Asking all priests: Why not talk about the hard issues at Mass?

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fj2020 said:
The priests are busy guys, with lots on their plates. The topics of abortion, gay marriage, birth control and pre-marital sex are pretty much covered 24/7/365 on this forum and Catholic radio. They are the fuel that powers these media outlets.
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~98% of Catholics don’t read these forums or listen to Catholic Radio (obviously don’t know actual numbers, but you get the hint). Generally speaking, 100% of their Catholicism comes from weekly Mass (if even that much). If priests want to “save the masses”, the masses need to be saved via Mass 😉
 
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QwertyGirl said:
I think all children should know where babies come from before they start kindergarten. As they mature, they need to understand the relationship issues involved with expressions of sexuality. They need to know birth control exists and how it works. They need to have a good understanding of what the world is about. It is fine to add morality to the conversations. This will be different for each family, depending on beliefs and values. Catholics obviously believe and may teach one way. To send your babies out into the world once puberty has hit without knowing about these basics, is child neglect in my opinion.
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Quite agreed. All of our education in that regard is in accord with Catholic morality My son knows what BC is, and he also knows it is immoral — I have taught him that the only acceptable alternative is NFP. My cousins were mainline Protestants — dad Episcopal (ECUSA), mom Methodist (UMC). I don’t know what, if anything, they taught their sons about sexual morality. I would hope that the younger son, in light of what happened, was taught more explicitly.
 
I agree with you, priest should be talking about the difficult issues of Catholicism.

For example, despite being a terrible reality I rarely if ever hear pastors talk about Hell, it’s eternity and the existence of a spiritual fire which tortures but never kills the souls of the damned.

Many say we should be sensitive and avoid talking about harsh issues, but that does nothing to make Hell disappear. It is real and sadly I believe it is far from empty.
 
Funny, all I see is fellow Christians accusing other Christians of not caring about the poor simply because they disagree about the government’s role or won’t give money to panhandlers.
 
I’ve written and spoken to priests, bishops, other clergy, influential leaders over the years. I do plan on writing a brief as possible, citing references letter; it will be very labor intensive; and who knows how much impact it will have?
We are living in ambiguous times, but clear well respected persons in the manner of Dietrich von Hildebrand are raising more and more awareness.
 
People of good will, who really care about the plight of families and children, often are not educated as to how opponents of the authentic Gospel deliberately use these things as a type of ‘straw man,’ argument. This type of tactic is extremely prevalent these days. And very few even care that many of those using these tactics flip on any moral issue; change from reasoned approaches for social justice situations that have always been with us for an emotionally charged response from the populace for their agenda.
Very few want to hear an objective well thought out historical discussion and get past these overly emotional tactics.
 
Okay, so you don’t care about the poor if you don’t want someone to possibly overdose on your own dime by giving money to anybody on the street who asks for it? Even if you already donate trustworthy charities? Even if you WORK for a charity? You are just a horrible Christian and a human being if you won’t give money to anybody to ask for it? Jesus talked about leaving behind father and mother to follow him on today’s Gospel. I didn’t hear anything about leaving behind your brain.
 
Emotional talks are used in attempt to disengage critical thinking in people. It is the only weapon the radicals feel is effective.
 
I agree that well-respected men need to speak up, but Catholics in the pews need to do their part. That includes a defense of Church teaching here.
 
I think something needs to be said for the viewpoint that by and large, those still actually coming to Mass not only already know those rules, but in general, keep them. How many times does a congregation of late 40 - to - 70 somethings need to hear that abortion is wrong? Studies show that the 2nd largest “religious “ group in the US is non-participating / or former Catholics. All the fire and brimstone homilies in the world aren’t going to reach them.
 
The truth needs to be spoken daily to combat the lies being spread among the people, which is 24/7.
 
Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops, and your religious act like religious. – Fulton J. Sheen
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Of course, this must be done very respectfully, recognizing station & authority and well thought out prayerful truthful historically backed up witness. Encyclicals and other sources of Catholic true scholarly Catholic writings are excellent sources.
 
Concur. I likewise thank them when our priests and deacon broach tough subjects. A while back, our Deacon gave a really outstanding sermon covering many of these issues. I was so proud of him. Not emotionally driven, but thoughtful, reasoned and 100% spot on. I t was so refreshing.
 
QwertyGirl said:
I think all children should know where babies come from before they start kindergarten. As they mature, they need to understand the relationship issues involved with expressions of sexuality. They need to know birth control exists and how it works. They need to have a good understanding of what the world is about. It is fine to add morality to the conversations. This will be different for each family, depending on beliefs and values. Catholics obviously believe and may teach one way. To send your babies out into the world once puberty has hit without knowing about these basics, is child neglect in my opinion
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Yeah, spot on Qwerty!
 
Cecilia_Dympna said:
A quick wander round CAF shows us that many folk, and many Christians, don’t care about the poor and believe that poverty and mental illness are somehow self inflicted.
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It’s likely that it there are 10 or less of those type of people on this forum.
 
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I would like to see priests talk about corporate greed.
The working class is asked to work longer hours for less wages, all in the name of making the people at the time every wealthy.
How much of a profit is enough?
Bread and butter issues are important!
 
Children should have an understanding of where babies com from by the time they reach Reception (roughly analogous to Kindergarten if I understand the US system correctly). I don’t mean they should have intimate knowledge of positions, but they should have an understanding that babies aren’t delivered by storks. After that I think a solid SRE education in school backed by parental teaching is probably the best way forward.
 
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