Our prelates are playing an extremely dangerous game with the Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Blessed Lord.
Catholics around the world are sitting on pins and needles while bishops and cardinals in Rome play word games with Catholic moral teaching. The supreme irony here is that while the faithful are desperately looking for clearly defined teaching from the supreme authority of the Church, the faithful are being told in press conferences that authority should be deferred to local ordinaries to make decisions on how to deal with issues like homosexuality and divorce.
The most contentious issues being discussed at this synod, as indicated in last year’s Midterm Report, are:
- Positive aspects of civil unions and cohabitation
- Caring for broken families (separated couples, the divorced who have not remarried, the divorced and remarried)
- Providing for homosexual persons
All of this is being discussed, of course, under the guise of “mercy.”
One example of the rationale behind these discussions comes from this statement from Cardinal John Dew of New Zealand, who said:
“When we have documents which talk about intrinsically disordered or being evil, it’s not going to help people. We’ve got to find a way to express what the teaching actually says, but not putting it in ways that people feel that they’re being branded and they’re being told that they’re bad or evil.”
Speaking to Crux Magazine, Synod father Archbishop Coleridge of Australia said, “[We need] a new way of speaking about the situation of those who are same-sex attracted or in a same-sex partnership of some kind.”
And on the one year anniversary of last year’s midterm report, Benedictine Jeremias Schröder, the archabbot president of the Congregation of Sant’Ottilia suggested that the social acceptance of homosexuality was culturally diverse, and so therefore bishops conferences should be allowed to “formulate pastoral responses that are in tune with what can be preached and announced and lived in a different context.”
Let’s try to put this all in perspective. Here, on the ground level, prelates and laity are all scratching their heads about how to molly-coddle adulterers and sodomites while simultaneously maintaining the unchanging teaching of the Catholic Church. We’ll start with the question of “homosexual persons.”
First of all, there is no such thing as a “homosexual person.” The inerrant Word of God in the Book of Genesis says, “God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27). Again, Genesis says, “This is the record of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them in the likeness of God; he created them male and female.” (Genesis 5:1-2) Our Blessed Lord, in the Gospel of Mark, quoted this line from Genesis, explaining the PURPOSE for which man was created male and female, “But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother [and be joined to his wife], and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.” (Mark 10:6-8) Matthew tells of this same account in the 19th chapter of his Gospel.
Mankind was created by God with two, and ONLY two genders. Male and female. These genders were created with the purpose of marriage. As such, homosexual acts and tendencies are completely contrary to the created order, so there is no such thing as a “homosexual person.”
The sin of sodomy is built around sexual temptation. One chooses to either engage in the act or to resist it. It’s that simple. To speak of “homosexual persons” is to reduce the individual to identity with sin and sinful tendencies. We may as well speak of “murderous persons,” or “cannibalistic persons,” “or pedophilic persons,” or “necrophilic persons” or “bestiphilic persons.” Would it be appropriate for prelates of the Church to discuss whether or not men who notoriously engage in sexual activities with their pets should be integrated into the Catholic community, or if they should be permitted to receive Holy Communion with their abused pet in their arms?
Suppose the press conferences coming from the Synod weren’t discussing how we should integrate “homosexual persons” into the congregation, possibly even giving them Holy Communion, but how to integrate necrophiliacs into the congregation. Suddenly, the conversation takes a different turn. But because modern society has been desensitized to homosexuality through active propaganda campaigns since the late 1980’s, cultural attitudes have shifted. What has not shifted is God’s immutable law.
Here’s the thing … the question about how to handle individuals who struggle with homosexual temptations has already been answered by St. Paul.
“Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. That is what some of you used to be; but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
In other words, those whom he says “used to be” adulterers, fornicators, sodomites, etc. have left those sins behind them. St. Paul points out, “you have been purchased at a price,” helping people understand the great need to live chastely and virtuously by putting “to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry.” (Colossians 3:5) Telling someone that “being a homosexual” is ok, so long as they don’t act upon it is not only false, but extremely dangerous.
If a cardinal or bishop observed a group of children playing in a mine field, should he say to the children, “I’m so happy to see you playing. Don’t stop on my account, but come to the Church when you have finished”? To say such a thing to those children, who are in extreme danger, would be supremely reckless, wicked and hateful. No, the first response should be to exclaim with force and urgency, “STOP what you’re doing! One more step from any of 
you, and all of you could be killed.”
This is the spiritual reality facing those who are engaging in homosexual activities. In fact, it’s true also for those living in adultery and all others engaged in gravely sinful activities.
And the question of Communion for divorced and “re-married” Catholics? St. Paul very clearly teaches, “Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.” (1 Cor. 11:26-27) The Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2120 says, “Sacrilege consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God. Sacrilege is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist.” If cardinals and bishops adopt a policy of giving the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Blessed Lord to Catholics known to be living in a state of adultery, they might as well be handing these individuals cyanide tablets. It is spiritual death to commit sacrilege by receiving Communion unworthily, but for those cardinals and bishops who permit such sacrileges to take place, we need only call to mind the words of Our Blessed Lord to Pontius Pilot, “the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
It bears remembering here that the Synod has absolutely no teaching or disciplinary authority whatsoever. The Synod Fathers could vote tomorrow to suggest that individuals approaching for Holy Communion must do so in their birthday suits. The Synod could vote to reaffirm 2,000 years of consistent teaching of the Church. Whatever the outcome, for good or ill, for right or wrong, the Synod just doesn’t have the ability to impose any change at all.
So, what’s the point? Why are these things even being discussed? The reason is a simple, but harsh reality. There are unscrupulous men in clerical garb who disbelieve the teachings of the Church and wish to change them. They know that the Synod will not have any authority to enact change, but just as many dissident 
cardinals, bishops and priests did after the second Vatican council, they intend to enact illicit changes after the Synod is over “in the Spirit” of the Synod. How do we know this? Because Cardinal Marx already said so. In February of this year, Cardinal Marx said:
“The synod cannot prescribe in detail what we have to do in Germany … We are not just a subsidiary of Rome. Each episcopal conference is responsible for the pastoral care in their culture and has to proclaim the Gospel in its own unique way. We cannot wait until a synod states something, as we have to carry out marriage and family ministry here.”
Whatever is decided or reported on at the Synod makes no difference. Church teaching cannot and will not change. Stand firm against illicit and immoral practices when faced with them, and in the meantime, pray, fast, and make reparations for those seeking harmful changes. As St. Padre Pio would say, “Pray, hope and don’t worry.”
I think it’s time for all to admit they’ve been playing “games” with the Eucharist since 1964. Vatican II was and is the cancerous tumor the traditionalists said it was. They were and are right. Dump Vatican II. Restore the Faith. There is no other solution. What these strange creatures are saying at this strange event is the logical outgrowth of Vatican II. It is not a sharp break, but merely an extension. The sooner we all admit this the better off we’ll be.
This is a good article and one that I feel Courage would support. The definition of a Practicing and Promoting Homosexualist (PPH) is one where a person identifies the person with the act and supports theses kinds of progressive agendas. I believe there is a direct correlation to the amount of influence of “Dignity” in a region and the establishment or even deceitful infiltration of those PPH to start using terms that suggest a person identifies to their sinful struggle. There are for example ministries in the dioceses in California that use rainbow color logos and use the identifier Homosexual Person. It is the Bishops of those diocese that are responsible to clean this up, but for whatever reason they have not paid attention, not educated by Courage, or are diverted from making an appropriate response, and there could also be potential the leader may hold to error in this deceitful immoral agenda.
I agree with you about “them” playing games with the holy Eucharist. After all, we all know the words of consecration can never change. Yet at many novus ordo masses we hear “for all”. But this is no game. Saying Jesus said something that he did not say is a lie. All and Many mean two different things. The Gospels are foundational. The word ‘many’ are used in two of the gospels. The church has always taught the right form and matter. What happened? Therefore you are right what you texted.
If you dump Vatican II, you dump your faith and obedience; it is a valid Church council. The interpretation of the documents must be done, however, with the hermeneutic of continuity. That is, if an interpretation conflicts with previously taught dogmatic statements or previous authoritative decrees, then that interpretation is false.
I was born and brought up by reverent Protestant Baptists who taught me to love God with my whole heart and being. I thought “If you love God, you will not commit a sin.” When my husband, who was 5 years older than I, asked me to marry him, I laughed and said, “Oh you wouldn’t want to marry me, I want 17 children.” His response confused me, he said, “Oh, I would like a large family of children also.” ( I was not thinking of marriage, I was thinking perhaps I would
work in an orphanage.) We were engaged and then married, I was age 19. But, before the wedding, I worried about whether marriage was God’s will for me. Yes or No. All of the way to the Catholic church rectory I prayed “Please Lord, may there be an accident to prevent this wedding if it is not Your Will for me.” There
was no accident, so I knew it was God’s Will. I came to a place where, everything was turning out
wrong, it was not just one thing, it seemed everything turned black. One night my husband was trying to help me with it, he gave me strong drinks, and I found myself boxing the air. He went to bed, I went outdoors in a thunder and lightning storm, and sat under an apple tree. I prayed, “Oh,
Lord, I couldn’t bear to take my life if I knew you were real, please show me if you are real.” It would be impossible to describe the gift of peace and understanding that was given to me, for that moment and the rest of my life. After reading The Little Flower’s autobiography, I couldn’t wait to
become a Catholic, I was 23 years old, expecting our third child in three weeks. etc. Anyways, I would like to say, Pope Paul 6, Humane Vitae, saved my life, as it spoke Truth from Holy Mother Church for me. God’s very present is with me through Holy Mother Church, what more can I say? Nothing.
God has blessed you and your family! Thank you this beautiful affirmation of Jesus’s teachings as continued by His Church.
Life presents many opportunities to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of love, to be saints. May all who read this recognize and welcome those opportunities, remembering the example of Jesus, Mary, and all the saints.
No, John. You are wrong, We must keep Vatican II and its teachings. The teaching was distorted by the media and many in the Church. That is not reason to dump it. Keep Vatican II and its teachings. Keep the truth.
The Vatican II documents themselves claims that they are teaching nothing new. They neither pronounce nor declared any thing that has not already been defined. They are full of wishy washy language that can be interpreted in more than one way, and as Cardinal Kasper admitted last year, he and his henchmen put them there intentionally and precisely for that reason.
“In many places, [the Council Fathers] had to find compromise formulas, in which, often, the positions of the majority are located immediately next to those of the minority, designed to delimit them. Thus, the conciliar texts themselves have a huge potential for conflict, open the door to a selective reception in either direction.” (Cardinal Walter Kasper, L’Osservatore Romano, April 12, 2013)
Furthermore in the case of two documents, they directly contradict prior magisterium. They are neither useful nor are they very truthful. Tell me again why we need the documents of vatican II?
It sounds pretty much the full apostasy is around this bend in practice if not in word.
it is a nice article, however, I beg to disagree about homosexuality. I researched on the possible cause of the rise in numbers of gays and lesbians, because many people around me, relatives and friends, are homosexuals. I found the answer in the food we consume. Articles were written about milk containing female hormones because cows are injected with female hormones, so that they can produce more milk. Boys who drink these female hormone infected milk, may be affected, making them effeminate. Hormones which are injected into cows, pigs, chicken and other animals so that they can produce more meat, are known to scientists as possible factor in changing the characteristics of growing children, both boys and girls. So I can probably safely say, that being a homosexual is not a choice which can be controlled by free will. It is what they ARE, or what the food industry was, is, and will be making our children to be!
However, what the homosexuals do is their choice, an exercise of their free will. It is therefore right not to allow homosexuals practicing anal and oral sex from the reception of Holy Communion. Purify their bodies first to be worthy receptacle of Christ’s Body and Blood. Discipline, restraint, and the maintenance of purity is, after all, not limited to them alone, but to all humans who have been programmed to participate in God’s plan of procreation.
Lies Nothing but lies and the practices heterosexuals do is the heterosexual straight persons choice and NOT all of the guys are feminine and not all the girls re masculine!
No one said that all who engage in homosexual activity were flamboyant. You say that the “practices heterosexuals do is the heterosexual straight persons choice.” Do you deny that those who engage in homosexual activity have a free will and assert that they are incapable of acting against temptation?
So, Cardinal Marx believes that the Bishops in Germany are not just a subsidiary of Rome and that each episcopal conference is responsible for the way in which they present the gospel. In this case, these bishops, who have seen their flock diminishing during their watch, should learn from the Africans who are packing their churches with increasing numbers. I think the Pope should give more credence to the Africans and Asians.
excellent article; it is expressed as THE TRUTH! unfortunately, the Truth is not welcome on deaf ears. Desensitized is correct; indeed! As some have said, next, one will be able to marry their dog or their tree. I do believe there is a bit of insanity among folks. Talk about crossing boundary lines…well!
fr joe colletti
What a great, hard hitting, no nonsense article. I enjoy your “clean thinking” approach
to our Roman Catholic faith. It is so needed in this deliberate confusion by the evil one.
Thank you for your clarity. Keep up the good work. You are a gift. History will show
you to be a light in a very dark time.
The enemy of souls is playing a cat and mouse game with the Roman Catholic Church with the connivance of the Pope and many Cardinals, Bishops, priests
and laity. He is also clouding the judgement of many Catholics so that they
believe the half-truths (and even worse, the downright lies) promulgated by
a badly formed, faithless clergy who lost sight of the Gates of Heaven a long
time ago. Since Vatican II, no Catechism Teaching, removal of the Tabernacle
from the Altar, replacement of the Altar with a table adorned with a tablecloth,
a plethora of unconsecrated hands distributing the Holy Body and Precious
Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a serious reduction in Marian devotion, clergy
who teach heresy and make the Holy Mass into a show instead of a worship,
pictures ripped off the walls, statues removed and sold to the Protestants (yes,
this IS true), Parishes being over-run by female “managers”, no altar boys anymore, and ad orientum being abolished and the priest being called a “presider”. The list goes on. How on earth is anyone supposed to withstand
the snares of the devil when all the spiritual supports have been pulled out from
under their feet. I believe the faithless clergy, both high and low, should be
asked to leave and form their own “progressive” church with its “gradualism”
approach and downright doctrinal heresy and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
That will leave the way clear for faithful Catholics to get on with the job. St. Patrick pray for Ireland. Holy Michael Archangel intercede for us.
Don’t forget pastoral care for carrot-sexuals. These are women who are sexually attracted to carrots, and believe it or not, there really are women this way. The fact of the matter is that sexual deviance, in whatever form, is simply a different mode of masturbation, in a different “hole” or “orifice” or with a different insert-able object. The Church has already spoken on these matters, but those priests/bishops/Pope Francis who are apparently [enter deviance here]-sexual themselves or just flat out stupid, are trying to lessen their guilt and culpability for their own deviances.
This is a helpful, mature and sober article. Thank you.