Posted on 10/24/2023 7:53:49 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
I recently was on the road for a while and went to Mass at a parish (in another state) that I’d never been to before. The small church was quite lovely, the liturgy quite reverent, and the homily quite horrible.
There were several reasons for the latter, but foremost was the strange description of the (then) upcoming Synodal gathering in Rome. In sum: the month-long event in Rome, was about “change,” said the priest. To wit: might the Church change her teachings about women being priests? And would the Church change how she sees and understand LGBT+ individuals?
The priest put forward the questions, but without any background or context. And he certainly didn’t mention that Pope Francis has already, with somewhat rare clarity, emphatically dismissed the possibility of women being priests, as well as the possibility of “gay marriage” in the Church.
Two words came to mind: “change” and “confusion.”
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So thankful that I belong to a small independent Bible church. No outside people making unsolicited decisions for us.
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