Posted on 04/08/2005 7:20:08 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
Well said. I don't want to belong to a popular church. I want to belong to a church that is not afraid of the teachings of Christ.
But the sight of the despicable Bernard Law sitting there in full regalia came close.
Already belong smart ass. Born, raised and married there. Now what?
Exactly. The truth does not change because so many people find it is easier to turn a blind eye towards it. Catholicism is not an a-la-carte menu.
It was adressed to the complaining gays, not you!
Sorry to send 'em your way
I have often been of the idea that when the Church waters down her teaching to become relevant to the world, she will find up finding herself irrelevant in the lives of her people.
As a disenfranchised Episcopalian, watching my parish, (St. Johns Lafayette Square) where our beloved president worships, having been married there 20 years ago, elect a homosexual choir leader and recognizing his "partner" during 11:00 mass, sitting next to my son who was going though confirmation, made me want to throw up in my pew.
(Spits on ground in anger)
Come join the Roman Catholic Church. You are welcome here. Lotsa conservatives have been joining lately. Laura Ingraham & Larry Kudlow are two good examples.
Of course, there is always some value in staying put, and fighting the good fight.
Not sure I can stop saying "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." at the end of the Lord's prayer...hehehe.
I'd like to clarify the comment that the site Hillarynow.com was going to print an article against the pope. The speaker was William Donohue of the Catholic League, and he did not exactly ascribe that to this website. He mentioned that there are many websites out there "like Hillary.com" (I felt he was merely reciting a random name of a website as he then paused and said it was not that specific website that was doing it). He mentioned that these sites were gearing up to smear the memory of JPII.
Don't expect it to be any better in the modern Catholic church. You won't even have to re-learn the Our Father, just pause a bit before the tacked-on protestant ending. Your Episcopalian rite, despite the sodomite choirmistress, is probably more "Catholic" than what you'll find at most "Catholic" parishes nowadays. At your local Catholic parish, you'll likely still get to enjoy going to mass with various and sundry perverts and pro-aborts, maybe even in the sacristy. If you're lucky, your bishop won't openly hold "rainbow sash" masses and liturgical dance sessions, but don;t count on it.
If you can find a Latin Mass in your area, you'll avoid most of the craziness. If not, you'd be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Good luck and God bless.
My Grandmother just turned 94 last month. We were talking about this very subject, and she said "You know, trying to be a homo in the Catholic church is like trying to be a vegetarian working in a butcher shop. If that's what you believe, what the Hell are you doing there, anyway?"
LOL....your grandmother gets it
Just out curiosity what do you against female priests other than it not being tradition.
BTW non-practicing catholic moved very much by recent events and will actually be going to Mass today
" 'I firmly resolve with the help of Thy Grace to confess my sins, to do Penance and to amend my life Amen.' These closing words of a Catholic confession are telling to Homosexuals as they have no intention to amend their lives."
The gospel calls for us to die to our own lives. This was mentioned in today's homily at JPII's funeral. By giving up our lives, God gives them back to us in the form he desires -- all our talents at best use for His purposes. The entire ideology of "gay identity" flies in the face of this fundamental teaching. They are unwilling to "lay down their life for their friends" -- except the gay friends. Not for the Bible-believing Christian friends around the world, especially those in countries experiencing persecution against Christians. How much better it would do their souls to spend time in prayer for all Christians instead of in dance clubs!
Yes, because he personally didn't want to follow them. More admirable than the priests who remained and satisfied their desires by molesting adolescent parishioners, but not the only possibility. Sadly, though, the writer cannot even imagine another alternative.
The only honest way for a homosexual to be a good Catholic is to: 1) not practice homosexual acts, and 2) accept homosexual acts as sinful in nature.
It is not possible for a active homosexual who does not believe homosexual acts are sin to be Catholic in any meaningful sense. Those that say they do lie to themselves and to the rest of the Church.
I actually don't think that active homosexuals who do not believe that homosexuality is sinful can be Christians, let alone Catholics; but that was not your post.
Sam Brownback and Bob Novak are two more.
Bob Novack? that's suprising!
I can't disagree with anything you say. Heres a related article on this subject and the rationalization.
http://exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2005/04/rev-gene-robinsonjesus-might-be-gay.html
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