These young people on this website give me hope for the future of the Church.
and...
another interesting article...http://ethikapolitika.org/2014/09/09/voris-scalia-dolan-stakes-damn-high/
And Elizabeth Scalia's article reveals a complete misunderstanding of repentance, conversion, change of lifestyle and the Gospel message. Sadly, she simply does not understand "Repent and believe the Good News." To accept gay groups is to accept their lifestyle and false identity with one of the four sins which cries out to God for vengeance. Not my words, but Scripture's and the CCC.
Voris got it right. Scalia got it wrong. Christ went out to sinners, because as God, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, He could give the grace and conviction to sinners to repent. They repented because of Christ. Gays in the parade will not change for Cardinal Dolan.
The dynamic Scalia is missing is the life of grace. Yes, Christ went out to sinners, but with words of repentance. And, He did not agree with their lifestyles. She has a liberal, new age understanding of rhe Prodigal Son as well. He did turn back to the Father--that is the point. He TURNED, another word for metanoia, conversion, albeit, imperfect, but a "transformation of the heart."
There is no turning among the militant gays who march in a parade, mocking the very tenants of Catholic morality and doctrine.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/theanchoress/2014/09/09/dolan-is-charged-to-model-christ-not-the-pharisees/
Romans 6:
[1] What shall we say, then? shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? [2] God forbid. For we that are dead to sin, how shall we live any longer therein? [3] Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death? [4] For we are buried together with him by baptism into death; that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. [5] For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection.
[6] Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer. [7] For he that is dead is justified from sin. [8] Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall live also together with Christ: [9] Knowing that Christ rising again from the dead, dieth now no more, death shall no more have dominion over him. [10] For in that he died to sin, he died once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God:
[6] Our old man: Our corrupt state, subject to sin
and concupiscence, coming to us from Adam, is called our old man, as our
state, reformed in and by Christ, is called the new man.
[6] Body of sin: The vices and sins, which then ruled in us, are named the body of sin.
[11] So do you also reckon, that you are dead to sin, but alive unto God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[12] Let no sin therefore reign in your mortal body, so as to obey the lusts thereof.
[13]
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of iniquity unto sin; but
present yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and
your members as instruments of justice unto God.
[14] For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law, but under grace.
[15] What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
[16] Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether it be of sin unto death, or of obedience unto justice. [17] But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart, unto that form of doctrine, into which you have been delivered. [18] Being then freed from sin, we have been made servants of justice. [19] I speak an human thing, because of the infirmity of your flesh. For as you have yielded your members to serve uncleanness and iniquity, unto iniquity; so now yield your members to serve justice, unto sanctification. [20] For when you were the servants of sin, you were free men to justice.
[21] What fruit therefore had you then in those things, of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death. [22] But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end life everlasting. [23] For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord
