Fr. Euteneuer responds to Jesuit who ‘Came Out’ at Campus Mass

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FRONT ROYAL, VA — The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today published an “open letter” to Father Thomas J. Brennan, SJ, who declared that he was a homosexual during a student Mass, admitting that it was one of “the worst kept secrets” on campus. Father Euteneuer’s response, “Homosexual Jesuit Needs Refresher Course in Priestly Love” was published in his weekly email newsletter, Spirit & Life®, available Thursday after 3:00 PM EST on the HLI website. The letter called for Brennan to apologize to his congregation.

Father Euteneuer said, “There is something just plain wrong about abusing people’s trust in the priesthood in such a public way, and since you chose to ‘go public’ with this matter, a public response to your outrageous ‘outing’ is merited.” “First of all,” Father Euteneuer said, “**Holy Mass is not a forum for your self-expression. **You chose the sacred liturgy and the pulpit reserved for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the launching pad for your personal testament to homosexuality … You’ve read the same documents I’ve read about the liturgy, and none of them say the liturgy is your personal stage.”

He continued, “[Celibacy] is a form of Christian chastity to which you and I are called, and I trust that you are faithful to it. … A heterosexual celibate renounces his natural desire for wife and children in order to embrace the Bride of Christ in a direct spousal relationship. A homosexual celibate renounces an unholy desire for members of the same sex: that is a renunciation of a disorder, not the embrace of a Bride. “When even a celibate priest chooses to go public about his homosexual identity as an expression of ‘diversity’ or ‘pride’, the faithful are rightfully confused and scandalized. Not only do you owe them an apology, you owe them a better example of priesthood. They deserve a priest who is clear about the Church’s doctrine about homosexual acts and who teaches it unambiguously. … **If you do not clearly witness the Church’s teaching about your own vocation, how can you teach others to be faithful to theirs?” **
 
He uttered these scandalous words during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the presence of Our LORD Jesus. This is terrible.
 
Good for Fr. Euteneuer. He is a wonderful Priest who isn’t afraid to speak the truth. 👍
 
Caveman said:
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FRONT ROYAL, VA — The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today published an “open letter” to Father Thomas J. Brennan, SJ, who declared that he was a homosexual during a student Mass, admitting that it was one of “the worst kept secrets” on campus. Father Euteneuer’s response, “Homosexual Jesuit Needs Refresher Course in Priestly Love” was published in his weekly email newsletter, Spirit & Life®, available Thursday after 3:00 PM EST on the HLI website. The letter called for Brennan to apologize to his congregation.

Father Euteneuer said, “There is something just plain wrong about abusing people’s trust in the priesthood in such a public way, and since you chose to ‘go public’ with this matter, a public response to your outrageous ‘outing’ is merited.” “First of all,” Father Euteneuer said, “**Holy Mass is not a forum for your self-expression. **You chose the sacred liturgy and the pulpit reserved for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the launching pad for your personal testament to homosexuality … You’ve read the same documents I’ve read about the liturgy, and none of them say the liturgy is your personal stage.”

He continued, “[Celibacy] is a form of Christian chastity to which you and I are called, and I trust that you are faithful to it. … A heterosexual celibate renounces his natural desire for wife and children in order to embrace the Bride of Christ in a direct spousal relationship. A homosexual celibate renounces an unholy desire for members of the same sex: that is a renunciation of a disorder, not the embrace of a Bride. “When even a celibate priest chooses to go public about his homosexual identity as an expression of ‘diversity’ or ‘pride’, the faithful are rightfully confused and scandalized. Not only do you owe them an apology, you owe them a better example of priesthood. They deserve a priest who is clear about the Church’s doctrine about homosexual acts and who teaches it unambiguously. … **If you do not clearly witness the Church’s teaching about your own vocation, how can you teach others to be faithful to theirs?” **
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Fr. Brennan is leading down to hell many souls with him. 😦
 
It’s not a sin to be homosexual, but the Mass certainly wasn’t the forum for that kind of an announcement.
 
Some of these Jesuits today:rolleyes:

The Mass in an inappropriate place to anounce ones own abominations
 
alg775 said:
It’s not a sin to be homosexual, but the Mass certainly wasn’t the forum for that kind of an announcement.
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He’s not a homosexual. He’s a man made in God’s image that suffers from same sex attractions. Acting out on those desires is sinful.
 
Michael_C said:
He’s not a homosexual. He’s a man made in God’s image that suffers from same sex attractions. Acting out on those desires is sinful.
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Well, we do not know if he is acting out those desires; he only admitted that he is homosexual. Since we have not heard what he actually said at Mass, we should not conclude that he also acts out his desires. Perhaps he is just being honest to himself and to the people around him. I agree though that the Mass is not the place to say such things, but then again we do not know as to the context to what he said.
 
It is remarkable to me that any Priest would ever consider this appropriate. I do not judge him on whether or not he is “active” or what the state of his heart is, but it also seems evident that he did nothing to make it clear that those who consider themselves homosexual are called to celibacy.

In any event, the Mass is not the forum for such a personal pronouncement. At that moment, the Mass became about him, and not about an offering of the Son to the Father.

These are sad and trying moments.
 
**Who heads up the Jesuit Order? Shouldn’t he have written a letter to Fr. Brennan? **
 
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