Posted on 03/12/2014 9:51:39 AM PDT by Repent and Believe
Really, what more is there to say? Anyone with a brain knew years ago that Timothy Dolan was a craven, politicking imbecile. Presiding at the “gay” Mass at St. Francis Xavier parish in Manhattan and CHEERING the unrepentant sodomite club introduced at said Mass – yeah – that was a SUBTLE CLUE. Inviting antichrist forerunner Obama to the Al Smith dinner and slapping his back while wearing a perpetual ****-eating grin the whole time was another SUBTLE CLUE. But now, ol’ Tracksuit Timmy has officially jumped the shark, and let’s not sugarcoat this, Pope Francis Bergoglio is driving the tow boat. From this morning’s pre-recorded appearance on Meet the Press:
Michael Sam, from your home state, the football player, revealed that he was gay, first in the NFL,” David Gregory said. “And you saw the celebration from the president, the first lady, and they were saying what a courageous step that was. How did you view it?”
“Good for him,” Dolan replied. “I would have no sense of judgment on him. God bless ya. I don’t think, look, the same Bible that tells us, that teaches us, well about the virtues of chastity and the virtue of fidelity and marriage also tells us not to judge people. So I would say, ‘Bravo.’”
“Bravo” to sodomy. Bravo to one man jamming his erect penis into the feces-laden descending colon of another man, and then using the descending colon as the point of masturbatory friction. ”Bravo” to one of the four sins that cry out to heaven for God’s vengeance. ”Bravo” to self-loathing. ”Bravo” to using another human being as a mere masturbatory vector. ”Bravo” to a sin so heinous, so foul, so disgusting that Our Blessed Lord Himself told St. Catherine of Siena that it makes Him NAUSEOUS and that even the demons withdraw from it because it is so sick and twisted that their angelic natures – demonic as they are – cannot stand to look upon it or be near it. ”Bravo” to that. ”Bravo” to mortal sin, which if never repented of WILL CONDEMN A PERSON TO ETERNAL DAMNATION. ”Bravo” to that, says Dolan, who couldn’t give any less of a shit about this Michael Sam kid, and is perfectly willing to not only watch this poor kid go to hell, but will even relish in Michael Sam’s sin in order to leverage his (Dolan’s) own personal worldly popularity. There simply aren’t words. The craven connivance is beyond description.
And WHY does Dolan finally feel free to show the callous indifference to not just human souls but also to the Sacred Heart of Our Blessed Lord that it is crystal clear he has felt for a long time? Why is does Dolan now feel fully liberated to ratify sodomy and increase his own worldly popularity by his complete indifference to sin, manifested in this sick permissiveness of objective evil? Because Pope Francis has thrown open the barn door. Dolan – like the Advocate magazine and every other tool and mouthpiece for satan on the planet – quotes Pope Francis Bergoglio specifically: Who am I to judge?
Besides a priest and bishop charged with the spiritual well-being of his flock? Besides a rational human being?
Does Dolan really believe that we are called by God to make absolutely NO moral judgements whatsoever about human behavior? Really? So we can’t judge murder? We can’t judge rape? We can’t judge theft? ”Judge not lest ye be judged” is God Almighty abolishing the very notion of sin and demanding total anarchy? REALLY?
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment. The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted. Psalm 36: 30-31
But the sensual man perceiveth not these things that are of the Spirit of God; for it is foolishness to him, and he cannot understand, because it is spiritually examined. But the spiritual man judgeth all things; and he himself is judged of no man. 1 Corinthians 2: 14-15
(Footnote: The sensual man: The sensual man is either he who is taken up with sensual pleasures, with carnal and worldly affections; or he who measureth divine mysteries by natural reason, sense, and human wisdom only. Now such a man has little or no notion of the things of God.)
But beyond that obvious imbecility, Dolan has now taken it a step further – he HAS in fact JUDGED the sin of sodomy, and has JUDGED it positively. ”Bravo” means “good”. ”Good for him” means GOOD. FOR. HIM. But Dolan isn’t smart enough to recognize the internal contradiction in saying “Bravo” - which is the Italian word for “good” in the sense of “well done” – and in literally the same breath saying “Who am I to judge?” You just DID judge, you jackass.
For the sodomites, and ultimately their father satan, mere toleration was never, ever the goal. The goal is full ratification and publicly-stated approval, followed by the outlawing of non-ratification and/or non-participation. Dolan has now explicitly and undeniably ratified sodomy with the words “Bravo” and “Good for him.” And why did he do it? Because he saw the wild mainstream popularity of Pope Francis and he wants in on it too. Let’s quit dancing around the reality of the situation. Pope Francis is popular for one reason and one reason only: his moral laxity, permissiveness, moral relativism and compulsive downplaying of the gravity of sin. Duh.
We are clearly now in the extreme end-stages of this culture. It is now “illegal” to not participate in the cult of child sacrifice, and it is likewise also almost completely illegal to not participate in or service the cult of sodomy – and jackasses like Dolan will be in position, squarely behind the people, continuing to place his foot firmly in the smalls of their backs and pushing them straight into hell, quoting Pope Francis Bergoglio all the way. The staggering, unquantifiable damage that Pope Francis Bergoglio has done and continues to do is utterly unprecedented. Pope Francis’ litany of active statements of permissiveness makes the mere silence of Paul VI seem like “the good old days”. Heck, at least Paul VI had Humanae Vitae. Er, or should that be “at most”? Either way, the poop well and truly does roll downhill.
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Sweet Jesus, please do absolutely whatever it takes – WHATEVER IT TAKES – to make this stop. We know we deserve not only this, but so much worse. We know it will hurt – badly. But we know that you have and will provide us with the tools and strength we need to weather the storm. We have the Church, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and You Yourself in the Eucharist. We have Your Mother as our mother and advocate, and her Most Holy Rosary to keep us focused and mindful of Your life, death and resurrection every day, as well as all of your Holy Saints and Angels. But please, for the sake of your Sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world. Show us Your Mercy by showing us Your Justice. PLEASE MAKE THIS STOP.
But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18: 6-10
Indeed, but what is even worse, is the wresting and abuse of Scripture in seeking to negate its injunctions against homosexual relations and behavior, and to find sanction for the same. http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html
But as all have sinned, there is room at the cross for all who will turn to the Lord Jesus in repentance faith, for salvation by His sinless shed blood and righteousness. Thanks be to God.
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The Bible provides guidance for talking and using language, but it generally seems to be referring to the actual intent of what is being said, even for "colorful" language.
For example the Bible says not to use language for "crude joking", or to make "obscene talk", but I don't believe that trying to make a clear and forceful righteous point using "colorful" language is prohibited anywhere in the Bible (correct me if I'm wrong).
(The writer of this blog/article is making very clear to everyone (including some befuddled Christians) exactly what homosexual men actually do with each other for kicks, and it is not a romantic, or polite, or sanitary, or healthy, or sin-free activity to engage in. The writer is making clear how wrong it is for anyone to say "Bravo!" to such sinful behaviors.)
In fact, Salvation, even in the Bible, the Holy Spirit has guided many biblical writers to actually use various forms of "colorful" language to clearly and unmistakably make bold points right there in the Bible itself. Here are a few quick examples:
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When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.’” 2 Kings 9:36-37But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?” 2 Kings 18:26-28
The indolent may be compared to the filth of dunghills; any one that picks it up will shake it off his hand. Sirach 22:2
But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?” Isaiah 36:12
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth.” Then he said to me, “See, I will let you have cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” Ezekiel 4:14-15
If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; indeed I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence. Malachi 2:2-3
I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves! Galatians 5:12 (New Revised Standard Version - NRSV)
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When Cardinal Dolan said "Bravo!" when he heard this young football player was flaunting his perverse homosexual lifestyle, he was not expressing love for that man. True Christian love would not cause a Christian to say "Bravo!" to an activity and lifestyle which could cause that young football player to lose his soul, but would instead cause a Christian to try to help convert that young man, so that his soul might be saved from hell.
As a Catholic Cardinal, Dolan should be completely aware of the following teachings given by the revelations of God, which make clear the discernment of sin and pastoral counseling Dolan should have provided that young man, and all other people listening to him that morning on "Meet the Press" who may also be jeopardizing their own souls by engaging in that same type of plainly sinful behavior.
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St. Paul plainly tells us in the Bible that "homosexuals will not inherit the Kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).And in paragraphs 2357, 2358, and 2359, the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" clearly tells us that homosexuals should NEVER engage in homosexual acts, and that they must ALWAYS remain chaste.
Paragraph 2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
Paragraph 2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
Paragraph 2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.
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Cardinal Dolan was very wrong to do that "Bravo!" thing, as he has also been very wrong about a lot of things in recent years, (including helping get Obama elected and re-elected, and being wishy-washy and ambivalent about the governor of New York and the mayor of New York City, both obvious enemies of the Catholic Church).
God bless you Salvation.
Ann doesn’t oppose all taxes. She refuses to pay for abortions (including forced abortions), sterilizations (including forced sterilizations), programs promoting sodomy, etc., etc.
Just because some of what Caesar does is legitimate doesn’t mean he has the right to demand 60% of anyone’s income, or to use tax money to commit abominations.
Just another Scripture verse ripped out of context and twisted like a pretzel.
Flat tax no good. Within one session of Congress, we’d have progressive rates back. After all, “fairness.”
We must repeal the 16th Amendment.
Then, repeal ALL federal taxes, on everything and everybody.
Then, the FAIR Tax.
And disband all tax-writing committees in the House and Senate.
O’Connor was a phony. He didn’t bust any gay priests, of which New York has plenty. He promoted a notorious womanizer to be an auxiliary bishop. When questioned about by the Pope, he lied. After the man was consecrated about a year, another woman came out of the woodwork. The guy’s name has been stricken from most places, so I won’t repeat it here.
If it’s true, it’s Christian.
If it’s untrue, it’s not Christian.
“Christian” does not mean “nice.”
You don’t like the “shove the Jews in the oven” law? Work to change it.
In the meantime, everyone who obeys the law and shoves Jews in the oven is blameless, huh?
I thought they were:
Murder (Abortion)
Sodomy (Sodomy)
Defrauding workers (Social Security, etc.)
Treason (Open borders, amnesty, disarmament, being on the Russkies’ side throughout the Cold War)
You know, The Democratic Platform.
Oops.
It’s the road to AND the floor of.
Who was before Cardinal O’Connor?
Just think what a REAL Cardinal would say: He would first of all say that he was sad. He would say that it is always sad when a man “comes out,” because it causes scandal. And it causes a temporary, deceptive sense of liberation.
There is a great deal he could say that would convey what the Church teaches without uttering a single syllable of “condemnation,” or “judgment.” But also without being a jackass!
Terence James Cardinal Cooke
Thanks forgot. He came to visit my high school a few times many moons ago. I believe he was archbishop when Pope John Paul II came to visit NY the first time.
Can’t split it up; feds take it all....
if anyone holds back on any of it, the feds come after them with a vengeance.
Put a limit on the tax. Also put back the protective tariffs on imports. That should keep things in line.
Protective tariff is a terrible idea. Smoot-Hawley!
The 16th amendment MUST be repealed, or we will have a monstrous income tax code once again, in just a few years.
Have you read about the FAIR Tax?
That wasn’t the issue. The issue was whether it was moral or immoral to refuse to pay.
OF COURSE they come to get the money! But that’s not relevant to the moral question.
“... The issue was whether it was moral or immoral to refuse to pay...”
I defer to what the Good Book, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit say about it.
Gonna leave the thread on that note.
I appreciate this resource!
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