tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post1312810413070702554..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: DOES CARDINAL DOLAN KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION WHICH WILL BE ON MARRIAGE NOT DIVORCE?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-43504700600783931292016-04-05T20:01:00.071-04:002016-04-05T20:01:00.071-04:00It is not for those in or outside of the Church to...<br />It is not for those in or outside of the Church today to add unholy accretions and expansive inferences to the substance of Christ's teaching. It was He who forever defined marriage and set its boundaries which are not to be re-defined by man. Whatever is good in those who are involved in these relationships can only be sanctified if they end their scandalous behavior and return to a right relationship to God. Where is one more likely to find the greater "elements of truth and sanctification" : in a same sex relationship, or in a the marriage of two Protestants who, according their circumstances, born of a sincere effort, succeed in obeying God's law, in word and deed, to the best of their knowledge and ability? Yet who is there that is seeking to allow the latter to partake of the Holy Eucharist?<br />To be worthily admitted to the privilege of receiving there must exist an affirmation of belief, a profession of faith, signified by word and outward conduct and lifestyle, that one in fact is in communion with the Body of Christ. One must believe what the Church teaches and this belief is manifested both inwardly and outwardly as a confirmation of this belief. If one has a co-operative and willing attitude, God will supply the necessary grace.<br /><br />Bishops and priests are not immune from being influenced by the "Spirit of the Age" and by social acquaintances with whom they are familiar.<br />It should be our prayer that, overcoming all difficulties, they will, in practicing the Spiritual works of Mercy, always promote the teachings of the True Faith with humble Christian charity. <br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59656393877051154132016-04-04T15:16:03.144-04:002016-04-04T15:16:03.144-04:00Schoenberg didn't sound very conservative to m...Schoenberg didn't sound very conservative to me. Had the relationships been with women they would have been equally disordered only for different reasons. I am concerned that this document may miss a larger point.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-45489045127902154142016-04-04T09:14:58.212-04:002016-04-04T09:14:58.212-04:00A "brilliant' strategy! Discourage the fa...A "brilliant' strategy! Discourage the faithful Catholics who pay the freight in favor of people who don't give a tinker's damn about the Faith. What to go! TJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-57002156357011980162016-04-04T08:43:58.116-04:002016-04-04T08:43:58.116-04:00Victor, why must it be either/or?Victor, why must it be either/or?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-86520929984627501092016-04-04T07:54:43.873-04:002016-04-04T07:54:43.873-04:00Sounds like Schonborn is saying that the world has...Sounds like Schonborn is saying that the world has the Truth not the Church, in this case about the sacraments. This heresy is what has decimated the Episcopal/Anglican as well as other Protestant ecclesial communities, by the way.Victor Wnoreply@blogger.com