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To: ebb tide

Where to start? First, it’s totally understandable that anyone, even priests, ministers, etc., have doubts and questions about their faith. Faith is hard, and I personally think that each crisis of faith is an opportunity for spiritual growth. That said, in my opinion, a priest has an obligation to not let his personal doubts cloud his message to those listening to his homily - in the same way that a father who is worried about his job and finances needs to appear strong to his family. Second, in my opinion, there is a reason Christ taught with parables. Parables allow for communication of a fundamental truth, without the constraint of details. We might not all agree on the details, but we can agree on the fundamental truths. This priest, in my opinion, would do better to get beyond whatever specific in the Creed he has doubts about, and to embrace the more central truth about God’s love, Christ’s innocence and sacrifice, and the central Christian message.


8 posted on 01/11/2018 11:09:20 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup
Second, in my opinion, there is a reason Christ taught with parables. Parables allow for communication of a fundamental truth, without the constraint of details.

Actually, Christ explained why he taught in parables. It was so those who had the gift of faith would understand what He was saying, while those parables would be meaningless to those who did not.

This moron has no business being a Catholic priest. In fact, one of the sobering realities of today is that the entire Catholic Church is filled with priests, bishops and cardinals who aren't even Catholic.

11 posted on 01/11/2018 11:17:25 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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To: neverevergiveup
That said, in my opinion, a priest has an obligation to not let his personal doubts cloud his message to those listening to his homily...

It's not just the homily, it's the fact that he dropped the Creed from his midnight Mass, rendering it illicit, if not invalid.

17 posted on 01/11/2018 11:43:17 AM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: neverevergiveup
I've sung in several Anglican choirs over the years, but have been more Jewish oriented in my faith for practically as long. Yet I've always believed that, "When in Rome, do as the Romans due," and have always felt obligated in participating in the complete liturgy, lest anyone around me should feel less inclined to partake of their own.

This included communion, which I personally related more to as the first Passover meal, yet which never gave me a lack of the feeling which I knew was obligatory to the faith I was helping to make stronger in others by my musical talents and ecclesiastiacal embrace.

This priest is selling his congregation short in not fulfilling his duties to and toward them.

If he feels he cannot do this in good conscience, he should resign rather than live in his lies, and do even worse by those who believe.

49 posted on 01/11/2018 2:04:13 PM PST by onedoug
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