Posted on 06/19/2021 2:43:12 PM PDT by Marchmain
Every time I place Communion in someone's hand or tongue, it is an act of faith -- on my part and on that of the communicant. I say the words, "the body of Christ," to which the response is "Amen," meaning "it is true" or "let it be so" -- not always said with certainty but, often, with hope.
This revered sacrament of Communion is meant to signify what the word means: with oneness, with unity. The contentious debate of this week's American Catholic bishops' meeting threatens to have this sacrament become a symbol of division and a political and religious weapon. I wonder what the Jesus who prayed, "Father, may they all be one," would think.
On Inauguration Day, the US Bishops' Conference president, Archbishop Jose Gomez, of Los Angeles, issued a statement that warned: "Our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils." Some of his fellow bishops decried the statement as a "weaponization of the Eucharist" for political purposes.
The virtual bishops' meeting this week brought the issue front and center as they debated whether to draft a document regarding the Eucharist. Some bishops maintain that such a document should confront what to do about Communion and Catholic politicians. The result of the meeting -- a lopsided vote of 24% opposed and 73% in favor of pressing ahead with the document -- was as evident a display of disunity among the episcopacy as we have seen, with some openly questioning their fellow bishops' motives.
Pope Francis has been quoted as saying, "The Eucharist is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak." A letter from the Vatican had appealed for "extensive and serene dialogue" and suggested ...
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Is not a sinner required to be repentant before receiving communion?
It seems this man would offer communion to those who not only decline to repent but who are actually defiant in disobeying the commands of God.
#2272 “Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. “A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication….”
#2322 “From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a “criminal” practice (GS 27 # 3), gravely contrary to the moral law. The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.”
Ah. Thanks for posting that.
Yet he feels he does have the "right to impose the views of baby killers upon society with the money of taxpayers".
Oh, dear. I saw the photo of Father Beck at the link. Gaydar level: 100/100.
Even Christ would never understand the rationale of murdering babies. This priest and pro death Catholics are insane.
Well said.
Yes, that’s the general consensus!
Priest: Mr. President, we don't need to open churches to practice our faith
Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Co 11:27.
Biden and Pelosi are not average taxpayers who indirectly pay toward abortions (thanks to working around the Hyde Amendment or ending it). Both could have just finished signing the paperwork in an active mission to increase the supposed "rights" of women to kill babies by abortion, and then gone to the Catholic Church. Warm smiles and handshakes?
This leftist priest implies that the God fearing Catholics who respect the core rules and Biblical statements against what Biden does, are upsetting and causing lack of harmony, so what would Jesus think of that messiness, so let’s all quiet down and pretend there’s no sin involved in killing babies by abortion!
Then maybe pick and choose among some of the other teachings which Jesus spoke of? Some get in the way of people’s hedonism and selfishness so just drop those. Congregations might shrink if the harsh sounding commandments were made to be honored. Ridiculous.
Needle’s definitely in the red.
That very statement indicates Beck doesn't believe in the Real Presence if won't state the Body of Christ instead of "Communion".
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