Homily on sexual morality

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I think with pastoral experience a priest knows how to change things slowly, steadily, and without disruption (except for anything that is flat out wrong or violating laws of the church, those should be changed ASAP). The really goods ones can make parishioners think it was their idea
 
The fact is that the controversial teachings of the church are ignored and avoided at all costs. We shouldn’t be ashamed to teach the truth.
 
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If I may put in my 2¢ … “calling names” has a negative connotation and is often pejorative. Christs claims about people behaving in such ways degraded the action, not the person. A “soppy liberal” seems to me, a pejorative, because it denotes an undesired adjective about the person.

Also, to clarify your justification on calling the OP “soppy liberal” … what does a liberal have to do with a homily on catholic sexual morals? In order for that to make logical sense and your justification stand, then the following statements must be held true: “all liberals don’t like to hear about sex in church” and that “all conservatives want to hear about sex in church”. Easy to see that neither of those can be held ‘true’, thus is not logically sound to call someone “soppy liberal” because he/she shows concern of a topic of a homily.

LOL nothing like beating a dead horse 😀
 
You’re right.
But that is not what is happening here. New priest. Ordained 3 years. This is his first assignment on his own. He has been with us less than 3 full months and this is just the icing on the cake of changes he has made since being here.
 
Well, you gotta give him some credit for “being on fire” or “having a pair” hehe
 
Please stop.

I am far from liberal. I am asking for people’s experiences with this, not your judgement of me.

I am all for promoting the teachings if the Church, I am just not sure if this particular way, at this particular time, in my particular parish is a good idea.

I just want to know if it has worked or not worked elsewhere.
 
You’re not Jesus Christ and no one was trying to trap you so they could have you put to death as in the case of Jesus.

Jim
 
It does no one any good to hide church teaching. The truth shall set you free, as a great man once said.
 
CilladeRoma said:
You’re right.
But that is not what is happening here. New priest. Ordained 3 years. This is his first assignment on his own. He has been with us less than 3 full months and this is just the icing on the cake of changes he has made since being here.
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So are you complaining about his being a new priest, about making many changes people don’t like, or the content of the homily? If it were an older, more experienced priest who didn’t make so many changes, nobody would have a problem with it?
 
I am not complaining. I am having people complain to me about what us happening at our parish.
I started this thread to get (name removed by moderator)ut.
I am trying to give information so the people can understand the concern. I am looking for what others have experienced.
It has been a rough few months for our parish, and this announcement has people very anxious.
 
Division within the parish.

According to the Bishop’s letter, he chose to leave.

However, he shared with me what he was going through and it was rough on him.

JIm
 
With all due respect…he could have just done the homily with no “warning.”
 
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I am not discounting this.

I think it is good that he gave fair warning. That said, I still don’t think it is a good idea, and many of my priest friends ( who have many more years of experience than this priest) tend to agree with me.

What I am looking for with the thread is actual experiences that people have had with homilies such as these and if it actually did some good or not.
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I’ve never heard a homily on this topic. I’ve heard grumblings when the Examination of Conscience during a Reconciliation Service actually asked specific questions about sexual sins, eg. Have I used artificial birth control? Have I engaged in homosexual activity? etc. They were used to examinations with questions such “Did I not respect the evironment?”
 
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Yes. This is the problem.
I am a very active volunteer, which is why so many people feel comfortable venting to me. I have no one to vent to, so I came here looking for some personal experiences.
Sadly, I am starting to think this thread was a mistake.
 
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Division within the parish.

According to the Bishop’s letter, he chose to leave.

However, he shared with me what he was going through and it was rough on him.

JIm
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Priests definitely need our prayers. They get plenty of criticism.
 
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