England and Wales bishops voice radical hopes for family synod
13 March 2014 12:30 by Christopher Lamb and James Macintyre Two bishops of England and Wales have broken ranks with their confreres with one calling for developments in church teaching on human sexuality …More
13 March 2014 12:30 by Christopher Lamb and James Macintyre
Two bishops of England and Wales have broken ranks with their confreres with one calling for developments in church teaching on human sexuality and the other criticising the collective decision not to publish the findings of a Vatican survey.
The Bishop of Middlesbrough, Terence Drainey, called for a “radical re-examination of human sexuality” that could lead to a development in church teaching in areas such as contraception, homosexuality, divorce and remarriage and cohabitation and the role of women in the Church.
Bishop Tom Burns of Menevia says that in the interests of transparency the bishops should publish the findings of a Vatican survey which asked questions on cohabitation, contraception and same-sex marriage. In an article for The Tablet, Bishop Burns notes “the height and depth and width of the intense pleas made by God’s people for urgent attention to their pastoral needs”.
“Publish and be delighted!” writes Bishop …More
Two bishops of England and Wales have broken ranks with their confreres with one calling for developments in church teaching on human sexuality and the other criticising the collective decision not to publish the findings of a Vatican survey.
The Bishop of Middlesbrough, Terence Drainey, called for a “radical re-examination of human sexuality” that could lead to a development in church teaching in areas such as contraception, homosexuality, divorce and remarriage and cohabitation and the role of women in the Church.
Bishop Tom Burns of Menevia says that in the interests of transparency the bishops should publish the findings of a Vatican survey which asked questions on cohabitation, contraception and same-sex marriage. In an article for The Tablet, Bishop Burns notes “the height and depth and width of the intense pleas made by God’s people for urgent attention to their pastoral needs”.
“Publish and be delighted!” writes Bishop …More
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This is from the USCCB website.
www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2 Read the footnotes on the bottom of that link. Can it be any clearer?
Malachi Chapter: 2
1And now, priests, this commandment is for you:
If you do not listen,
2a And if you do not take to heart
giving honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
I will send a curse upon you
and your blessing I will curse.
In fact, I have already cursed it, …More
This is from the USCCB website.
www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2 Read the footnotes on the bottom of that link. Can it be any clearer?
Malachi Chapter: 2
1And now, priests, this commandment is for you:
If you do not listen,
2a And if you do not take to heart
giving honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
I will send a curse upon you
and your blessing I will curse.
In fact, I have already cursed it,
because you do not take it to heart.
3I will rebuke your offspring;
I will spread dung on your faces,
Dung from your feasts,
and will carry you to it.
4You should know that I sent you this commandment
so that my covenant with Levi might endure,
says the LORD of hosts.
5b My covenant with him was the life and peace which I gave him,
and the fear he had for me,
standing in awe of my name.
6c Reliable instruction was in his mouth,
no perversity was found upon his lips;
He walked with me in integrity and uprightness,
and turned many away from evil.
7d For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge,
and instruction is to be sought from his mouth,
because he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8But you have turned aside from the way,
and have caused many to stumble by your instruction;
You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2
says the LORD of hosts.
9I, therefore, have made you contemptible
and base before all the people,
For you do not keep my ways,
but show partiality in your instruction.
Marriage and Divorce
10www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2 e Have we not all one father?
Has not one God created us?
Why, then, do we break faith with each other,
profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
11f Judah has broken faith; an abominable thing
has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem.
Judah has profaned the LORD’s holy place, which he loves,
and has married a daughter of a foreign god.www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2
12May the LORD cut off from the man who does this
both witness and advocate from the tents of Jacob,
and anyone to bring an offering to the LORD of hosts!
13This also you do: the altar of the LORD you cover
with tears, weeping, and groaning,
Because the Lord no longer takes note of your offering
or accepts it favorably from your hand.
14g And you say, “Why?”—
Because the LORD is witness
between you and the wife of your youth
With whom you have broken faith,
though she is your companion, your covenanted wife.www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2
15h Did he not make them one, with flesh and spirit?
And what does the One require? Godly offspring!
You should be on guard, then, for your life,
and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
16For I hate divorce,
says the LORD, the God of Israel,
And the one who covers his garment with violence,
says the LORD of hosts.
You should be on guard, then, for your life,
and you must not break faith.
www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2 Read the footnotes on the bottom of that link. Can it be any clearer?
Malachi Chapter: 2
1And now, priests, this commandment is for you:
If you do not listen,
2a And if you do not take to heart
giving honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts,
I will send a curse upon you
and your blessing I will curse.
In fact, I have already cursed it,
because you do not take it to heart.
3I will rebuke your offspring;
I will spread dung on your faces,
Dung from your feasts,
and will carry you to it.
4You should know that I sent you this commandment
so that my covenant with Levi might endure,
says the LORD of hosts.
5b My covenant with him was the life and peace which I gave him,
and the fear he had for me,
standing in awe of my name.
6c Reliable instruction was in his mouth,
no perversity was found upon his lips;
He walked with me in integrity and uprightness,
and turned many away from evil.
7d For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge,
and instruction is to be sought from his mouth,
because he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8But you have turned aside from the way,
and have caused many to stumble by your instruction;
You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2
says the LORD of hosts.
9I, therefore, have made you contemptible
and base before all the people,
For you do not keep my ways,
but show partiality in your instruction.
Marriage and Divorce
10www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2 e Have we not all one father?
Has not one God created us?
Why, then, do we break faith with each other,
profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
11f Judah has broken faith; an abominable thing
has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem.
Judah has profaned the LORD’s holy place, which he loves,
and has married a daughter of a foreign god.www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2
12May the LORD cut off from the man who does this
both witness and advocate from the tents of Jacob,
and anyone to bring an offering to the LORD of hosts!
13This also you do: the altar of the LORD you cover
with tears, weeping, and groaning,
Because the Lord no longer takes note of your offering
or accepts it favorably from your hand.
14g And you say, “Why?”—
Because the LORD is witness
between you and the wife of your youth
With whom you have broken faith,
though she is your companion, your covenanted wife.www.usccb.org/bible/malachi/2
15h Did he not make them one, with flesh and spirit?
And what does the One require? Godly offspring!
You should be on guard, then, for your life,
and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
16For I hate divorce,
says the LORD, the God of Israel,
And the one who covers his garment with violence,
says the LORD of hosts.
You should be on guard, then, for your life,
and you must not break faith.
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I am tired of: psychological profiling, and questionnaires, and councils, and synods, and committees on the family. Read the Word of the Lord! Pray for Wisdom, read the sermons of the saints, and Doctors of the Church. These churchmen have become a bunch of busybodies who think they are masters of every neurotransmitter in the human body. They've become a bunch of psycho-babbling, God disregarding …More
I am tired of: psychological profiling, and questionnaires, and councils, and synods, and committees on the family. Read the Word of the Lord! Pray for Wisdom, read the sermons of the saints, and Doctors of the Church. These churchmen have become a bunch of busybodies who think they are masters of every neurotransmitter in the human body. They've become a bunch of psycho-babbling, God disregarding, puffed up, world pleasing, pocket lining, porn watching, porn peddling, spineless mounds of treason. Read the Word of the Lord! Malachi Ch. 2 vs 1-16. Lord Have Mercy on us, and Defend your Church. Amen! St. Alphonsus Liguori, pray for us!