On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Mark 2:17
Yeah, we get that. But if the sick do not know they are sick, and are continually told they are not sick, then they will eschew the doctor and his services. It's impossible to save someone who does not think they need saving.
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Mark 2:17
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This verse speaks to repentant sinners, those who wish to learn and live the righteous way.
Having said that, If a priest is a homosexual, he must be the sort that acknowledges the burden of his SIN, stay in prayer and not practice deviancy clearly shown as against G-d and nature.
Being human, we all sin in many ways. We also may have the propensity towards particular sins due to heredity and/or environment. It is in confession and a willingness to follow Christ that forgives the sin.
You entirely missed the point. The very term, “reaching out the the gay community” validates the “gay community” as something substantial and authentic - which it is not.
Can you imagine the phrase “reaching out the the pedophile community”??? Do you see how that term validates their existence?
There is no “community” of pedophiles! There is no “community” of gays to reach out to!!!
There is just a group of people enslaved to and ravaged by a horrible sin.
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17
Many of the religious leaders were preaching a God that was nothing more to them than a tradition.