuit said.

June 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Fr. James Martin, S.J., the most outspoken force within U.S. Catholicism for the normalization of homosexuality and transgenderism within the Church, wants you to know that he thinks all Catholics should celebrate “pride month.”

In a video tweet posted on the second day of this year’s so-dubbed “pride month,” Martin claimed that it’s “a celebration of the human dignity of a group of people who have been for so long treated like dirt.” 

The Jesuit appears oblivious to the fact that far from being “treated like dirt,” June is a month-long orgy of adulation for self-identified homosexual and transgender individuals by nearly every single major global and national corporation, secular media, social media, tech giants, the White House, the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon, every single U.S. professional sports league, and even children’s cartoon TV shows, all of which without reservation champion LGBTQ ideology.

Despite the fact that Martin’s premise is untrue, he goes on for nearly two minutes, telling Catholics, “It’s especially important for churches to celebrate pride.”

“Just because you celebrate pride doesn’t mean you have to agree with what every video, every article, or even every float in a parade has to say,” claims Martin, yet the LGBTQ movement rejects the Catholic Church’s most fundamental teaching on the nature of man and woman as God created them. 

Martin promotes a serious lie in his short presentation, asserting that Catholics should convey to young people who announce that they are LGBTQ that “you know that God wants them to accept who they are.” God does not create people gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, pansexual or anything other than males or females created for complementary monogamous relationships, bound together in Holy Matrimony. 

Martin has long sought to undermine clergy and laity who continue to embrace the Church’s wisdom and best pastoral practices regarding same-sex attraction, asserting at the 2018 World Meeting of Families that “most L.G.B.T. Catholics have been deeply wounded by the church.”

The Jesuit used his platform at the Vatican-run gathering of Catholics to brazenly lobby for the Church to normalize homosexuality and transgenderism, going as far as urging the pastors to invite self-identifying LGBT individuals to serve as Eucharistic ministers.

Martin’s record of pro-gay activism is lengthy and ranges from his many speeches and media appearances promoting homosexuality to his retweeting of a complaint that priests can’t “bless” gay unions and suggesting that the Church is full of “homophobia” and “marginalizes” the same-sex attracted.

He supports men kissing each other during the sign of peace at Mass, says that a Catholic attending a same-sex “wedding” is like attending a Jewish wedding, and suggests that his critics are secretly homosexual themselves.

At a meeting in the nation’s capital earlier this year, Martin addressed 150 Catholic college and university presidents, urging them to promote “inclusion” on their campuses by promoting “LGBT-affirming liturgies,” permitting students to choose their own pronouns, and holding “Lavender Graduations.”

Full text of Fr. James Martin’s video tweet

Can Catholics celebrate “pride month,” when the LGBTQ community marks its place in society, especially since pride is, after all, one of the seven deadly sins?

Well, first of all remember that there are two definitions of pride.

The first is satisfaction that comes from your accomplishments which can morph into vanity which is bad. But the second kind of pride is a consciousness of your own dignity, and that’s closer to what pride month represents: a celebration of the human dignity of a group of people who have been for so long treated like dirt.

And for the religious person it’s a celebration of them as beloved children of God.

It’s especially important for churches to celebrate pride since a great deal of the rejection and even violence that the LGBTQ community has faced has been motivated by religion, or at least what people think that religion teaches.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church asks us to treat LGBTQ people with respect, compassion, and sensitivity, and participating in pride events or at least supporting our LGBTQ friends is one way to do this.

And just because you celebrate pride doesn’t mean you have to agree with what every video, every article, or even every float in a parade has to say. 

It’s more about supporting the fundamental human rights of this community: The right to live in safety, the right to be treated as equals, and the right to be fully welcomed into society. 

Besides, complaints about the use of the word “pride” don’t seem to happen in other situations. People say, “I’m proud to be Catholic,” or “I’m proud to be an American,” and no one objects to it or says that it’s vanity.

“Pride” is not about vanity, but human dignity.

Maybe the best way to think about pride is to imagine what you’d say to a young person who finally summoned up the courage to tell you that they were LGBTQ. You know that God created them, you know that God loves them, and you know that God wants them to accept who they are. So you would probably say, ‘I am so proud of you for being able to say that.’

That’s the kind of pride that we celebrate this month, so happy pride.

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Barf Alert Ping

[goodnesswins]

Evil

[Slyfox]

Isn’t “pride” one of the seven deadly sins?

[ifinnegan]

Is he the dissident in this day and age?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Has this abomination ever even read any part of the bible ? Methinks he entered the priesthood to use it as a dating service.

[massmike]

This “priest” spouts more crap than a broken sewer!

[markman46]

Wonder how many he has molested

[fieldmarshaldj]

He's certainly packed a lot of it, too.

[cdcdawg]

“The Jesuit appears oblivious ...”

Appearance can be deceptive. They usually claim quite a bit of knowledge, so the mantle of obliviousness is a red flag.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Lord, have mercy	Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy	Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy	Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us	Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.	Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,	have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,	have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit,	have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all treasures of wisdom and knowledge,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, obedient to death,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and our reconciliation,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,	have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Jesus, meek and humble of heart.	R. Make our hearts like to Thine.

Let us pray:
Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thy most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee forever and ever. Amen.

[PGR88]

This guy is a total homo.

Which makes him a supreme hypocrite.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“Dissident priest” is no longer accurate.

I imagine calling him “mainstream” and “in tune with the Vatican” and “bourgeois” would be very disappointing to him.

“Sorry, you are no longer radical or special. You are just another drone, a follower, not a leader.”

[campaignPete R-CT]

Yesterday, I got hit with Pride Month from:
Boston Red Sox
Stop & Shop Grocery

Nobody today.

[Organic Panic]

Get with the times Catholics. Your particular version of Christianity has been coopted long ago. Francis is set to destroy it. Yeah you have nice buildings and the rituals are swell. It is not a Christian church. Muhammed could never have dreamt of destroying the church as much has the past “popes” have destroyed it. Christ didn’t need billion dollar cathedrals to save our souls. And we still don’t need a trillion dollar company to do it today.

[American in Israel]

As the corrupted Priest will burn in Hell forever I will celebrate by roasting marshmallows tomorrow.

[frnewsjunkie]

We do not celebrate what God called an abomination.

These churches that tell youth its okay to make their own rules... will have much to answer for when the judgments take place.

[grey_whiskers]

Despite the fact that Martin’s premise is untrue, he goes on for nearly two minutes, telling Catholics, “It’s especially important for churches to celebrate pride.”

I seem to recall the Scriptures have a different take on pride.

[Rurudyne]

When during His earthly ministry Christ once said some hard things and the result was some who had been following Him ceased to do so anymore He then turned to the twelve and asked if the6 would leave too.

“To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” was the reply.

These days the hard things people cannot bear to hear are stuff like have basic morality ... but instead of leaving as honest unbelievers they often try to appear that they have stayed and really seek to get everyone else to agree with them, to draw out others to follow them if they can.

Clinging to Christ is much more than crudely seeming to not walk away but also actually clinging to Him, His Gospel, and not to the teachings of men designed to work on proverbial itchy ears.

We have been promised that we will not face trials greater than we can endure.

Still, return Lord Jesus!

... things are getting a might strange around here....