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To: Arthur McGowan

No, you would not. I hope. You would pray hard and find some way to do the Lord’s work in the Lord’s way, trusting in his grace and not your own finesse.


49 posted on 11/21/2014 1:27:35 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them." - St. Thomas Aquinas)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

The Church of Our Lady of the Parade of Horribles.

These are all cases of people who have made a huge mess of their lives. The answer, in all cases, is that the individuals involved must desist from sin. The other consideration is the danger of scandal. Often, if possible, people who may legitimately receive Communion, but cannot do it in their home parish without scandal, do so elsewhere, or in private.

Fr. Benedict Groeschel commented some years ago on the large numbers of same-sex couples who have decided to live continently, without breaking up. He said that years ago, he had assumed that such couples would have to move apart, but “we live and learn.” A recent film about three Catholic SSA people who had made the decision to live continently included a man whose “partner” was unsurprised by the decision, and the two continue to live together.


50 posted on 11/21/2014 1:56:11 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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