tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post1688899787176027012..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: Who took the sin out of the Synod?Ben Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-15957067273212514492014-10-12T15:35:34.559+01:002014-10-12T15:35:34.559+01:00Thanks, PTP: I agree on all counts.
One of the o...Thanks, PTP: I agree on all counts. <br /><br />One of the odder things is that some interventions are being published, and others are not. <br /><br />I understand that Cardinal Pell made an excellent intervention, but I have yet to find the text anywhere, still less to see it reported.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-24729090655258630122014-10-12T15:07:07.599+01:002014-10-12T15:07:07.599+01:00It is worth remembering a couple of things. Firstl...It is worth remembering a couple of things. Firstly some of the other voices coming out of Synod argue along your lines. I trust and pray that these voices will prevail.<br /><br />It's also worth remembering that the teaching on marriage and the Eucharist are not only about obedience to God's will (vitally and eternally important as that is). They are also about promoting a society where all people can flourish. Anyone who doubts this only has to look at the trouble that society's current understanding and practice around marriage has landed us in. Our children suffer especially in this regard.<br /><br />Thirdly the discipline around refusing the Eucharist is about public behaviour. If a priest knows that a parishioner is secretly having an affair (or some other serious sin) he might, indeed he should, tell that person not to approach for Communion but he can't refuse Communion if the parishioner ignores his instruction. Each individual takes responsibility for what is a serious matter. However if the sin is public the priest will refuse communion not so much to protect the communicant from sacrilege or even Our Lord from offence but to protect the rest of the congregation from thinking that the public behaviour is acceptable.<br /><br />It seems to me those who argue along Kasper’s lines and make comparisons between adultery and other serious sins ignore my third point and both sides of the argument ignore or underplay my second point.<br />Part-time Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183889477468203531noreply@blogger.com