tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post3725566295912802728..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Fourth Sunday after TrinityFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-57556134345797037102009-07-08T22:28:07.244-04:002009-07-08T22:28:07.244-04:00If we carefully examine the Parable of the Prodiga...If we carefully examine the Parable of the Prodigal Son, we see that what Christ is really teaching is that the true sin was the seperation of the son from the father, who in this parable (as in many of Christ's parables)represents God. The son made all sorts of mistakes with disasterous results, but in reality the real sin that was behind it all was the seperation from his father.<br /><br />Likewise, that truth still holds true. The true sin is still seperation from God. The sin of seperation from God may cause sexual imomorality, drunkeness, drug abuse, abuse and cruelty of one's spouse, theft, murder, etc., etc., etc. But in reality, the "root of the immorality, etc. is the sin of being seperated from God our Father.<br /><br />BCP CatholicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-17091050457706090422009-07-08T13:32:10.317-04:002009-07-08T13:32:10.317-04:00Well said, Charles
edWell said, Charles<br /><br />edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-88559794571511565062009-07-08T12:50:29.784-04:002009-07-08T12:50:29.784-04:00Excellent exhortation, Father. You hit the nail on...Excellent exhortation, Father. You hit the nail on the head, and Independence Day is better celebrated in mourning and repentance than festivity and parades. We are on a collision course with bondage and scattering unless we change our ways. You so right to say, "a gospel without repentance is no gospel at all". We do not love God if we do not understand our sin. Rather, we make Him a creature and idol of our own wickedness, so that we may be justified without a higher, divine judge.charleshttp://www.anglicanrose.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-60969476215481820182009-07-06T21:05:06.164-04:002009-07-06T21:05:06.164-04:00From a RC perspective:
Many of our clergy speak i...From a RC perspective:<br /><br />Many of our clergy speak in a cacophony of voices on social justice issues of various (sometimes dubious) importance, but what's sorely needed today is a strong and sustained voice in the defense of lifelong commitment between a husband and wife. I believe that marriage would be strengthened, and divorce reduced, if enough like minded clergy of all denominations somehow banded together and sustained such an effort.<br /><br />Our ecumenical discussions sometimes seem academic and esoteric to the uninitiated, but here is one ecumenical area that's flesh and blood, and vitally important to the health of our country. May God inspire us to come together to the defense of marriage as He defined it.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-6521660834555543932009-07-05T07:23:02.520-04:002009-07-05T07:23:02.520-04:00RC Cola,
I agree. Modern society has a world view...RC Cola,<br /><br />I agree. Modern society has a world view entirely man-centered. In America we focus on rights. We hear a lot about that this time of year. We, not only 'secular' people, but even the most conservative of religious people seem able to get along without as asking what God has to say about our purported rights.<br /><br />Seek ye FIRST the kingdom of Gos and his righteousness and all these things will be ADDED unto you."<br /><br />If we would do that, marriage would cease to be merely a vehicle for our own self-gratification.<br /><br />edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-58233807466912375422009-07-04T23:05:28.656-04:002009-07-04T23:05:28.656-04:00Ed,
I agree completely that gay marriage is a sym...Ed,<br /><br />I agree completely that gay marriage is a symptom of the destruction of marriage, not the cause.<br /><br />This is one of those things that cannot be solved by legislation. Instead individuals must take their marriage vows seriously--to recognize it as the sacrament that it is. That requires proper catechesis. Proper catechesis begins at home.<br /><br />For my part I have been (perhaps too) selective when choosing a spouse. Trying to find a spouse who believes that love is an act of the will rather than a sub-waistline tingle, or that children are humans not fashion accessories or tax write-offs has been challenging to say the least.<br /><br />The problems with marriage in the modern world are so deep and broad, that I wonder if marriage problems are just a symptom of an even deeper problem.<br /><br />RC ColaRC Colanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-15350755349530177242009-07-04T15:29:14.873-04:002009-07-04T15:29:14.873-04:00Another memorable piece, Father. Those who sit un...Another memorable piece, Father. Those who sit under your ministry are uncommonly blessed.<br /><br />However, I've come to see that this awful idea of gay "marriage" osn't actually destroying anything, but stands as a symptom of an already achieved destruction. <br /><br />In my 68 years I've watched as divorce has developed from an unusual and shameful thing to a painful but open option to a very ordinary event that most people expect to experience <br /><br />I've watched cohabitation develop from an uncommon arrangement placing its practitioners outside the bounds of respectability to just another option. I've watched single motherhood grow from a comparative rarity to a fairly common lifestyle choice.<br /><br />In all this time, marriage, in secular society, and even among Christians (including the most conservative ones) has become a mere temporary arrangement and people are actually shocked that anyone stays married for 50 years.<br /><br />In short, I'm convinced that civil narriage has been effectively de3ad for some years now and that the acceptance of the gay agenda is largely a result of that rather than the other way around. We've toerated ourselves out of business.<br /><br />The church needs to get tough in sticking to principles and restore marriage, among us to what Our God intends it to be. We probably annot, for the foreseeable future, do much about its death in secular society, but we can insist that Christians follow God's directions.<br /><br />edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.com