Posted on 05/06/2002 6:17:00 AM PDT by Spin
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The purpose of the press is to let the truth be known to the people. But having seen report after report of the sex scandal in the Catholic Church, I am sorry to say that yet again the media is failing us by refusing to tell us that the primary problem within the church is an epidemic of homosexual priests. We know that most victims of these crimes are young boys, and the perpetrators are grown menwhy is it so hard to say that this epidemic is a direct result of homosexuals being given authority that they should not have?
Weve heard for some time now about priests who are openly homosexual, but apparently few within the Church seemed to see a need to resolve this issue. Its even more troubling, then, that the media is so unwilling to report something that has long been known. Of course we know that the media is basically liberal, and has the intent of promoting a biased agenda. But youd think that at least some would have the good sense to report honestly when the physical and psychological safety of so many children are at stake.
If the media, the most far-reaching informational source, refuse to accurately report this predominantly homosexual scandal, then the truth is being concealed and this problem may never be resolved. If something isnt done, homosexuals will continue to gain authority over our children and country, and the effects will be disastrous.
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Kinda puts things in perspective, doesn't it? ;o)
Besides, the priests of the old law, as in the case of Zacharias, were separated from their wives at times when they discharged their office and ministered in the temple. But since the priest of the new law ought always to be engaged in the ministry, it follows that he ought always to be continent. Furthermore, married persons should not defraud one the other of conjugal duties except for a time that they may give themselves to prayer. 1 Cor. 7:5. But since a priest ought always to pray, he ought always to be continent. Besides, St. Paul says: "But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, that he may please the Lord. But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife," 1 Cor. 7:32, 33. Therefore let the priest who should please God continually flee from anxiety for a wife, and not look back with Lot's wife, Gen. 19:26.
Moreover, sacerdotal continence was foreshadowed also in the Old Testament, for Moses commanded those who were to receive the law not to approach their wives until the third day, Ex 19:15. Much less, therefore, should the priests, who are about to receive Christ as our Legislator, Lord and Savior, approach wives. Priests were commanded likewise to wear linen thigh-bandages, to cover the shame of the flesh (Ex. 28:42); which, says Beda, was a symbol of future continence among priests. Also, when Ahimelech was about to give the blessed bread to the servants of David he asked first if they had kept themselves from women and David replied that they had for three days. 1 Kings 21 (1 Sam. 21:4, 5). Therefore, they who take the living Bread which came down from heaven, John 6:32ff., should always be pure with respect to them. They who ate the Passover had their loins girded, Ex. 12:11. Wherefore the priests, who frequently eat Christ our Passover, ought to gird their loins by continence and cleanliness, as the Lord commands them: "Be ye clean," he says, "that bear the vessels of the Lord," Isa. 52:11. "Ye shall be holy, for I am holy," Lev. 19:2. Therefore let priests serve God "in holiness and righteousness all their days." Luke 1:75.
Not necessarily.
Having "open discussions" about sexuality has not helped the LARGER culture one bit, as seen by the increase in pornography, divorce, etc.
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