St. Pat Msgr. Hits Gays On Scandal / Blames woes on 'disorder,' U.S. immorality
His remarks are consistant with Scripture, both Old and New Testament.
IS THIS GAY BASHING?
ROMANS 1:16-32 For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous by faith will live". The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them. Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse; for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. While claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes. Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper. They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. They are gossips and scandalmongers and they hate God. They are insolent, haughty, boastful, ingenious in their wickedness, and rebellious toward their parents. They are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know the just decree of God that all who practice such things deserve death, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
This is funny, and it looks like someone trying to shift focus. We should remind him again why all the American cardinals are in Rome now. Couldn't be because of all the pedophile Catholic priests now, could it?
I know it goes deeper, but on the surface this looks too much like the pot calling the kettle black.
IMHO this entire story is based on the following paragraph:
"Egan's spokesman Joseph Zwilling confirmed the cardinal did not clear Clark's homily before leaving for Rome on Sunday to meet with the pope on the sex-abuse issue. Zwilling also said Clark was speaking "for himself" in the homily."
Does the author mean to imply that ALL homilies must be pre-approved by the Cardinal? Nonsense! I'm sure the question to Fr. Zwilling was something along the lines of:
"Is this the Churches Official Position?"
The reply being: "No."
And from that point it becomes "The archdiocese distancing itself from the remarks." ...More balderdash!
Msgr. Clark told the truth... too bad the media won't let that be the story.
WOW! ! !
God save US!
As far as I know, an ordained clergy does not have to "clear" their homilies with anyone. They may eventually be chastised for what they say, but I believe all clerics are protected under canon law to preach the gospel truth. Period!
The sermon was not gay bashing it was telling it like it is. I wish I had been there for the sermon, I'm game enough to get up and applaud afterward.
It's too much to hope for, I guess, but would that John Paul II accepted Egan's resignation and appointed Msgr. Clark the new Cardinal of New York.
"Worse yet, that trial balloon fell right on my foot -- I think it broke a toe."
Damn straight. We need more leaders like this man. This guy has the guts to say what most decent men and women already know is true. It would be nice if Pres. Bush would follow this guy's lead. I just don't think he has the guts. We need a cultural counter-revolution TODAY.