“I don’t want to be the one who was part of this human judgement.”
These are the comments of K. Leigh are on this article: Bishop O’Brien Admonishes Governor Over Same-Sex Marriage. Below are some highlights of the article and the K. Leigh’s full coment.
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Let’s Focus on Healing Rather Than Judgement In reference to a family and raising children…we are urging respect for life. Many mothers do choose life, but then may give a child up for adoption. We also know there are so many circumstances where children are in need of finding a family. We define single parent families as families, which are led by either a mother or father. We all have a responsibility to assist in raising a child as an extended family and faith community, which would include various role models of both genders. I feel this matter may just fall under “respect life” also. I have two kids and I have no idea what will happen as they grow. I do know I will never tell them they are not Catholics. Let’s focus on healing rather than judgement and compassion/understanding in our day to day lives, so each “spirit” we encounter draws us closer to God, rather than experiencing undue suffering. We see suicide as a mortal sin and we are not to blame others for our actions, but is there accountability when we lose children/adults due to scenarios like this. Only God knows. I don’t want to be the one who was part of this human judgement. K. Leigh |
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Here are some of the Bishop O’Brien’s highlights of the article.
- “I write to urge you to refrain from using the power of your office to promote the redefinition of marriage in Maryland,” Archbishop O’Brien wrote in a letter to the governor, calling it “a goal that so deeply conflicts with your faith, not to mention the best interests of our society.”
- “Our voices are not motivated by hate or ignorance, but by a faithful adherence to the nature of men and women and their unique capacities as mothers and fathers,” the archbishop noted. “Nor do we speak solely from religious principles.”
- “We urge you not to allow your role as leader of our state to be used in allowing the debate surrounding the definition of marriage to be determined by mere political expediency. The people of Maryland deserve no less.”
- The governor told Archbishop O’Brien that he had “a public obligation” to try to change what he called an “injustice.”
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Re: “Healing RATHER THAN JUDGEMENT’, k. lEIGH
Sorry madam! Your arguments are specious & without merit. How do you “Heal” what you refuse to identify?? Like every piece of liberal propaganda, “It’s not nice to say hurtful things to people”. Problem is. by hurtful you mean Truth! It’s not possible for this Bishop to preach any different! This is “what Jesus would do”! He would try to save the sinner. But, it’s not “Polite” to call sin what it is! If you think it’s hurtful now, what til you get to the other side!! And, because you refused to tell homosexuals what they are doing is Anathema to Christ, you will have to bear part of his/her sin! Just look at what Greed & homosexuality has done to our Church in the past 40 yrs!! The Bishops don’t dare to be silent anymore! Sorry if your feelings are hurt, better than loosing you’re soul. Wake up Laity!! Our Bishops & priests need our support & prayer now more than at any time in the past 100 yrs! It was the laity that demanded contraception! It was the laity that sent nasty letters to the bishops if their parish priest dared to tell them it was a mortal sin…Well, the laity is going to be living with the consequences…and they will be harsh!! Our God loves us so much, He will step in like any good parent, & stop us from our rebellious ways! The faithful will have to suffer with the rest, & we must do so gladly to help keep God’s people from an eternity in hell. And, saying “there is no hell”, is like insisting that we didn’t really get to the moon! What you “say or believe” will not change the facts. Time is getting short. Meanwhile, I dare any ‘Cafeteria’ Catholic or any un-believer to say this little sentence every day: “Jesus, please show me who You are.” No big deal or Theology, just a short request. You might be surprised!
So in other words are we never supposed to say that something is wrong?, what would Jesus say about this?, too much political correction as far as I’m concerned.
The bishop is correct in his comments. Why is it deemed judgmental? The reply about injustice does not make for an argument to change the definition of marriage as between one man and one women. If there is going to be injustice, then changing the definition would amount to injustice to society. It demeans the Sacrament and the institution of marriage itself. It is truly a sad day when society that has held the definition of marriage as it stands now from when history began, must bend to the political winds of those that hold these views. If one speaks out for “traditional marriage”, they are classified as violating someone’s constitutional rights, what nonsense. It appears that we as a society are on a course that only God will be able to correct.
Please Help.
Everyone who speaks of this aboinantion of the violation of Religious Liberty speak of, “Even the abortificiant morning after pill”.
Some has to get to thos who are fight for us. ALL chemical contraception and many iud’s has an abortificiant element. Chemicals interupt a woman’s cycle, etc, true but if that and the backup elements do not work it will prevent implantation. The medical community deliberately changed the definition of conception to implantation, to accomodate the pill. It is true that this horror of epic proportions must be addressed for all of what it is. The Obamacare already allows abortion to be paid for. The piece of paper signed by Barac Obama saying it would not. That piece of paper is not aorth the paper it is written on and Bart Stupac knew that when he asked for it.
The whole law should have been objected to as a whole, but at least addreess this horror now as His holiness John Paul II said, “Name things for what they are”. Name the cntraceptives as also having an abortificiant element. Oh and another argument for this horror was that it is about womens health and contrception actually prevents cervical cancer. this is patently untrue. Now the woman who said this may have been lied to, but lie it is. As a matter of fact it causes cancer. I also know people I love who have not lived their Faith as they should are stirle and when they wanted children they were unable to conceive.
Again Name Things for what they are.
Patricia
Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus
K Leigh is like too many Catholic (light) folks, and I have always expressed myself on anything that is evil (gay marriage-abortion) because if it is wrong, we are called to make it a right, and if we don’t
Speak up we are part of the problem. My friends if my Catholic teaching says it is a sin, it is a sin.
Matt from seattle
On the front lines with The Helper’s of God’s Precious Infants
If K.Leigh means judging whether a person is good or evil, I agree with him. However, we need to judge whether a person’s actions are good or evil. We should see and speak out against suicide as an evil, but not judge whether a person has committed a mortal sin. There will be accountability if we are silent in the face of evil. There will be no healing without the truth.
Thank you god for giving us bishop obrien in time of need.To lead us
But making a judgement IS part of healing.
I may make a judgement on your actions, words, etc.
All exterior signs that may be judged.
What I should not judge are your motives.
You might act/speak out of malice or from a misinformed conscience, that no matter how sincere still makes that action/speech a danger to others.
We make judgements CONSTANTLY.
I judge on what I eat: “Is this good for my health or not.”
I judge on my child’s request in order to decide whether to say “yes” or “no” .
To NOT speak out and condemn an action/speech means we accept that action/speech.
Charity is to follow the impulse to condemn an error, so that others may not fall into the same error.
It is lack of charity to remain silent.
The first step in healing,then, is to diagnose the ailment.
In other words, to judge. If we do not judge, the problem remains and without fail grow worse.
Same sex marriage and the sanctioning of it is a danger to society.
In approving it, we are saying that what is un-natural, is natural.
No law in the world will make it so.
For the protection of society (which is a great act of charity) the archbishop had a right and a duty to come to the protection of these souls and asking the governor to do the same.
When Jesus stood before Pilate and told the governor that He had come to be a witness to the truth, Pilate asked: “What is truth?” He asked the question because he really didn’t know what truth is. There are many Pilates in today’s world who do not even know that truth exists, and so our society is being sucked down into a downward spiral of lies. The truth is that God made us male and female for the loving and procreative unity of marriage. The truth is also that those with homosexual orientation need and deserve compassion, but it is not compassionate to “affirm” lies, like the lie that a man has the right to marry a man, or a woman a woman. It is the truth, Jesus tells us, that sets us free. Thanks be to God for the bishops, priests, and others who are boldly and courageously proclaiming the truth without compromise. That is true compassion, for it is the only way that their flock can receive the saving grace of Christ, who is the truth.
Very sad that it even has to be an issue of debate! What God has created and intended for man & woman as our role in His society should never be a topic of debate. God told us himself ” be fruitful and multiply” not just “be fruitful”! If God wanted same sex marriages He would have made it an option but He did not! Gods law and love should have been followed from the beginning of time, and if it had been followed, the world would not be in the mess we are in with same sex marriages and every other bad things we have created for ourselves!
God Be With Us,
Jeremy Garton