tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post6635553386740339562..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: 5 Reasons We Shouldn’t Be Surprised That Catholics Support LGBT RightsPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-4733769929560631162011-03-27T21:16:14.602-05:002011-03-27T21:16:14.602-05:00Michael:
I'll agree with you that those polls...Michael:<br /><br />I'll agree with you that those polls might be correct if you agree that the vast majority of the 70% who claim that they are Catholics and in favor of homosexual marriage don't attend Mass on a regular basis, aren't regularly seen in the confessional and probably don't contribute much to the Church, financially, or personally.<br /><br />But they still like to say that they are Catholic because they know in their heart that the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Jesus Christ and is the One, True, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church.<br /><br />In fact I would venture to say that few of that 70% that support homosexual marriage subscribe to these basic tenets of the Church:<br /><br />We believe that Mary is the Mother, who remained ever a Virgin, of the Incarnate Word, our God and Savior Jesus Christ, and that by reason of this singular election, she was, in consideration of the merits of her Son, redeemed in a more eminent manner, preserved from all stain of original sin and filled with the gift of grace more than all other creatures.<br /><br />Joined by a close and indissoluble bond to the Mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption, the Blessed Virgin was at the end of her earthly life raised body and soul to heavenly glory and likened to her risen Son in anticipation of the future lot of all the just; and we believe that the Blessed Mother of God, the New Eve, Mother of the Church, continues in heaven her maternal role with regard to Christ's members, cooperating with the birth and growth of divine life in the souls of the redeemed.<br /><br />We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church built by Jesus Christ on that rock which is Peter. She is the Mystical Body of Christ; at the same time a visible society instituted with hierarchical organs, and a spiritual community; the Church on earth, through which the work and the sufferings of Redemption are continued throughout human history, and which looks for its perfect accomplishment beyond time in glory. <br /><br />We believe all that is contained in the word of God written or handed down, and that the Church proposes for belief as divinely revealed, whether by a solemn judgment or by the ordinary and universal magisterium. We believe in the infallibility enjoyed by the successor of Peter when he teaches ex cathedra as pastor and teacher of all the faithful, and which is assured also to the episcopal body when it exercises with him the supreme magisterium.<br /><br />We believe that the Church founded by Jesus Christ is indefectibly one in faith, worship and the bond of hierarchical communion.<br /><br />We believe that the Church is necessary for salvation. But the divine design of salvation embraces all men, and those who without fault on their part do not know the Gospel of Christ and His Church, but seek God sincerely, and under the influence of grace endeavor to do His will as recognized through the promptings of their conscience, they, in a number known only to God, can obtain salvation.<br /><br />We believe that the Mass, celebrated by the priest representing the person of Christ by virtue of the power received through the Sacrament of Orders is the sacrifice of Calvary rendered sacramentally present on our altars. We believe that as the bread and wine consecrated by the Lord at the Last Supper were changed into His body and His blood which were to be offered for us on the cross, likewise the bread and wine consecrated by the priest are changed into the body and blood of Christ and we believe that the mysterious presence of the Lord is a true, real and substantial presence.<br /><br />We believe that the souls of all those who die in the grace of Christ—whether they must still be purified in purgatory, or whether from the moment they leave their bodies Jesus takes them to paradise are the People of God in the eternity beyond death, which will be finally conquered on the day of the Resurrection when these souls will be reunited with their bodies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-51896369663862984922011-03-27T00:08:57.891-05:002011-03-27T00:08:57.891-05:00It's not only the PRRI poll, however, that'...It's not only the PRRI poll, however, that's showing strong Catholic support for gay rights. A <a href="http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2010/05/sister-jeannine-gramick-asks-who-speaks.html" rel="nofollow">2009 Pew Research Center study</a> also shows it, as does a <a href="http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2010/09/hopeful-and-encouraging-trend.html" rel="nofollow">2010 study by the Public Religion Research Institute</a>, and a <a href="http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2011/03/jonathan-capehart-catholics-lead-way-on.html" rel="nofollow">poll</a> just last week by the Washington Post/ABC News.<br /><br />I think your comment is an insult to Catholics, Ray, and the Spirit that's inspiring them in the ancient and holy work of "making something new" in the world, i.e., an understanding and acceptance of God's gift of human sexual diversity after centuries of ignorance, fear and intolerance.Michael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-49614032414054610412011-03-26T13:56:06.080-05:002011-03-26T13:56:06.080-05:00Reason No. 6: Polling and analysis companies pay ...Reason No. 6: Polling and analysis companies pay attention to who writes the check for the poll.<br /><br />The funders of this dPRRI "study", the Arcus Foundation and the Haas Fund finance, primarily support projects that promote homosexuality.<br /><br />Had they not come up with wanted results, no more work for PRRI!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.com