tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post4543540943254898395..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: The gay son and his partner: Cardinal Burke speaksLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-853172695417529362014-10-11T12:55:11.737+01:002014-10-11T12:55:11.737+01:00@richardhj,
I accept your point, of course. Fami...@richardhj,<br /><br />I accept your point, of course. Family is family and all must be assisted within that. I would go further, all must be instructed, in an appropriate way of course, and not just "lovingly" accepted.<br /><br />With regards to the reception of Holy Communion, let’s not kid ourselves. This major campaign in the Church at present is aimed at breaking down conditions to receipt of Holy Communion and therefore the concept of the Real Presence. <br />It’s also, as has been pointed out repeatedly by more acute minds than mine, about sex. After all, no one worries about those who have a disordered orientation to being a conman, or a pickpocket or a glutton, (obesity being now one of our principle deceases), or an aquisitor, or the obsessively envious. I could go on.<br /><br />Do they?<br /> <br />Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-69919524174227003742014-10-11T10:04:22.857+01:002014-10-11T10:04:22.857+01:00Absolutely right, Richard, I was about to say the ...Absolutely right, Richard, I was about to say the same thing!<br /><br />Dealing with this kind of thing within a family is *always* a delicate situation. I would extend that the parish setting as well. Of course they can't receive Communion, but the Parish Priest still needs to maintain good relations with these individuals if he can.Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-90001872972927713832014-10-11T08:54:48.666+01:002014-10-11T08:54:48.666+01:00Sorry Jacobi. I don't agree. This is not about...Sorry Jacobi. I don't agree. This is not about whether someone in this position should be allowed to receive Holy Communion, it's about whether someone should be able to attend a family gathering. <br />And even then, Cardinal Burke comes down on the right side and says no. He talks about keeping close to your son/ grandson or whoever and encouraging him to come out of that relationship. <br />And he also talks about, specifically not exposing young children to that type of relationship. <br />Of course, in England, children attending schools, very much including Catholic ones will have already been exposed to this type of relationship and told that to discriminate in any way would be "unfair"<br />Cardinal Burke is clearly on the side of right. If only there were more like him. <br />richardhjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995396235514536115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-9483374093463477432014-10-11T08:29:12.366+01:002014-10-11T08:29:12.366+01:00With respect to the Cardinal it is not a “delicate...With respect to the Cardinal it is not a “delicate” situation. It is a simple straightforward one. Sex, homo or hetero, outside a valid marriage between a man and a woman is a mortal sin.<br /><br />It in no way bars anyone from attending Mass and indeed they should be encouraged to do so.<br /><br />However such people may not receive Holy Communion, unless they have Confessed, have a firm purpose of amendment with the intention not to commit that sin again, and have carried out the stipulated penance.<br /><br />It actually quite straightforward.<br /><br />Yes, no doubt these situations cause grief and uncertainty in families and otherwise. Well so does any matter of grievous sin. We all have a cross to bear. <br />Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.com