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Troubled Vatican history https://youtube.com/watch?v=tWNg677oGX0&si=0pyd9P_RE1Qi0F6_

"Nobody gets scandalised if I give my blessings to a businessman who perhaps exploits people, and this is a very grave sin. But they get scandalised if I give them to a homosexual," https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-denounces-hypocrisy-those-who-criticise-lgbt-blessings-2024-02-07/

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Maturing in the Catholic Faith means to be more, not less, Catholic. Would you agree?

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn yes, because Catholic means universal. Finding ways to open the door to everyone and bring them into the fold is a big part of maturing in Catholic faith.

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That priest seems not to believe in Catholic christology or soteriology, and doesn't understand the Liturgy.

I would never let him catechize my children. He's more of a New Agey, Buddhist hippy than a Catholic priest.

I want to buy him a catechism or two for Christmas.

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn LOL!!! That is Richard Rohr and I used to feel very similar when I first heard him many years ago. As I matured in my faith I found my way back to Richard. You may experience this also.

Unless you can let go you will not find your true self. https://youtube.com/watch?v=SibSnC3e-nk&si=F2M-kCl6Kac7v-mI

"listening to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, which is one and the same cry" https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-01/cardinal-grech-highlights-key-outcomes-of-october-s-synod.html

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I first asked you a direct question about homosexual behavior. Why won't you answer it?

If someone is same-sex attracted, or tends to be gluttonous, is quick to anger, is drawn to pornography or prostitution, or wants to steal to get ahead -- these are all problems we must see as "sin" and fight against them in ourselves if we are to be Catholic.

If we deny sin and talk only of mercy, then mercy is meaningless.

Do you think sodomy is a sin?

(We can talk about parables and other biblical passages later.)

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn I am very sorry but my condemnation will not assuage your guilt. Mercy is the salve and is never meaningless because it is a universal truth. Every human, including Jesus, responds to mercy. Christ said neither do I condemn you and mercy was not meaningless. Not at the time of Jesus or today has mercy become meaningless when there is no condemnation. This is my answer, and what I think is that which is truly meaningless.

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What do you mean by bringing up this parable?

God is generous, yes, but are you saying God approves of and blesses homosexual relationships?

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn where do you see yourself in the parable? Who represents you? What is the lesson Jesus has for you in this parable?

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I guarantee that homosexual couples who present themselves to be "blessed" by a priest are NOT there asking to be given the strength to repent of their homosexual relationships.

Instead they see it, along with Fr. James Martin today, as a "major step forward in the church's ministry to LGBTQ people and recognizes the deep desire in many Catholic same-sex couples for God's presence in their loving relationships."

What a low point we have arrived at in Catholic history.

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn “The owner replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Did you not agree with me to work for a denarius? Take your pay and leave. I have chosen to pay the latecomers the same as I pay you. Am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ Thus, the last will be first and the first will be last.” Matthew 20:13-16

Blessings explained https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwD4pG1P9Kk&si=tiRIDDuKS35RolOY

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If by metanoia you mean "a change of mind," there is no virtue in that alone.

The virtue of metanoia is changing from wrong to right, from evil to good. It's not change for its own sake.

With regard to sexual morality, we already know what is right and wrong. To deviate from the Church's constant teaching here is to deviate from truth in a serious way, leading to mortal sin -- which leads to hell.

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn I can describe the meaning of metanoia through my experience. I experience a foundational and essential conversion when I align on the side of powerlessness and suffering instead of the side of power and control. “Be transformed by a renewal of your mind,” Paul says (Romans 12:2) but unless I empty myself there is no transformation, no metanoia. Paul taught us (Philippians 2:6-8): “he emptied himself” This is metanoia.

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Metanoia is appropriate for a people who "repent and believe," not who fall back into sexual sin.

We have to trust Jesus to give us the grace to live a holy and chaste life.

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn Perhaps I am still not understanding. Why is metanoia not appropriate for all people?

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The "synodal church" always like to "rethink" the Church's teachings on sexuality.

Wanting to think about them (meditation) is great, but wanting to change them shows a lack of faith.

nostr:npub1n4s8ga4uu8af8aphl8rscs9nxtgh3vpl6seqsgq79dv6ptr6j9eqdpvsnn When is change the ultimate act of faith? The term metanoia would be appropriate for a people who grow in faith.