Exorcising the Cathedral after the Rainbow Sashers' protest causes a stir

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startribune.com/stories/462/5102489.html

And Mark Shea’s response to the story on his blog:

Hard to decide what’s weirder. There’s the “straining at gnats and swallowing camels” cleric who is more concerned about some annoying oil than the fact that Rainbow Sash types are out in force (and evidently allowed by the local Church) to demand the Church formulate the dogma that Homosexuality is the Source and Summit of all that is Best and Brightest in the Church.

There’s the self-appointed vigilante exorcists thinking that much will be accomplished by this peculiar action, yet ignoring the teaching of the Church on exorcism.

There’s the stale complaints of “hate” because the rank and file will not knuckle under and worship Homosexuality.

There’s the even weirder accusation of “bias”.

There’s the bogus claim that people who oppose homosexual behavior think gays and not their sinful acts are “evil”.

And there’s the press, on hand to misreport it all.

In those days Israel had no king. Everyone did as he saw fit.
posted by Mark Shea at 1:13 PM

As a Cathedral parishoner, all I can say is “good grief.” Also, if it was from the group that I think it was, I can also say that they had no idea that what they were doing was actually going to cause damage, they would never have purposely done anything that would cause damage to the building. They were just a bit overzealous in their use of sacramentals (we’re still finding St. Benedict medals all over the Cathedral…!)

The whole thing just makes me want to go over to the corner of Summit and Selby and shout, “Hey, Archbishop! Check out what’s going on over at your Cathedral! Support your priests over there, would ya’? They’re great priests but it’s not fair to leave them to deal with your mess! You want the Rainbow Sashers here? Then come over here next time yourself! Be a shepherd! I know a great bishop down in St. Louis that could help you out!!”

But of course I wouldn’t do that.

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[Pyrosapien]

Today’s sexual immorality is yesterday’s Arianism.

Then it was just Spirit and not really body.

Today it is MY BODY without the animation of the Holy Spirit.

 

[Ray_Marshall]

+veritas:

The whole thing just makes me want to go over to the corner of Summit and Selby and shout, “Hey, Archbishop! Check out what’s going on over at your Cathedral! Support your priests over there, would ya’? They’re great priests but it’s not fair to leave them to deal with your mess! You want the Rainbow Sashers here? Then come over here next time yourself! Be a shepherd! I know a great bishop down in St. Louis that could help you out!!”

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