What ever happened to “Christians love one another” - but maybe that is for Christians, not Catholics. I know of no Christian who would be so lacking in charity -but such lack is common among Catholics who are so self-righteous.
I doubt that these people even know the man. He is most respected among his fellow Chicago priests, and is one of the most generous men alive though few are aware of his generosity.
These comments reflect the reason why fewer and fewer Catholics attend Mass. There is no Christlike behavior here. Pray for him and for them!
i would agree with you that the responses here do not reflect Christian charity, but please do not generalize these sentiments as being somehow peculiar to Catholics or even conservatives. I have spent just a little bit of time at DU (FR’s liberal evil twin) and the posting there is generally vulgar and unbelievably disgusting. FR is a tea party, relatively speaking
and oh yes Catholics are Christians and in fact it is a historical fact that most Protestants have quite a lineage of Catholics in their spiritual pedigree. As they say, if you can read this, thank a teacher. If you’re a Christian, NOS, thank the Catholic church
LOL! You're kidding, right? Don't spend much time on FR, I guess!
If you recall, Christ didn’t hold hands with people that perverted God’s law. Greeley=Pharisee
The greatest love one can wish on a person is that he goes to heaven when he dies.
In order to do that, that person must die without the guilt of mortal sin on his soul.
Therefore, to hope or pray that someone else dies in a state of repentance and conversion is just about the greatest expression of love possible toward that person. It is not in any way, shape, or form an expression of "self-righteousness". In fact, many traditional Catholics will tell you that to "pray for a good death," for both yourself and the ones you love, is very important.
And yes, you absolutely have permission to pray that I die in state of repentance and conversion. (If I didn't have a family to attend to, I'd give you leave to add "tomorrow" after "die".)
I don’t see anything wrong with praying that Father Greeley will someday become a Christian? What’s cruel about that?
>>but maybe that is for Christians, not Catholics<<
Um, maybe you didn’t notice this before, but Catholics are Christians.
Did you not see any of the replies on the Pray for Our President Elect thread? Thanks for playing.
Greeley regularly preaches error and sows the seeds of dissension, which for a priest is a grave sin. May God forgive him for that.