Monday, July 10, 2017

Cardinal Joseph Tobin: Do you accept Catholic doctrine with regard to disorderly tendencies?

Cardinal Joseph Tobin apparently believes that a homosexual person only sins if he or she actually engages in homosexual acts.

As I said in my previous post, in a feeble attempt to justify his decision to welcome an "LGBTQ" pilgrimage to the Newark Cathedral, Cardinal Tobin said, “I don’t presume that every person who identifies him or herself as LGBTQ is sexually active."

Although the homosexual inclination itself is not a sin, still, the homosexual person sins if he or she makes a concession to this tendency in his or her mind.

It is Catholic doctrine that any disorderly tendency, and most especially toward a vice which is contrary to nature, cannot have a right to citizenship in a person's thoughts. Recall the teaching of Our Lord Jesus in Matthew 5: 27, 28: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'  But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

This is why in the Confiteor [Latin: I confess], which is part of the Penitential Rite, one asks for forgiveness for thoughts, words and deeds.

We know as well that homosexual persons also sin when their external behavior expresses a homosexual tendency.  Which is why we read in Isaiah 3:9 that, 'Their very look bears witness against them; their sin like Sodom they vaunt, They hide it not.  Woe to them!  they deal out evil to themselves."  And in Deuteronomy 22:5 we read, "A woman shall not wear an article proper to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's dress; for anyone who does such things is an abomination to the Lord, your God."

Does the Cardinal accept this teaching?


6 comments:

Cyn M said...

The Cardinal, like most clergy in our church today, is most likwly concerned more with the notion of "mercy" and "compassion" than he is with saving souls. It is his job to discern with wisdom, not facilitate sin. Praying for our clergy, and for those suffering from same sex attractions..

Paul Anthony Melanson said...

Cardinal Tobin needs to explain whether or not he accepts Catholic doctrine in this area.

Cyn M said...

While a certain amount of compassionate wisdom is needed when dealing with these sensitive issues, I believe the cardinal would extend far more compassion if he first attempted to save the person's eternal soul. A very sad situation indeed, in many ways, for the church, and for the ones with same sex attraction.

Unknown said...

poor poor pitiful Cardinal Tobin..."good-guy priest" feel good religionist...intolerant as hell of anything he doesn't like. A terror to flee from, hide from, avoid as much as possible.

Catholic Mission said...

JULY 13, 2017

Pope Francis violates the Principle of Non Contradiction: chooses irrational interpretation of Vatican Council II which is not the work of the Holy Spirit
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2017/07/pope-francis-violates-principle-of-non.html

Prof. Robert Fastiggi, Ralph Martin agree that invisible people cannot be visible at the same time : in agreement with Fr. Stefano Visintin's statement
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2017/07/prof-robert-fastiggi-ralph-martin-agree.html

Unknown said...


THE CHURCH IN AGONY



Penance Penance Penance

to avoid Divine vengeance

for not showing any remorse

and trying our will to enforce



The reign of the Impostor has arrived

the Church, of TRUTH is being deprived

the whole world hangs on his lips

while being readied for a total eclipse



The true followers of Christ

trying to pull off the heist

are persecuted for non-compliance

and being countered with defiance



When it will seem that all is lost

everything sacred has been tossed

God will deliver us from our agony

and reign forever in all His Majesty



SO LET IT BE WRITTEN, SO LET IT BE DONE

A M E N


Rita Biesemans, December 19 2013

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