tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5774689988202974803..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Unworthy Communicant and the Unrelenting PriestPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-10820663637240395262012-03-09T08:08:55.370-06:002012-03-09T08:08:55.370-06:00What you won't hear from the evening news clym...What you won't hear from the evening news clymers or others in the fifth column press is that the lesbian denied communion is also a <a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lesbian-denied-communion-at-her-mothers-funeral-is-also-a-buddhist?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.com+Daily+Newsletter" rel="nofollow">Buddhist and leftist agitator</a>, who, along with the MSM, turned her own mother's funeral into a perverted political statement of hate against Christianity.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-74285461109153759392012-03-03T17:31:34.408-06:002012-03-03T17:31:34.408-06:00What's the big deal? The priest was acting in...What's the big deal? The priest was acting in accordance with his training and this lady was wrong. This is not news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-27360149483264114942012-03-02T23:15:59.292-06:002012-03-02T23:15:59.292-06:00My godfather is a priest. After his ordination, I ...My godfather is a priest. After his ordination, I asked him about some of the things that occurred behind the iconostasis which the rest of us faithful were not allowed to see. He told me that the Bishop put into his hands the prosforon that was to be consecrated as the Lamb. As the Bishop put this into his hands, the Bishop said something to the effect that he (the new priest) will have to make answer at the dread judgment for how and to whom he serves the Eucharist. Such an awesome and dread responsibility!<br /><br />I'm not sure if there is something similar in the Latin Rite, but an instance like this just shows that the Eucharist is not merely some symbolic action. Those who regard the Eucharist as symbolism only are the ones who are throwing the biggest hissy fit.<br /><br />This priest did right for his soul and for the soul of the woman.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06200319733737651773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-12392274895391811372012-03-02T11:40:23.352-06:002012-03-02T11:40:23.352-06:00You don't have all the facts, so don't rag...You don't have all the facts, so don't rag on the priest. If he knew she was unrepentant he acted in accordance with his training. Any Confessional Lutheran pastor does the same with unrepentant who come to the rail. Kudos for a priest with some guts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-1154615713281254282012-03-02T10:56:59.356-06:002012-03-02T10:56:59.356-06:00That woman can repent today, and receive communion...That woman can repent today, and receive communion from the same priest today. <br /><br />Withholding communion should help her understand she needs to repent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7975862338979579432012-03-02T10:33:30.279-06:002012-03-02T10:33:30.279-06:00I disagree that the priest is unsuited to parish m...I disagree that the priest is unsuited to parish ministry. How many young people are lead astray or into sin by these who pretend to be sheep but do not submit to God's authority. Sin is a burden on us all, but we must see ourselves and our sinful action as sins of which we must repent. If we can go on being told we need not repent, then, well, we won't. <br /><br />Priest is faithful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-91131732800786648902012-03-02T10:30:33.033-06:002012-03-02T10:30:33.033-06:00One can do the right thing yet do it in the wrong ...One can do the right thing yet do it in the wrong way.<br /><br />Was the priest correct to withhold communion from an unrepentant sinner? Yes<br /><br />But did he first attempt to call her to repentance and inform her of the consequences of unrepentance?<br /><br />If the answer is No, then he did not do right.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-75278041440324763572012-03-02T10:27:34.154-06:002012-03-02T10:27:34.154-06:00100% the fault of the woman.
She is clearly not r...100% the fault of the woman.<br /><br />She is clearly not repentant. <br /><br />If that wasn't clear before, it certainly is now.<br /><br />Her actions after the fact demonstrate that the priest was not in fact misunderstanding. His perception was 100% correct. She is unrepentant.<br /><br /><br />--- <br /><br />If it had turned out that the "partner" was a partner in her law firm or business, same word different meaning, then yeah, the priest would look a fool. As it is, the woman's own actions exonerate him by proving him correct in seeing her as unrepentant.<br /><br />The church is not obligated to absolve the unrepentant. You can't compel God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-64632633011188424512012-03-02T09:36:01.949-06:002012-03-02T09:36:01.949-06:00The gay agenda is to get publicity
and they do not...The gay agenda is to get publicity<br />and they do not care how it happens.<br />The priest was simply being faithful<br />to his calling and his Lord. <br /><br />The secular media will make a big<br />deal out of this and not understand<br />the meaning of repentance and sin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-26625327047831780542012-03-02T09:09:15.584-06:002012-03-02T09:09:15.584-06:00It's not whether it was messy, because it is. ...It's not whether it was messy, because it is. The bottom line was that the priest was faithful. The woman is wrong. Being faithful is never easy, but God gives grace to the faithful stewards of the mysteries. Let us pray she is brought to saving faith and repentance in Christ. That's what matters most in this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com