In John’s gospel the feeding of the multitude is seen as a sign that Jesus was a great prophet. When the crowd finds Him the next day, Jesus accuses them of looking for or following Him because they ate of the loaves and were filled.
There is no doubt that He did indeed multiply the loaves and the fish so that all were satisfied.
This pope is frightening and his ideas are multiplying among too many priests.
We had a visiting priest at our parish yesterday. He has been there before and I do not care for him or his sermons. He is a far left agitator so when I saw him I was disappointed knowing his sermon would be a liberal diatribe against the congregants.
It was what I expected and I would so have liked to say something but I have only an hour to get from Mass to my job across town.
He said something very similar to the pope, in that, Jesus is teaching us how to share and that it is our responsibility to see that everyone is satisfied. I don’t disagree that we are called to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and imprisoned etc. Jesus makes that very clear.
This priest then went on to speak of the children imprisoned on our border and the LGBTQ community that are not welcomed in our parishes.
According to this priest, donating food or clothing or money is not enough if we are not opening our homes and lives to those on the fringe of society. He outright said that we are receiving the Eucharist unworthily.
I serve at this Mass every Sunday so I was sitting in the front row. I thought of getting up and walking out but didn’t. I have considered speaking to my pastor, but he is a bit of a SJW too so I don’t think it would do any good.
Even more frustrating for me is that Sundays like this are a good time to give the congregation a catechism lesson on the Eucharist. Considering the polls that show a large percentage of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence, and as the Body and Blood of Christ are the Source and Summit of our faith, a lesson on why we believe would have served a better purpose than his lame SJW garbage.
Here is the lesson you need:
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4. 1Cor. 10,11 |
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5. The Lord's Supper in the record and descriptions of the New Testament church |
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6. Purely literal versus the contrived Catholic interpretation |
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11. Endocannibalism |
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12. Conclusion |
John 10:38
But if I do, though ye believe not Me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”