Thanks, Paddy. I'm always happy to share a theological reflection (not on hot button topics), and I'll be in Ireland in first half of June (contact: josephsoleary@hotmail.com)
Hi there, The thing that people occupy themselves with.
In Ireland, the church in Ireland is 'heading off a cliff' and it is worried if the possibility of a same sex could appears in some literature
Correction -- "transsexuals" is going the way of "homosexuals" and expressions like "trans follk" are; more favored.
The clobbering of lgbt folk is coming not so much from the mainline church teacher
Margaret, you would give up on Christianity just because of one obsolete text?
Think of how gays and transsexuals feel, who are clobbered with such texts day in day out yet refuse to give up on their
Paddy @35 would you not take the Gospels rather than Leviticus as your final authority? Mining ancient texts to justify a theory while blinking away what the Gospels is clear on, is certainly an exerc
I’d be more inclined to hope that instead of wishing a dose of ‘flu on our 80 year old Pontiff that Eddie Finnegan’s hopes may be realised and that Francis will treat us to a little of his own
"As the ethical wisdom of humanity grows (and it does) all ancient texts, even divinely inspired ones, have to be corrected because of the now apparent blind spots of their cultural matrix."
Joe, I
Fr. Séamus, my heart responds totally to your plea for honesty and reality in connection with the WMoF in August. In the mid 1930's mine would have been the typical 'Holy Family' as outlined in your
Joe @43 the '15 Referendum changed the marriage/family paradigm. Every second (at least) same sex married couple I have heard interviewed talk about plans to have children just as a heterosexual would
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World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Thanks, Paddy. I'm always happy to share a theological reflection (not on hot button topics), and I'll be in Ireland in first half of June (contact: josephsoleary@hotmail.com)
Is the World Meeting of Families discredited?
February 11 2018Hi there, The thing that people occupy themselves with. In Ireland, the church in Ireland is 'heading off a cliff' and it is worried if the possibility of a same sex could appears in some literature
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Correction -- "transsexuals" is going the way of "homosexuals" and expressions like "trans follk" are; more favored. The clobbering of lgbt folk is coming not so much from the mainline church teacher
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Margaret, you would give up on Christianity just because of one obsolete text? Think of how gays and transsexuals feel, who are clobbered with such texts day in day out yet refuse to give up on their
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Paddy @35 would you not take the Gospels rather than Leviticus as your final authority? Mining ancient texts to justify a theory while blinking away what the Gospels is clear on, is certainly an exerc
Is the World Meeting of Families discredited?
February 11 2018I’d be more inclined to hope that instead of wishing a dose of ‘flu on our 80 year old Pontiff that Eddie Finnegan’s hopes may be realised and that Francis will treat us to a little of his own
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018"As the ethical wisdom of humanity grows (and it does) all ancient texts, even divinely inspired ones, have to be corrected because of the now apparent blind spots of their cultural matrix." Joe, I
World Meeting of Families: Who’s welcome?
February 1 2018Joe @31, if I thought the text of Matthew could be validly read that way I would not be a Christian.
World Meeting of Families – Let’s be real.
February 9 2018Fr. Séamus, my heart responds totally to your plea for honesty and reality in connection with the WMoF in August. In the mid 1930's mine would have been the typical 'Holy Family' as outlined in your
“We need to stop sending mixed messages on important issues.”
February 2 2018Joe @43 the '15 Referendum changed the marriage/family paradigm. Every second (at least) same sex married couple I have heard interviewed talk about plans to have children just as a heterosexual would
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