tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post8015816567965878131..comments2024-03-28T19:16:02.689-04:00Comments on Catholic in Brooklyn: Why I Continue To Support Father James MartinCatholic in Brooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-28368397289247587972017-11-09T13:15:46.085-05:002017-11-09T13:15:46.085-05:00Check out the following URL/link:
https://www.com...Check out the following URL/link:<br /><br />https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/welcoming-debate-%E2%80%98militant%E2%80%99-mediaChristopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-91589114358704602992017-11-01T15:45:08.433-04:002017-11-01T15:45:08.433-04:00Here, you dropped this on your way here: “And thin...Here, you dropped this on your way here: “And think of all the people in church who have all sorts of other things on their conscience. They feel perfectly at home. So why shouldn't a gay man feel perfectly at home in Church. It's up to the institutional church to make you feel welcome, because on one else, few people I think, would feel the same way you do in church, sort of rejected already. So that's why it's up to the Church to reach out to you“<br /><br />There are lots of things people don’t feel they need to confess like hating Muslims (not just the religion, but the people trapped in it too), rashly judging the Holy Father, greed, gluttony, neglect of the poor, political idolatry. Yet they do condemn so vigorously sexual sinners as if those sins alone are evil and the rest are acceptable. Or is the rest of what he is saying unimportant because he is suddenly not as easy a target to stone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-41957062251570265242017-11-01T12:28:35.803-04:002017-11-01T12:28:35.803-04:00CiB quoting Martin's own words:
"So I do ...CiB quoting Martin's own words:<br />"So I do hope in 10 years you'll be able to kiss your partner, or soon to be your husband. Why not? What's the terrible thing? "<br /><br />CiB then telling us what Martin supposedly really means.<br /><br />"Father Martin is not condoning the homosexual lifestyle. He is not saying that it is a good thing for Brandon to be sexually involved with another man."<br /><br />"Condone" definition: "to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless.<br /><br />Does CiB even read the stuff she writes?<br /><br />On second thought, maybe Martin does not "condone" in the sense of to merely condone. It seems he sees there is no harm in it at all.<br /><br />NorthCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119986105908182813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-58229515581037255482017-10-23T11:18:40.514-04:002017-10-23T11:18:40.514-04:00And I'm not saying Father Martin has an evil i...And I'm not saying Father Martin has an evil intentions. That is what people are ascribing to him based on their interpretation of his words; just like the think that Pope Francis is to destroy the Church. We don't know his interior. God does. If he is a heretic, God will punish. But if we are wrong it us who will be punished. We don't get brownie points for stoning a bad man, but we get lashes for stoning a good man who we misinterpret as bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-18032130985686843842017-10-23T11:04:55.723-04:002017-10-23T11:04:55.723-04:00Recently, a thought disturbed me. Although somethi...Recently, a thought disturbed me. Although something is a sin, we cannot judge the interior of a person. Even if Father Martin IS a heretic, we cannot judge him as out of a state of grace; there might be other factors that God sees and judges mercifully. There are many who despise Mother Theresa because some of her words and actions can be interpreted one way or another, but only God knows the complete picture--just like people are accusing the pope of heresy because they think he has a bad intention. Only God can see the true picture of those we think of as irrevocably evil. Do not unbelievers picture us of having evil intentions because we warn them about hell? When we just want to warn them to get out of the way of danger!<br /><br />I believe in many spiritual works the writers tell us to distrust ourselves and interpret others in the best possible light, always trying to justify them. I myself am guilty of teaching this to others, when I myself don't practice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-82536442637709215752017-10-22T22:32:07.467-04:002017-10-22T22:32:07.467-04:00No offense, Catholic in Brooklyn, but Catholic apo...No offense, Catholic in Brooklyn, but Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin effectively criticized Father James Martin in a recent piece Akin wrote for Catholic Answers. To read the piece, check out the following URL/link:<br /><br />https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/fuzzy-receptionChristopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.com