tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post1610273030508492580..comments2024-03-14T03:19:44.337-04:00Comments on Kresta In The Afternoon: Reaping the Whirlwind: A reflection on the deeping darkness that celebrates homosexual unions and activity.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-58527028746622455622013-03-30T13:00:12.466-04:002013-03-30T13:00:12.466-04:00Msgr. this is truly "telling it like it is!&q...Msgr. this is truly "telling it like it is!" Did you ever notice that when people take issue with Catholic teaching, rarely does it concern the Hypostatic Union, the Vatican’s guidelines on road rage, or the Vatican Conference on Extraterrestrial Life? No, those things with which they take issue bear directly or vicariously on their sexual lives — homosexuality, same-sex “marriage,” premarital sex, adultery, contraception, masturbation, population control, abortion, divorce, remarriage, in vitro fertilization, etc. Remember Our Lord’s words on this: "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man." Recall too that, as Fr. Charles Curran has reminded us, dissent from Humanae Vitae “was paradigmatic of the dissent in all specific moral questions.” My advice to those who still doubt in our sexually-befuddled world is that it is a fatal error not to observe how the Devil actually works and why he is so intent on perverting our sexuality, for a Catholic understanding of human sexuality gives us a glimpse of the ‘great mystery’ of God’s plan to unite all things in Christ. In 1972 Paul VI offered libido as one way Satan, the “malign, clever seducer” undermines man’s sexual morality with his “sophistry.” The Devil’s strategy here, as the Pope cautioned, is “eminently logical.” He approaches man with what amounts to a false reason in his mind, which, if dwelled on, can influence the will by rousing him to do something evil which seems to be good. Deceit is basic to his strategy. By way of one example, if one is gifted with a superior intellect, Satan will tempt to pride and sins of the mind. Thus it is not surprising that the notion that the Church is out of touch and unbending on issues relating to sex and marriage to this day is advanced by dissenting Catholic theologians who are the heroes of those whom Satan has in his pocket. For more: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4812441156099096362#editor/target=post;postID=3017558736816806052<br />timwallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18192182990544720574noreply@blogger.com