The following comes from a Catholic World News story published on March 10.
Cardinal Raymond Burke delivered a talk in England on March 6 devoted to “remaining in the truth of Christ on holy matrimony.”
“At the present moment in the Church, there is perhaps no more critical issue for us to address than the truth about marriage,” he said. “In a world in which the integrity of marriage has been under attack for decades, the Church has remained a faithful herald of the truth about God’s plan for man and woman in the faithful, indissoluble and procreative union of marriage.”
Criticizing positions articulated by Cardinal Walter Kasper and the midterm report of the October 2014 synod of bishops on the family, Cardinal Burke added:
Even within the Church, there are those who would obscure the truth of the indissolubility of marriage in the name of mercy, who condone the violation of the conjugal union by means of contraception in the name of pastoral understanding, and who, in the name of tolerance, remain silent about the attack on the very integrity of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. There are even those, too, who deny that the married receive a particular grace to live heroically in faithful, enduring and life-giving love, while Our Lord Himself has assured us that God gives to the married the grace to live daily in accord with the truth of their state in life.
In our day, our witness to the splendor of the truth about marriage must be limpid and heroic. We must be ready to suffer, as Christians have suffered down the ages, to honor and foster Holy Matrimony.
To read the whole address, click here.
Jesus thought marriage was so important that He chose a wedding celebration for the occasion of His first public miracle. He certainly would not have done so if the “marriage” included two people of the same sex.
While I question your ability to speak on behalf of what Jesus would or would not do, without a doubt a same-sex marriage would have had a better caterer. Ran out of wine? Really.
Sorry, peter, but Jesus provides the best of everything which is why the notion of having a ‘better’ caterer is absurd. But if you choose to limit yourself to that which is human, go for it. You’ll only deny yourself.
So full of hate, Ann. Jesus was a guest, right? At weddings, guests don’t have to provide their own food and beverages, right? So a better caterer would have ensured that all of the guests had plenty of wine, including Jesus, right? Jesus provides the best of everything, but as a guest in this case Jesus deserved the best of everything too, no? Get the joke now?
Jesus is the guest of our souls, too, peter. And yet He provides everything, everything worth having because the sad catering we provide is precisely that. Somewhat like water compared to wine. But if we give it to Him(Our Guest), He will transform our sad offering into something worthy.
So while you may like joking or ‘hating’,whichever you call it, you still seem intent on human constructs. And that’s no joke.
He was not talking about Jesus as the caterer.
peter, read any Christian Bible (New Testament) and you will find the words of Jesus.
You are quite ignorant, and should not be posting.
“You are quite ignorant, and should not be posting.” Paul, that comment is disturbingly elitist and intolerant. Let the man have his say.
Barbara, I suggest you read the CCC about use of the Media.
It requires truthfulness.
It was a joke and it was not a joke about Jesus, but about whoever planned the wine for the wedding.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh!
With the errors you post many times Anonymous, you can’t joke in your posts. Do not spread errors of any kind.
It’s true. I think I recall that the Mondavi’s were a good Catholic family, and I seem to recall that the first vineyards California in Lodi and elsewhere were planted by the friars. So surely, between Mondavi and the friars, had they known that there was a wedding in need of wine, they would have gladly provided it! No need for Jesus to call attention to himself by performing a rather amazing miracle! Unless, of course, it was a same sex wedding, in which case the Catholics would have used their deeply held religious beliefs to refuse wine to the wedding feast. So there you have it, proof that Cana was indeed a same sex wedding!
It was not my post. It was peters.
Paul i agree. Joyce is correct. Plus peter has been posting comments here for years, comments that usually undermine the faith. So i can see why faithful Catholics feel the way they do.
Not speaking on His behalf Peter, just pointing out what He did, and what He would not do.
Hey CA Catholic Daily, why are you allowing so many obvious anti-Catholic trolls to post on your site?
You get an eye roll for that one, Kristin. Pointing out what he would not do is speaking for him. Same thing. I’d be willing to bet, however, that Jesus would attend a same-sex wedding if for no other reason than to preach the gospel to those attending. Rumor has it that he liked to do that.
Prove it, peter. Give us the exact Bible verse.
Jesus never attended a party that celebrated mortal sin.
peter, I thought you did not believe in Jesus.
“peter”: Always trying, eh? No, it is not believable that Jesus would have attended a homosexual mass, which would have been an utter perversion in His time.
Christ was a practicing Jew, observant of its laws and traditions. Jesus, ultimately, said that He came to fulfill the Law and Prophets, not to violate them. Christ would probably have met with a homosexual, although notice that the Bible does not address an example of Him doing so. Adulterers, liars, thieves, and the like, yes, but not adulterers.
It is likely such existed during His time, but the Gospel contains no examples of this (although please correct if needed). Most probably, the sin of homosexual sex was so heinous, and its Biblical punishment so severe that Christ’s internvetion would have seemed inconsistent with scripture. Certainly a penitent homosexual is forgiven, but the sin is very serious.
In any event, Christ would have avoided anything to do with homosexual “celebrations” and the like.
See you keep making statements you can’t prove, and certainly go against the grain of the Gospels: “In any event, Christ would have avoided anything to do with homosexual “celebrations” and the like.”
Where do you find any support for the idea that Christ avoided anything at all? Any group? Any person? Where, even a single example? Please share with us.
Unfortunately all this discussion about marriage and divorce is merely a smokescreen devised to accept Gay weddings. The “Who am I to judge” phrase is the most remembered part of the Bergoglio Pontificate. Homosexual pederasts have left their devastating mark in the Vatican II reformed Church and are unrepentant.
“Thou shall not commit Adultery” – GOD’s Commandment
Ex 20:14 ; Deut 5:18.
“Thou shall not covet thy Neighbor’s wife” – GOD’s Commandment
Ex 20:17 ; Deut 5.20.
JESUS about divorce and remarriage – Mk 10:6-12; Mt 5:32.
JESUS about adultery, mercy, and required repentance – “Go and Sin NO more” Jn 8:11.
CCC: 1649 – 1651.
And let us not forget about SACRILEGE – Holy Communion for who those who choose to continue living in mortal sin.
1 Cor 11:27-30 about condemnation for receiving Holy Communion unworthily.
JESUS about Profaning the Holy – Mt 7:6.
CCC: 1451, 1415, 1355.
It is not Pastoral, Charitable, or Merciful to help send Souls to Hell.
If some people are permitted to receive Holy Communion while choosing to continue to commit Mortal Sin, then all people should be able to receive Holy Communion while committing Mortal Sin.
Anything else would be discriminatory and exclusionary (not to mention illogical).
The Pride of some high ranking Clergy is so bad – that they think they know more than GOD – using the lie of being “pastoral”.
Actually it is the heresy of gradualism, supported by relativism.
Yep.
I’m sure the good old Ray is a real EXPERT on what it means to live the married life. You can tell by the nice red cap…
Hey Anonymous, you can be sure that with all the confessions he has heard that he knows the hearts of married people. Their honesty stands in stark contrast to your sarcasm, shame on you.
Your name is NOT anonymous. Your name is legion and you are many.
The Power of Christ Compels You!
https://youtu.be/vX3wNfw3iYY
Thank you Catherine. Your response speaks for me too. Get behind us Satan!
Thank you SandraD!
No one’s name is anonymous.
If you leave the three fields blank, the website publishes your post as anonymous.
But, of course, you know that.
What does this mean, “Anonymous”? Your supercilious commentary is disrespectful and suggest a rejection of the Catholic Faith.
You cannot be a sexually active homosexual, a fornicator, an adulterer, a user of birth control, a user of pornography, a divorced/remarried Catholic without benefit of annulment, or an enabler of any of these things, and receive communion.
If a homosexual, you cannot marry someone of your sex.
And the world, and many in the Catholic Church (perhaps even the Pope) hates anyone believing this. As the old statement says, “There will be hell to pay” for holding to the Truth.
“Anonymous”: you will die. Knowing this, you might want to be as certain as you can that you seek to confess your sins. Do you really want to face Christ with these kind of words coming out of your mouth?
….being an unbiased third party is often the best attribute to get to the root of a problem, Anonymous. For those with the knowledge you intimate is necessary to understand marriage too often bring their own baggage to the table. Kind of like you seem to be doing here.
I’m with Anon-amiss on this one. You surely don’t want an oncologist to treat your cancer unless he himself has had cancer.
Good joke – no one should treat cancer unless they have had Cancer.
And only those who have been mentally ill should treat the mentally ill.
And surgeons should never perform surgery unless they have experienced the exact type of surgery.
And Jesus had no clue since He was not married. (Never mind that He is God.)
Anonymous, it is not necessary to be married to discern the Will of God on marriage because it is revealed in Scripture and Tradition and the Natural Law.
What do you know about being married? You may only know about your own marriage or those of others you are close to. If you come from dysfunctional families, you and your spouse may not even know what good their can be in marriage. If you come from good homes, you many not even know what sorrow and hell a marriage can become. Cardinal Burke is a stalwart defender of virtue and morality. He is not one to compromise.
Anomynous, Your lucky to live in our country where you have the protected right of freedom of speech, no matter how bad you come off and bad you embarrass yourself.
Anonymous, should also be glad that he is not denigrating the Muslim Faith or he would no longer be alive – no matter what Country he was in.
Of course COWARDS like Anomynous, would never let their true name be known.
Anomynous, you just denigrated the teaches of our God, Jesus Christ (see MIKE’s post above).
Christ was not married either.
MIKE, PAUL, AL, and BETH are the same person. How does that differ from posting as Anonymous?
When you can not win a debate on the content – you attack the messengers.
You must be a student of Saul Alinsky and his Rules for Radicals.
Can’t win on the facts of a debate ?
I am posting from a huge College Library.
Good point, MIKE.
A childhood friend of Pope Francis has claimed that he intends to overturn the centuries-old ban on Catholic priests from getting married and that he told a divorcee ‘living in sin’ that she could receive Holy Communion.
The Pope considers the law on priestly celibacy ‘archaic’ and ‘not part of the doctrine of the Church’, according to the confidante.
The friend also claimed the Argentinian-born pope also vowed to reform another Catholic rule which bars divorced people in new relationships from taking the Holy Communion, MailOnline can reveal.
According to Oscar Crespo, Pope Francis said that changing the Catholic law which bars civil divorcees from taking a full part in church life is the ‘number one priority’ of his papacy.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2972258/Pope-wants-scrap-centuries-old-ban-priests-marrying-told-divorced-woman-living-sin-receive-Holy-Communion-claims-confidante.html
FYI Sima – We already have Genuinely Married Priests in the Catholic Church. For some time now we have welcomed Episcopal Ministers who are Married – to ‘Pope Up’ and join the Catholic Church as fully ordained Priests.
I know of one such Priest, and he is one of the wisest and most insightful pastoral ministers I have ever encountered. His Homilies are more Catholic than many I have heard from others who started out Catholic, at least.
Hence – I see no real problem with Men Marrying Women and still Being Good Priests; and if we are lucky His Wife will be a great asset to doing Good.
Michael, there is quite a difference between a priest marrying and a married priest. The Anglican priests who have returned to Rome and were already wed present no problem, however, a priest going through courtship with a woman on the other hand presents what could be seen as quite a different thing, would not the mere consequences of the courtship itself present to say the least “logistical” problems? And to think little of the monetary aspect, who gets the stipend, who gets the housing, who gets the support system, and who pays extra for the additional party.
All that aside, to what purpose would a married clergy serve, do not our brothers in other denominations not have the same trials as other married couples, no it has always been and remains as an unneeded gift.
Michael McDermott, do you disagree with: 1 Cor 7:32-35 ?
Is God not worthy of undivided attention from his Priests ?
Do you believe you know more than Sacred Scripture ?
Please read:
” I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord;
but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife,
and his interests are divided.
And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit;
but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband.
I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord. ”
1 Cor 7:32-35
McDermott, be careful that you do not post error.
In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Faith-
CCC: ” 1599 In the Latin Church the sacrament of Holy Orders for the presbyterate is normally conferred only on candidates who are ready to embrace celibacy freely
and who publicly manifest their intention of staying celibate for the love of God’s kingdom and the service of men. ”
In the Eastern Catholic Rites – in the East as in the West a man who has already received the sacrament of Holy Orders can no longer marry. CCC 1580.
Former Episcopal Ministers who are now in the Catholic Faith, and were married PRIOR (not afterward) to being accepted into the Catholic Priesthood, are not asked to divorce, but can and should remain married.
If someone is ALREADY married and accepted into the Priesthood, they stay married.
If someone is NOT married when accepted into the Priesthood, they may never marry.
On a different topic – there are some Protestant Ministers who give better sermons than some Catholic Priests. :(
McDermott – in ALL Rites of the CATHOLIC Faith –
1) Once an unmarried Priest, always an UNMARRIED Priest;
2) If admitted into the Priesthood AFTER being married, also stays married. –
Married men being admitted to the Priesthood is NOT the NORM.
The other posters got it right.
With all due respect and love to Pope Francis, may God bless Cardinal Burke and give him all the graces he needs to stand fast on Catholic teaching. May God give the same to Pope Francis.
Cardinal Burke is a very Holy Priest. He knows how to lead the Lords lambs to salvation. Listen to him.
His Grace Cardinal Burke will be our next Pope and restore the Holy Faith to Rome and return the TLM it’s rightful place!!!! He is a true man indeed and not a “wimp” as Pope Francis called himself last week in an interview with an Argentinean newspaper.
Always trust Cdl. Burke to give us the straight story about what needs to be done, and the possible consequences of doing such. He never minces words about the terrible straits the Church is in, much of it due to the very unsteady voices of those in high positions in the One True Church who are CAVING to the ziitgeist of the World, Flesh and the Devil. But, really, has it ever been different in the history of Catholicism? We’ve always drifted from crisis to crisis since the very First Century and the assaults of, among others, say, Arianism? God Bless him for his striking efforts to arouse the conscience of those high in the Church who should know better. And God Bless all.
“God, my God, omnipotent King, I humbly adore thee. Thou art King of kings, Lord of lords. Thou art the Judge of every age. Thou art the Redeemer of souls. Thou art the Liberator of those who believe. Thou art the Hope of those who toil. Thou art the Comforter of those in sorrow. Thou art the Way to those who wander. Thou art Master to the nations. Thou art the Creator of all creatures. Thou art the Lover of all good. Thou art the Prince of all virtues. Thou art the joy of all Thy saints. Thou art life perpetual. Thou art joy in truth. Thou art the exultation in the eternal fatherland. Thou art the Light of light. Thou art the Fountain of holiness. Thou art the glory of God the Father in the height. Thou art Savior of the world. Thou art the plenitude of the Holy Spirit. Thou sittest at the right hand of God the Father on the throne, reigning for ever.”
― St. Patrick
St. Patrick suffered a great deal too to bring sinners to Christ and His church. For those who are proud and judge others for using the “I” and misconstruing it as a sign of pride, learn from this humble soul St’ Patrick and see that it is ones own pride that misjudges others often,
From St. Patrick:
“I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul’s desire.
I am not ignorant of what is said of my Lord in the Psalm: ‘You destroy those who speak a lie.’ And again: ‘A lying mouth deals death to the soul.’ And likewise the Lord says in the Gospel: ‘On the day of judgment men shall render account for every idle word they utter.’
So it is that I should mightily fear, with terror and trembling,this judgment on the day when no one shall be able to steal away or hide, but each and all shall render account for even our smallest sins before the judgment seat of Christ the Lord.”
Hope all had a prayerful St. Patrick’s day, I sure did, St. Patrick is one of my favorites saints. Here is words from Saint Patrick:
“I am, then, first of all, countryfied, an exile, evidently unlearned, one who is not able to see into the future, but I know for certain, that before I was humbled I was like a stone lying in deep mire, and he that is mighty came and in his mercy raised me up and,indeed, lifted me high up and placed me on top of the wall. And from there I ought to shout out in gratitude to the Lord for his great favours in this world and for ever, that the mind of man cannot measure.
Therefore be amazed, you great and small who fear God, and you men of God, eloquent speakers, listen and contemplate. Who was it summoned me, a fool, from the midst of those who appear wise and learned in the law and powerful in rhetoric and in all things? Me,truly wretched in this world, he inspired before others that I could be– if I would– such a one who, with fear and reverence, and faithfully, without complaint, would come to the people to whom the love of Christ brought me and gave me in my lifetime, if I should be worthy, to serve them truly and with humility.”
Quote from Pope Francis:
Priests and the stink of sheep:
“A church that limits itself to just carrying out administrative duties, caring for its tiny flock, is a church that in the long run will get sick. The pastor who isolates himself is not a true pastor of sheep, but a ‘hairdresser’ for sheep who spends his time putting curlers on them instead of going to look for others.Today we have one in the pen and 99 we need to go looking for.”