Gay Activists Denied Communion at Catholic College Mass by Archbishop Nienstedt
Homosexual Equivalency Movement engaged in open defiance within sanctuary of the Catholic Church
Archbishop John Nienstedt recently sent out a DVD defending marriage and calling the faithful to do so with their votes in the upcoming elections. This is the reason he is being opposed by homosexual equivalency activists. The Homosexual Equivalency Movement is now engaged in open defiance right within the sanctuary of the Catholic Church. This offense against the Church masquerades as a call for equal rights. Dissident groups assisted by Organizations like the Human Rights Campaign such as the small group at St. Johns Abbey must be exposed and opposed.
Archbishop John Nienstedt
PrintCOLLEGEVILLE, MN. (Catholic Online) - On Sunday, September 26, 2010, during Holy Mass at St. John's Abbey on the campus of St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, 24 people were refused Holy Communion by Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. They were displaying rainbow buttons and rainbow sashes in direct defiance of the direction of the Diocese and thereby clearly expressing their rejection of the teaching of the Catholic Church. Anyone who comes forward to receive the Holy Eucharist is professing to be in Communion with the Church. That means they accept her moral teaching. This open show of defiance in the context of the Mass was encouraged by a group calling itself calling itself "People Representing the Sexual Minority" (PRiSM).
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest homosexual activist organization in the Nation. Its self proclaimed mission is "Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights". Harry Knox, who serves on President Obama's faith-based advisory council, is one its major leaders. He directs HRC's "religion and faith program." He is also Anti-Catholic. For example he claimed the Pope is "hurting people in the name of Jesus" and when confronted on it refused to back down. He told the local press that HRC was outraged at the denial of communion because "Jesus didn't play politics with communion.He offered his body and blood for everyone." Yes Mr. Knox and he calls us to conversion! This kind of assertion by the leader of a group dedicated to a Cultural Revolution and opposition to Catholic teaching points to a growing threat to the Catholic Church.
Among the clearest summaries of Catholic teaching on the immorality of homosexual acts was that set forth by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under the leadership of then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in the "Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons" promulgated in 1986. Here are a few paragraphs in this important instruction: "The Church, obedient to the Lord who founded her and gave to her the sacramental life, celebrates the divine plan of the loving and live-giving union of men and women in the sacrament of marriage. It is only in the marital relationship that the use of the sexual faculty can be morally good. A person engaging in homosexual behavior therefore acts immorally."
"To choose someone of the same sex for one's sexual activity is to annul the rich symbolism and meaning, not to mention the goals, of the Creator's sexual design. Homosexual activity is not a complementary union, able to transmit life; and so it thwarts the call to a life of that form of self-giving which the Gospel says is the essence of Christian living. This does not mean that homosexual persons are not often generous and giving of themselves; but when they engage in homosexual activity they confirm within themselves a disordered sexual inclination which is essentially self-indulgent".
"As in every moral disorder, homosexual activity prevents one's own fulfillment and happiness by acting contrary to the creative wisdom of God. The Church, in rejecting erroneous opinions regarding homosexuality, does not limit but rather defends personal freedom and dignity realistically and authentically understood."
This teaching is crystal clear. It cannot and will not change. Groups like these protestors, by their open defiance of this teaching, undermine the authority of the Church, confuse those who struggle with same sex attraction and scandalize the faithful. They also confuse the public as to what the Catholic Church actually teaches. They are joined in a network which participates in what I have called the "Homosexual Equivalency Movement." They work within the Catholic Church to promote heresy and within the broader culture to bring about a Cultural Revolution.
The dissenting or confused Catholics who support this Homosexual Equivalency movement within the Church insist that the Catholic Church adopt their new doctrine - which amounts to heresy. Some also insist that the Civil Law of the Nation create a legal and moral equivalency between true marriages and cohabitating practicing homosexuals. In these efforts they are led by well funded and strategic groups such as the "Human Rights Campaign" who now seek to directly undermine the authority of the Catholic Church in defending its own doctrine and enforcing church discipline.
Archbishop John Nienstedt is a defender of marriage as between one man and one woman, intended for life, open to children - and the family founded upon it. He teaches what the Catholic Church teaches, that the marriage based family is the first society, first government, first school, first economy, first church and first mediating ...
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Wow!God bless Archbishop Neinsted! You are truly the shepherd of Jesus Christ.& a true defender of the Catholic Church.You are one good priest..Agreed that Jesus was a forgiving & merciful God for all sinners but he did not teach that we can receive him in disobedience to his teachings. under the Magisterium of the Church.all Catholics should follow the teachings of the Church without question.That is why sisters & brothers it is very hard to be a Catholic because we have to follow& obey the Commandments of God. To Know him, to love him & to serve him we do not choose & pick. Homosexual act is a sin because God did not intend humans to enjoy their feelings and emotions through sex but sexual intimacy is a gift given to man & woman to procreate & have children.
I think practicing gays will twist & turn every angle of logic in order for others to accept their agenda. Still we have to pray for them for we are all children of God.
Zinnia Milburn, Canada
I just want to say thank you Bishop!!!
Me and all my friends thank you Bishop. We love all true Bride of the Groom.
I myself promise you that I am going to spread the message everywhere I can
I live in Australia and if you want me to work for you full time I am ready travel around
the world to serve you
and to those that oppose bishop's article !!!:
2+2=4 NOT 2+2= 4.00000000000001 . God is perfect so his Word is!!
Adam
Hooray for a bishop with a back bone.
Sadly, too many commentors said the bishop was wrong. Praise God the bishop does live by popular vote. One of the rainbow clad idiots in the article said that the bishop shouldn't use the Eucharist for political purposes. What EXACTLY was the rainbow guy doing? Using the Eucharist for political protest! He is a hypocrit. A person who is acting in such a way as to cause scandal, is committing a mortal sin. The bishop was doing his job by denying him and the others Christ's body. Those types of protesters have no intention of "going and sinning no more" [paraphrase of Our Lord's command to the harlot] and we all know it. God created man and woman as complimentary beings. Man plus man or woman plus woman equals zero.
The Spirit be with you Bishop Nienstadt! Thank you Catholic Online for bring this story of a heroic defender of the Faith.
We need more people like Archbishop John Nienstedt that serves God and us instead of the world. We homosexuals like the others have to live a life in Christ not a life in the world, to be a Catholic is a joy and I hope that in the future more people will take this path.
Eww. How trashy, not to mention arrogant, of the archbishop. His behavior is exactly what Christ would NOT do. I suppose his antics affirm why 68% of American Catholics say in polls that the bishops exercise "little to no moral leadership." Sadly, being the loudest, most hateful right-winger is what gets the Vatican listening and lets a bishop shed that purple shirt for a pretty red dress and red hat.
"Jesus didn't play politics with communion.He offered his body and blood for everyone."
Jesus died for everyone. However, he only offered his body and blood in the Eucharist to his apostles. Remember, he waited until Judas left before he offered his body and blood in the Eucharist.
the HRC is not a gay lobbying group. I belong to it and I am not gay.
It is a group which calls for the Human rights (respect and caring) for all human beings. It's time, isn't it, that we did what Jesus did? Welcome "sinners" if that's what you want to call ur sisters and brothers in faith.
May Archbishop Nienstedt and the other US Catholic Bishops continue to take a stand for Christ. May He continue to strenghthen them as they bear witness to the truth of the Gospel. Christ never said it would be easy for His followers ,but He said He would be with them.
The Archbishop was right to refuse them the Most Blessed Sacrament ,
One cannot receive communion if one is not in communion , if one is openly going against the teaching of the Church,and showing such disrespect for the Lord and His anointed.
Bishops and Catholics of America, stand strong.
Marie Mununga (Mrs)
Falkirk
Scotland
Dear Catholic online -
I don't know how to reach you. You are missing a HUGE story.
I hope you get these links; they are intended for your review and posting - - -
http://www.zenit.org/article-30652?l=english
and
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/oct/10101504.html
Vatican Archbishop Burke: Public Repentance is Required for Pro-Abort Politicians; and statement includes those that support homosexual marriage ! ! !
How refreshing!