Catholic bishop bars pro-abortion U.S. senator from Communion until he ‘repents’

[ramartensjr]

Catholic bishop bars pro-abortion U.S. senator from Communion until he 'repents' - LifeSite

Durbin, a Democrat, recently voted in favor of late-term abortion.

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“This provision is intended not to punish, but to bring about a change of heart,” said Paprocki. “Sen. Durbin was once pro-life. I sincerely pray that he will repent and return to being pro-life.”

 

[Theo520]

Pity US Bishops didn’t take a similarly firm stance years ago. I think it’s a bit too late now in the US.

 

[ramartensjr]

Never too late to do the RIGHT thing!

 

[ProdglArchitect]

WOO!!!

Way to go Bishop! We need to see way more of this.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Does this Durbin chap even bother going to church, I wonder?

Can’t say I fault the Bishop for his decision. Waiting for somebody to put the hammer down on Joe Biden for performing two gay marriages himself.

 

[yankeesouth]

As Ed Peters said…one down thirteen to go.

 

[stpurl]

Yes, I’d like to see Bishop Coyne of Burlington do the same with regard to Senator Leahy, and Bishop Scharfenberger of Albany with regard to Kirsten Gillibrand.

 

[ChunkMonk]

Hahaha! Good on the bishop! Things are looking up!

 

[NickyMaz]

Excellent, well done Bishop!

 

[Hereiam]

Get the rest of them…then everyone using contraceptives, then all the adulters and fornicators…parking and seating will no longer be an issue on Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Easter, and Christmas!

 

[Cathoholic]

Thank you Bishop Paprocki for your courageous leadership!

God bless.

Cathoholic

 

[Imdaman]

Get the rest of them…then everyone using contraceptives, then all the adulters and fornicators…parking and seating will no longer be an issue on Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Easter, and Christmas!

I agree if there is a Catholic Senator out there that promotes contraceptives, adulterers and Fornicators as a good for society than they should also be barred from communion. But my guess is that is not what you mean right! You mean just adulterer and fornicators in general. Well guess what you have your wish. Catholics should not go for communion with these types of unrepentant sins. If you are a practicing Catholic you should know that. I wonder why you don’t?

 

[Hereiam]

I “no” it quite well thank you…that is percisely my point!

 

[Axsenex]

I receives it once a year so I don’t really care at all

Good luck though

 

[Reuben_J]

I salute this Bishop for his courage to do what is right.

 

[Imdaman]

I “no” it quite well thank you…that is percisely my point!

Then why the obtuse statement about, “get the rest of them…”) If you know how it all works than why do have a problem with A Catholic man’s Bishop disciplining his sheep in hopes that he comes back into grace with the one true God. Repentance is required of all who sin even the senator. By supporting abortion in a public manner like this the Bishop has a Duty to help this Senator realize that his soul is in jeopardy.

 

[Hereiam]

By supporting abortion in a public manner like this the Bishop has a Duty to help this Senator realize that his soul is in jeopardy.

And we should be equally concerned with our own salvation by taking the plank out of our eye before worrying about the speck in the eyes of others…but as you said, you and i should know that.

 

[Imdaman]

Imdaman:

By supporting abortion in a public manner like this the Bishop has a Duty to help this Senator realize that his soul is in jeopardy.

And we should be equally concerned with our own salvation by taking the plank out of our eye before worrying about the speck in the eyes of others…but as you said, you and i should know that.

I more than most need the confessional. That is very true. This is why I avail myself of it at least 2/month… sometimes more. I have a very persistent sin I deal with. It is disheartening to be sure, but I have hope and faith in our savior and the promise of the one true God.

With regards to the Senator we know that Abortion is an intrinsic Evil, by publicly participating in it they way he has creates scandal. His Bishop has every right and I would say duty to publicly call him on this action in hopes that he repents and gets right with God. I’m not the one judging his soul neither is the Bishop. He is discerning his actions and is worried about the threat to his soul. That is what real love and mercy looks like.

 

[Hereiam]

That is what real love and mercy looks like.

But dont discount all aspects of real love and mercy…may i suggest you read tomorrow’s Mass Readings today.

 

[HarryStotle]

Imdaman:

By supporting abortion in a public manner like this the Bishop has a Duty to help this Senator realize that his soul is in jeopardy.

And we should be equally concerned with our own salvation by taking the plank out of our eye before worrying about the speck in the eyes of others…but as you said, you and i should know that.

What if there is no plank in the eye of the one “worrying” about the speck in the eyes of others?

And what if it isn’t merely a speck in the eyes of others, but a boatload of lumber?

Wasn’t Jesus’ comment intended for the ears (and eyes) of hypocrites?

Was Jesus overstepping the bounds when he took the Scribes and Pharisees to task calling them whited sepulchers full of dread men’s bones leading others to hell?

Perhaps Jesus, too, should have gone after “the rest of them,” the adulterers, the fornicators, the harlots and tax collectors. Why didn’t he condemn them equally, but instead told them to sin no more? Perhaps because they weren’t working hard at leading others into hell while thinking of themselves as paragons of virtue and sightedness?

Assuming most of the Bishops are forthright and decent men with mere specks in their own eyes, why shouldn’t they speak in the place of Jesus cautioning those walking around severely blinkered by large chunks of wood, who nevertheless believe themselves to be competent (rather than blind) guides with the acuity of vision to lead others and promulgate the laws governing the nation, while actually making those they lead twice as fit for hell?

Or do you really think Jesus’ words were intended to shut down all moral debate and nullify everyone’s sense of justice and goodness on the pretext that everyone is a reprobate of the worst kind with no capacity to speak on the topic of morality at all? Thus silencing all moral critique?

So absolutely no way out of this moral morass replete with sharpened logs irremediably lodged into everyone’s eyes, as far as you are concerned?

Didn’t Christ come to save us from sin? And yet if we all have remained irredeemable reprobates, how on earth can we say he has accomplished salvation? It isn’t “finished,” then? It hasn’t even begun, apparently.