Hli Priest Speaks Out On Denying Holy Communion

[Anna]

[url="http://www.hli.org/pres_statement_bishops.html"]http://www.hli.org/pres_statement_bishops.html[/url]

[Anna]

In case you're wondering why this priest is using such strong language, you may not have heard of the letter which 48 Democrat "Catholic" Congressmen sent to the American bishops, telling the bishops (and hence, the Catholic Church) to back off...
Here's a link to one such news story: [url="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5017313/"]http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5017313/[/url]

[Anna]

Excerpt: "In their letter, the Democratic House members said they [b]'firmly believe that it would be wrong for a bishop to deny the sacrament of Holy Communion to an individual on the basis of a voting record.[/b]'"

Anna's reflection: Too bad they don't "firmly believe" in Church Teaching!!!

[Livin_the_MASS]

[quote name='Anna' date='May 27 2004, 07:59 AM'] Excerpt: "In their letter, the Democratic House members said they [b]'firmly believe that it would be wrong for a bishop to deny the sacrament of Holy Communion to an individual on the basis of a voting record.[/b]'"

Anna's reflection: Too bad they don't "firmly believe" in Church Teaching!!! [/quote]
Word!

[DojoGrant]

What?!?! The Catholic Church is not a democracy?!? Why didn't they tell me this!?! I'm outta here!!!

...not.

[Dave]

High five for Fr. Euteneuer!

[the lumberjack]

good to see that like that Bishop laying down the law in Phoenix, right? that there are also others that have the ba....gumption to stand up and do what is right instead of hugging the devil and coddling (sp?) his oh so fragile ego.

bleh.

praise God.

[Sojourner]

That was really refreshing ... someone actually willing to call a spade a spade. I love it!!!

[Paladin D]

That... is... awesome...

[Katholikos]

Does anybody have a list of the 48 Congressmen who signed that infamous letter? Or know where I can get the list?

JMJ Likos

[littleflower+JMJ]

round of applause!!


and good question likos...i would like to know those names as well.......

[the lumberjack]

can anyone say....lynching?

[img]http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/images/dr_evil.jpg[/img]

oh...I feel evil...MUAHAHA!!! MUAHAHAHA...

[littleflower+JMJ]

no LJ there's no lynching

[Oik]

Bishops are following the Popes challenge to live the life of saints, thank Jesus for those who are.

[Sinner]

May these brave Bishops be blessed.

[Anna]

[quote name='Katholikos' date='May 27 2004, 05:47 PM'] Does anybody have a list of the 48 Congressmen who signed that infamous letter? Or know where I can get the list?

JMJ Likos [/quote]
That's the burning question!!!

Who are these cowards? I want names. Only two are named in the report, as follows:

"[b]Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn.) and Rep. Nick Lampson (Tex.) [/b]circulated the letter among the 73 Catholic Democrats in the House. It was not circulated among Republicans or in the Senate, because it arose from meetings that began last year among a small number of Catholic Democrats in the House who wanted to talk privately about faith and public service, DeLauro said. 'This was not about politics. It was about us and our church and our own faith," she said.'"

Oh please. These peeps make me ill. It was about us and our church and our own faith...your own faith? Sure doesn't resemble Catholicism! Maybe you should rename it? Church of the Blood of the Innocents!!!!

[Anna]

Got it!

Rosa L. DeLauro
Ed Pastor
James P. McGovern
Ciro D. Rodriguez
Nick Lampson
Raul M. Grijalva
James P. Moran
Silvestre Reyes
Linda T. Sanchez
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Bart Stupak
Michael E. Capuano
Betty McCollum
Anna G. Eshoo
Carolyn McCarthy
John D. Dingell
Peter A DeFazio
Stephen F. Lynch
Edward J. Markey
Jose E. Serrano
Madeleine Z. Bordallo
Tim Ryan
Lane Evans
Hilda L. Solis
Michael F. Doyle
John B. Larson
Maurice D. Hinchey
Loretta Sanchez
Mike Thompson
Robert A. Brady
Diane E. Watson
Jim Langevin
Joe Baca
Charles A. Gonzalez
Nydia M. Velazquez
Martin T. Meehan
William Lacy Clay
Frank Pallone, Jr.
George Miller
Karen McCarthy
Dennis A. Cardoza
Xavier Becerra
Grace F. Napolitano
William D. Delahunt
James L. Oberstar
Luis V. Gutierrez
Dennis J. Kucinich
Nancy Pelosi

To view the letter, click [url="http://britius.stblogs.org/archives/015378.html"]HERE[/url] :angry:

There is also the opportunity to leave your personal comments at the end.

[jasJis]

The link to the Letter with signatures has links to each of the Representative's websites.

Forget the lynching. We need to write letters to OUR representatives.

Let's not just turn this into a Catholic thing because they've already shown that doens't mean anything. To reach these people so they may begin to understand, we have to take the Political approach because that is what they are looking at. We should see if any of these Representatives are from our State and write to them as a Citizen and Voter and explain to them what it means to be a Catholic Constituent. Catholics from other States they will ignore, Catholic voters from their District will make and impact.

[Anna]

Great idea, jasJis.
They need to hear from John Q. Public that we think they're phoneys when they support things that are against their religion, then expect their church leaders to look the other way!
They cannot politicize the Holy Eucharist.
And they cannot have [i]abortion[/i] and the [u][b]Eucharist[/b][/u], too.
Believe in one thing or the other, but you can't honestly expect us to accept that you believe in [i]both[/i]!!!!

Pax Christi. <><

[Dave]

I just responded. As I said in my comment, pro-abortion "Catholic" politicians love to cop out!