Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion
Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s …More
Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion
GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s decision to deny a lesbian communion, and the woman’s subsequent demands that he be removed from the parish, a source close to the incident contacted LifeSiteNews with new information that he says will set the record straight.
Among other things, the new information indicates that the woman did actually receive Communion at the Mass – but from an Extraordinary minister rather than the priest.
Fr. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was reprimanded by the Archdiocese of Washington this week after denying communion to Johnson at her mother’s funeral. Johnson had informed the priest before the Mass that she was a lesbian, and was denied communion when she presented herself in line.
LifeSiteNews spoke today with Diego von Stauffenberg, a source who is …More
GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 1, 2012 (LifeSiteNews) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s decision to deny a lesbian communion, and the woman’s subsequent demands that he be removed from the parish, a source close to the incident contacted LifeSiteNews with new information that he says will set the record straight.
Among other things, the new information indicates that the woman did actually receive Communion at the Mass – but from an Extraordinary minister rather than the priest.
Fr. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was reprimanded by the Archdiocese of Washington this week after denying communion to Johnson at her mother’s funeral. Johnson had informed the priest before the Mass that she was a lesbian, and was denied communion when she presented herself in line.
LifeSiteNews spoke today with Diego von Stauffenberg, a source who is …More
Our Lady wasn't a modernist, and she armed us with the Rosary. It has proven to be a most effective weapon any time it is employed by men of faith. Our Lady has promised that one day God will, by it and the scapular, save the world. Of course, some men wouldn't believe the mother of God, unless she appeared to them personally. (And most likely not even then.)
Here are some other very traditional,…More
Our Lady wasn't a modernist, and she armed us with the Rosary. It has proven to be a most effective weapon any time it is employed by men of faith. Our Lady has promised that one day God will, by it and the scapular, save the world. Of course, some men wouldn't believe the mother of God, unless she appeared to them personally. (And most likely not even then.)
Here are some other very traditional, non-modernist things:
"Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world." Pope Pius IX
"Divine Heart of Jesus, convert sinners, save the dying, deliver the holy souls in purgatory!" - 300 days, each time - Pope Pius X, 1906
"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal the wounds of our souls. - 300 days, every time - Sacred Penitentiary, 1924
"O most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy Immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thine own blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and about to die this day. Amen. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, pity the dying. - 100 days, each time - Pope Pius IX, 1850
"O most Sacred Heart of Jesus! Pour down Thy blessings abundantly upon Thy Church; upon the Supreme Pontiff and upon all the clergy; give perseverance to the just, convert sinners, enlighten unbelievers, bless our parents, friends and benefactors, help the dying, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of Thy love. Amen" - 300 days, once a day, plenary indulgence once a month if recited daily - Pope Pius X
The Church gives us abundant prayers to say for sinners, and attached real grace to those prayers. None of them are useless or vain, and even our beloved and saintly traditional popes approved them. There is nothing soft, silly or sentimental about prayer or penance. There IS something wrong when Catholics cease to believe in them.
Here are some other very traditional, non-modernist things:
"Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world." Pope Pius IX
"Divine Heart of Jesus, convert sinners, save the dying, deliver the holy souls in purgatory!" - 300 days, each time - Pope Pius X, 1906
"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal the wounds of our souls. - 300 days, every time - Sacred Penitentiary, 1924
"O most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy Immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thine own blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and about to die this day. Amen. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, pity the dying. - 100 days, each time - Pope Pius IX, 1850
"O most Sacred Heart of Jesus! Pour down Thy blessings abundantly upon Thy Church; upon the Supreme Pontiff and upon all the clergy; give perseverance to the just, convert sinners, enlighten unbelievers, bless our parents, friends and benefactors, help the dying, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and extend over all hearts the sweet empire of Thy love. Amen" - 300 days, once a day, plenary indulgence once a month if recited daily - Pope Pius X
The Church gives us abundant prayers to say for sinners, and attached real grace to those prayers. None of them are useless or vain, and even our beloved and saintly traditional popes approved them. There is nothing soft, silly or sentimental about prayer or penance. There IS something wrong when Catholics cease to believe in them.