Tuesday, June 22, 2004

"A Time for Honesty" A Pastoral Statement by The Most Reverend John J. Myers

This is a must read "A Time for Honesty"

4 comments:

Nick France said...

You ask, can a sinful man receive communion? The short answer is yes, but only after he reconciles his sins with Jesus through sacrament of reconciliation. There's your forgiveness. Christ is always ready and eager to forgive. There is also a difference between moral sin and manifest, persistent sin.

The Word is quite clear on this one. I admit, I don't always have all the exegetical answers, but 1 Corinthians leaves little to wonder about. “This means that whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily sins against the body and blood of the Lord. A man should examine himself first; only then should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup. He who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks a judgment on himself” (1 Cor 11: 27-29).

Nick France said...

Senators Kerry and Kennedy may very well have gone to confession. But that doesn't give them the right to persist and continue to commit the same sin over and over. One should refrain from sinning again. This is what is meant by manifest, persistent sin. I'm not talking about your garden variety , moral sin. I'm talking about intrinsically evil sin here.

When you say "we" as in are "we" worthy to sit in judgement, do you mean you and I, or are you referring to the bishops? You... who considered the priesthood should recognize Apostolic succession. The bishops are leading their flock. That's their job bro. You and I do not have the right to judge, you are right about that my friend. Lord I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.

The Church is very wise, Canon 951 is quite clear on this, and it's deeply rooted in sacred Scripture, such as 1 Cor.

Nick France said...
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Nick France said...

I'm not calling them evil. I'm saying the act of abortion is intrinsically evil. If they don't think abortion is evil than why do they claim to be "personally opposed."

The Church has many social teachings and the teaching on abortion is only one of them. However this issue is certainly at the top of the list and how to deal with it shouldn't be disputable if you are a Catholic in full communion with the Church. All other issues can be disputed among reasonable Catholics in a civil manner.

I understand your point about the way Jesus never turned away a sinner and walked and taught among sinners. I think Jesus is talking to them now – today, but they're not listening. Too bad, it is after all the body and blood of Christ we're talking about. Listen, no one wants to keep the Eucharist from them. In fact, we all want them at the Lords table. We just want them to stop supporting abortion.