[Practicing, Poorly Catechized] Lesbian Denied Communion at Mother's Funeral

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unafraid said:
Siddhartha Guatama, the Buddha, would not have condoned the affrontery of this woman’s attempted sacrilege. If she is indeed a Buddhist, she needs to follow her masters teaching more closely.
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👍 Completely. A Buddhist is called to respect the integrity of others, not to violate their spirituality or the rules of others’ faith traditions.
 
I will also refer all here to another thread that goes more into depth with this woman.
They have discovered a little more…she is a practicing BUDDHIST.

That said, she isn’t really even practicing that faith very well. And yes, she taught in a Catholic School. She said that she was quite open and honest with the Principal there, and let him know she was a Buddhist. Said she didn’t want to hide the fact. Now, here is another question: Why on earth would a Catholic School Principal hire a Buddhist that wanted to make public her faith that was not even of a Christian denomination? Buddhism is quite the contrary to Christianity. This is a very strange story indeed. It just keeps getting stranger.
 
Jason_Firestone said:
**Look. Let’s get real here. This woman is a child of God.
She likely had ONE interaction with the Christian community, at a time in her life when she had a right to expect compassion, empathy, and gentle acceptance.
What did she get ?

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A. This was **not **her single interaction with the Church. She once was a Catholic (still is by virtue of her Baptism) who has now embraced a different faith tradition. She taught in a Catholic school. Her mother was Catholic.

B. She DID receive compassion, empathy and acceptance from the Church. That does not equate to open Communion.

C. Of course she is a child of God. However, she put the priest in a no-win situation where he had to choose between profaning the Blessed Sacrament and giving her ammo for a media whine. He chose the latter. He did not reject her in any way. God bless him and we should all pray for Ms. Johnson.
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Corki said:
A. This was **not **her single interaction with the Church. She once was a Catholic (still is by virtue of her Baptism) who has now embraced a different faith tradition. She taught in a Catholic school. Her mother was Catholic.

B. She DID receive compassion, empathy and acceptance from the Church. That does not equate to open Communion.

C. Of course she is a child of God. However, she put the priest in a no-win situation where he had to choose between profaning the Blessed Sacrament and giving her ammo for a media whine. He chose the latter. He did not reject her in any way. God bless him and we should all pray for Ms. Johnson.
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And…you will notice in a new thread I have just posted, Fr. Guarnizo’s faculties have just been removed by his Bishop.
 
I fully expect to see Ms. Johnson (Lesbian-Buddhist-Catholic School Teacher), and Ms. Fluke (Reproductive Freedom-Sexual Liberation Activist) to turn up on CNN, being interviewed by a solemn-looking Anderson Cooper, with Sinead O’Connor serving as the expert on the Roman Catholic Church via live-feed from Dublin.

That this scenario is actually plausible tells us that we live in an age of madness. I once heard Anderson Cooper ask Sinead O’Connor if the Pope should “resign”. He was serious.
 
hudson said:
When can we expect the Bishop to retract his statement and apologize to the Priest? Next time, let all the facts come out before making rash statements that throw one of your Priests under the bus. Oh and im glad to see this updated story is all over cnn, msnbc, foxnews, etc. :rolleyes: This addition to the story doesn’t fit in to well with their hatred of everything Catholic.
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I guess that apology isn’t on its way since they just suspended the Priests faculties. All I can do is laugh in sadness.
 
hudson said:
I guess that apology isn’t on its way since they just suspended the Priests faculties. All I can do is laugh in sadness.
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I posted a thread about the suspension, but seems to have disappeared completely.:confused: I don’t know Fr. Guarnizo, nor do I know how he interacted with his parish family, and the Bishop did state that there had been some problems with him in the past. (?)
However, it does seem like this young woman has gotten her way. If this was the case and all facts so far are correct, this is just SOOOO WRONG.
 
I see nothing wrong with this… why is the church apologizing for this? The church doesnt have to explain itself to anyone.
 
Paratroopa said:
I see nothing wrong with this… why is the church apologizing for this? The church doesnt have to explain itself to anyone.
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This is technically true.

But, if the Bishops view every public statement as a chance for evangalization, a chance for people to gain a better understanding of the Church, a chance to spread the truth of who we are, they should get much better at explanations.

As it is, most statementsd raise more questions than give answers and cause a negative view of the Church.
 
I really enjoyed the comments at the blog site. The uproar at a funeral is of this lady’s making. As one person commented, this Buddhist isn’t very Buddha-like. By the way, I think Buddha would have been a Catholic.
 
BListon said:
If she’s a buddhist… then why would she WANT to take communion? As for the lesbian thing… well that pretty much speaks for itself.
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I doubt that Buddahism has much to do with it. This is a spiritual battle we’re fighting against Satan’s evil. He will use anyone and anything in attempting to destroy the Church.
 
Tigg said:
I doubt that Buddahism has much to do with it. This is a spiritual battle we’re fighting against Satan’s evil. He will use anyone and anything in attempting to destroy the Church.
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:sad_yes: This seems to be Spiritual Warfare at its finest. All of the recent and relentless attacks on the Church are obviously good ol Spiritual Warfare.
 
Teelynn said:
I posted a thread about the suspension, but seems to have disappeared completely.:confused:
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It should have been removed. We are not allowed here to go around criticizing specific bishops for the performance of their duty. From the Post article:
that the removal was not related to the Communion standoff, but “pertains to actions over the past week or two.” He did not elaborate.
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washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/gaithersburg-catholic-priest-suspended-for-intimidating-behavior/2012/03/11/gIQAF4lk5R_blog.html
We have no information, no authority and no business having a judgment in the situation. Any opinion we have be necessity will be uninformed. I applaud the fortitude of this priest in handling this Buddhist lesbian. The suspension however is another matter and one in which we know nothing.
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
How do you presume to know the state of that woman’s soul? She may have gone to confession with another priest. Same with an adulterer. How does the priest know that a person hadn’t gone to confession? 😦
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I thought I read in the article that she did have a talk with the Priest in the Sacristy. The article indicated that she told him her situation and regardless demanded to receive communion. This should have all been talked over in the sacristy ahead of time. If she were repentent and had gone to confession, that information was not indicated. At least the articles I’ve read were saying the opposite.
 
pnewton said:
It should have been removed. We are not allowed here to go around criticizing specific bishops for the performance of their duty. From the Post article:

washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/gaithersburg-catholic-priest-suspended-for-intimidating-behavior/2012/03/11/gIQAF4lk5R_blog.html
We have no information, no authority and no business having a judgment in the situation. Any opinion we have be necessity will be uninformed. I applaud the fortitude of this priest in handling this Buddhist lesbian. The suspension however is another matter and one in which we know nothing.
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I did in fact state in my original article that there was no way of knowing how this Priest was relating to his parishioners. (the Bishop stated that he had been antagonistic and had been intimidating some of the parishioners) But regardless, it is quite strange that this has taken place immediately following the call by this woman to suspend him. One thing that is certain: This is Spiritual Warfare at it’s finest, as with all the recent and relentless attacks on the Church. Satan is behind it all, there is no doubt about that.

There was absolutely no criticism of this Bishop.:confused:
 
NewEnglandPriest said:
So the fact that both a canon lawyer and a bishop have said this should not have happened mean nothing? How can the canons of the Church and a member of the Magisterium be irrelevant? And in 1 Cor 11 St. Paul is telling people to refrain from the Eucharist, he’s not making a threat to withhold it from them…
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Excellent questions that need pondering. Problem is in this day and age those who immediately commented without all the facts have presumed the diocese correct. Is there a problem with that? How many canons have diametrically opposed opinions about this and other matters? Whereas the Magisterium stands on infallibility.

To exalt “human respect” while knowingly defiling the Blessed Sacrament AND jeopardize the soul of the unworthy communicant is a terrible act that is all too common in the Church.

Better to have the hand cut off than the whole body thrown into Gehenna.
 
Oh, and by the way, how many martyrs have died protecting the Blessed Sacrament? Physically? Spiritually?

Plain and simple, the good get persecuted and martyred (especially within the Church) while the bad are loved by the world and get on news programs to bash our Lord. I know of one Man who wasn’t loved by the world and martyred for “blasphemy” for having the audacity to claim “I AM the Bread of Life” and we could eat His Body and drink His Blood.

If you won’t protect the Most Blessed Sacrament from defilement, who or what will you protect with your very life?
 
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