tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post7330551469165199712..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: "Spiritual Paternity": Why Homosexual Men Cannot be Ordained Catholic PriestsPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-3487964151840097342009-01-14T10:00:00.000-06:002009-01-14T10:00:00.000-06:00You mention Father Mychal Judge, the late New York...You mention Father Mychal Judge, the late New York fire chaplain, who was selectively open about his gay self-identity.<BR/><BR/>Even prior to his heroic death on 9/11, Father Mychal was widely seen by many New Yorkers as a living saint for his deep spirituality and his extraordinary work not only with firefighters -- but also with the homeless, recovering alcoholics, people with AIDS, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and others marginalized by society. <BR/><BR/>While being gay was not his main agenda, Fr. Mychal blessed and supported committed gay relationships asking, “Is there so much love in the world that we can afford to discriminate against any kind of love ?” <BR/><BR/>This annoyed the diocesan hierarchy. But like his spiritual father St. Francis of Assisi, Mychal reported directly to a Higher Authority, as evidenced by several medically documented miraculous healings through him.<BR/><BR/>When God called Mychal Judge to the priesthood, He had no problem with his being gay, but Rome does. Mychal Judge was about as paternalistically gifted as any priest can be. <BR/><BR/>The real explanation for Rome's homophobia lies in the fact that a third to half of priests and bishops are homosexual (Sippes, Couzens), and most of these are closeted and self-loathing; they project their self-loathing onto others. Yet whatever is psychologically pathological can never be spiritually healthy.<BR/><BR/>Compare Rome’s unhealthy, self-loathing attitudes toward homosexuality with Mychal Judge’s attitude, when he wrote in his journal about accepting himself the way God made him: “I feel no guilt, none whatsoever today -- I feel on the train Home. I am at peace finally. This is what You want me to do, Lord ... You, You alone, brought me here. I have nothing to fear today. Thank You, thank You, Lord !"<BR/><BR/>For further information on Father Mychal, you are welcome to visit:<BR/>http://SaintMychalJudge.blogspot.comMychals Prayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007558689850864312noreply@blogger.com