Slovak Bishops Reject "Sodomia Supplicans"
When homosexuals or adulterers ask for a blessing, "the priest may grant it only after having truthfully informed the applicants of the true meaning and purpose of this blessing, which is to ask for peace, health and other good things, and at the same time for freedom from everything in the person's life that is contrary to the Gospel, as well as for strengthening to live according to God's will".
These are the pastoral guidelines of the Bishops of Slovakia, published on Kbs.sk. The priest gives such a blessing to "individuals". He avoids even the slightest impression that it is a matter of approving, legalising or raising an irreligious union to the level of a sacramental marriage.
Such blessings cannot be associated with the liturgy, liturgical vestments, a sacred building [= not in a church] or an altar.
Key phrase: "If the priest does not meet with the understanding and acceptance of the above meaning of the blessing on the part of the petitioners, he should not grant them the blessing, but should patiently and paternally include them in his prayers".
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These are the pastoral guidelines of the Bishops of Slovakia, published on Kbs.sk. The priest gives such a blessing to "individuals". He avoids even the slightest impression that it is a matter of approving, legalising or raising an irreligious union to the level of a sacramental marriage.
Such blessings cannot be associated with the liturgy, liturgical vestments, a sacred building [= not in a church] or an altar.
Key phrase: "If the priest does not meet with the understanding and acceptance of the above meaning of the blessing on the part of the petitioners, he should not grant them the blessing, but should patiently and paternally include them in his prayers".
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