Posted on 03/09/2012 4:33:00 AM PST by IbJensen
OK What would really torque her off would be if someone would tell her that everyone who sympathized with her make believe story would pray for her.
It sounds like she purposely sought employment in a Catholic school so that she could raise sexuality "issues" and is probably disappointed if she hasn't had a lot of response or negative reaction from parents.
So yes, of course she used her own mother's funeral as an opportunity for political grandstanding. She almost demanded that the priest refuse her Communion so that she could raise a ruckus about it. The poor man was between a rock and a hard place. She's a despicable human being.
I'm not Catholic and have attended exactly one funeral Mass in my life. The priest made it perfectly clear who could and could not receive Communion. Not every Catholic present opted to receive it that day so I didn't see that not receiving it was any great issue one way or the other for anyone.
With Catholics, Holy Communion is a sacrament. One needs to be baptized and educated in Catholicism before receiving. One must also be in a State of Grace. In short, non-Catholics do not receive Communion. This woman wasn’t Catholic and she was in a sinful relationship. This barred her from receiving the Sacrament. To some non-Catholics, this may sound strange; however, it is simply the rules of the Church. She could have gotten in the Communion line, crossed her arms across her chest and received a blessing. Obviously she felt “entitled” to go against the Church. IMHO.
If I walked up to my pastor before Mas and introduced him to a married woman I was having sex with I’d get denied Communion too. But some people are “special”.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
I was raised Catholic, I received all of the Sacraments. However, I have not practiced Catholicism in many years and I would NEVER go to Church and receive Communion without first going to Confession and renewing my faith.
Why is it so hard for people just to show respect?
Nothing in your quote from the K.J.V., says "state of grace" I agree with everything it says and have no problem with you or anyone who pleases, phrasing it, "state of grace". Are you looking for an argument, where no grounds for one exists?
The homosexual priesthood was a scheme hatched in the Kremlin in order to bring down the Roman Catholic Church, which the Russians believed that second to the USA this was their enemy.
They clandestinely recruited queers to enter the seminaries to begin the contamination. As these were true sodomites they naturally gravitated towards the youngsters after their invalid ordinations.
Apparently you are a member or a facilitator of the homosexual agenda, possibly a lesbian, and I can understand, but not condone, your frustration.
“I was raised Catholic, I received all of the Sacraments.”
Well... obviously you haven’t received “all” of the Sacraments... you’re still here with us...
“As a Buddhist, my role model of an enlightened, highly realized, and happy human being is Gautama Buddha.”
Buddha would never have behaved like this. In addition, Buddha was heterosexual, and, until the recent pressure of Western Liberal malcontents was successful, homosexual behavior was, in my ancient Tibetan tradition at least, considered non-virtuous, i.e. sure to result in negative karma. This woman does not represent Buddhism, but her Narcissism brings dishonor upon it - not a light karmic matter at all.
Those interested in my review/rant on Western Liberal Buddhist shenanigans (entitled, “the best minds of my generation . . . “) may want to look up that Amazon review from March 1, 2012 for the book, Shoes Outside the Door, by Michael Downing. Sorry, can’t link directly to the link of that review anymore, but it’s not hard to find.
It’s all a communist conspiracy, right? and what was it five hundred years ago? or a thousand?
Only those who don't understand Christian doctrine have a problem with what the priest chose responsibly to do. In the old days, had the priest chosen the apparent path of least resistance, treating the Church like a public school and being concerned more about hurting someone's feelings than eternal damnation, the clerics would have burned him, the supplicant and all the chalices and utensils, etc.
This is a Catholic communion, after all. Even a "Protestant" Christian like me knows the context and would not seek Catholic communion out of respect for their beliefs that the service involves transubstantiation, and the very literal presence of the blood and body of Our Lord and Savior.
I'll save the notations on Paul's use of the adverb translated "unworthily," as in modifying the action and not the actor, for another more appropriate time.
Thanks again...
LOL!! Witty!
ping!
Yes, they are ......and the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church.
From previous threads on this topic, I understand she introduced her gay lover, as her lover, to the priest prior to the funeral. He was on moral grounds to refuse her communion just on the basis of those facts.
These were the verses I was thinking of also as I agree with your point. By the way, I'm a Lutheran whose church practices close communion for this reason.
Receiving Coommunion in an unrepentant state just results in yet another sin, namely sacrilege. I think that, because of his pastoral concernfor her, thew spriest was trying to prevent her from getting into even more serious sin.
May the Lord come to her assistance so that she may be blessed with repentance and eternal blessedness.
Calm down. My post to you was for clarity in the conversation, not a provocation. May God bless you.
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