Posted on 03/17/2015 4:14:50 PM PDT by ebb tide
Except that those who repent, confess and amend their lives have always been free to receive Holy Communion. Therefore, his comment regarding shut doors makes absolutely no sense except in the context of Holy Communion for unrepentant adulterers, the focus of Kasper's nouvelle, "serene" theologie.
That’s exactly what he’s talking about. And he’s been talking about it since his plane ride back from World Yute Day in Rio.
He’s had Kasper running interference for him for over a year now.
Didn’t know that, but not surprised.
My take on faith for the past 14 years. Every day (and right now) I feel the presence of the Holy Ghost and the Son and the Father. That and the fact that I have sinned and confess that directly is my Absolution. I am blessed.
My second rant is this, we were members of our local pairish and were ridiculed for finding each other after my spouse died...I truly believe that God watched out for both of us.
Figure that out, and you simultaneously realize that everything else is just noise.
well said
If you read it the way you do. But it is the analysis that is twisted.
When he speaks about open doors, this has scriptural significance as with Christ who welcomed the outcasts such as lepers. How can one be cleansed, if the doors are closed?
What does “If you want to come, go to the Sunday Mass, but stay there, you can’t do anything else” mean? I don’t know but it looks weird to me.
His mythical closed doors are an excuse to promote sacrilegious Communion for those living an adulterous lifestyle.
How can one be "cleansed" if he is "guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord"?
” How can one be cleansed, if the doors are closed?”
One of Bergoglio’s lies is that the doors are closed. They are wide open to the repentant and remorseful. Why did Bergoglio not include that information in his rant against the protectors of the faith?
Jesus, our Blessed Lord, stated the parable of the wedding guest improperly dressed who was rightly cast out into the outer darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Agree with all except last two words “just noise”.
Yep.
If you watched EWTN last Friday, Francis publicized the Sacrament of Confession by himself making his confession!
Is Francis living in an adulterous state?
The bible says you need a priest.
By refusing to speak clearly, to tell us what the hell he is talking about, he is sowing confusion.
The article is one of amateur pontificating, and an example of what St. Ignatius calls “bitter zeal”. If the Pope had given an example, it would have been clear what he was talking about. I think the only fault to be found here is one of ambiguity, which one can come to expect from Pope Francis. The language he chooses, the disorder of his thoughts reflects poorly on the current state of the Jesuit order; an order that used to be the pinnacle of Catholic orthodoxy, solid morality, and intellectual rigor.
The “left”... the “progressives”... let’s face it, the heretics, don’t seem the least bit confused by him though do they?
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