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Links for 05/22/15 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Archbishop Sanchez (Sorondo is the maternal family name) hit the nail on the head on the Tea Party and its relationship with Voice of the Family, using abortion as a test of purity.  I think they backfired by going after the Archbishop and by extension, his Holiness. I am sure the Archbishop now has there number and that the Pope is eager to hear his impressions. It will be interesting to see whether the Pope seeks more information on how the movement operates, particularly in the U.S.  Cardinals Burke and Dolan, Archbishops Chaput, Lori and Cordiole and bishop Loverde may have some questions to answer as to whether the movement is about abortion or Republican electoral politics.  I think its fixation on Roe for relief it will never get is a scam and any Catholic pro-lifer needs to ask herself whether they are in on it (which means confession, but to who?) and if not, they think about leaving movement and the GOP.



The Irish situation on gay marriage is regretable, not because traditional marriage is threatened, it should already be dead - the days where the marriage was to reflect the relationship between Jesus and the Church, and the Church and the people should be long gone as authoritarian artifacts long past their prime, unless the Church wishes to adopt a more modern and egalitarian model for its relations with the faithful, in which case I am listening - and urging that they annoint women and witness gay marriages.  What is regretable in the interim is that what is a civl right was put up to a vote.  You don't do that with rights.  Rights are individual, not a grant from the populace.  Its what separates us from most of Europe, where you have rights only where granted rather than giving the government power only if consented.



Pope Francis' Homily is mostly about the readings in a household Mass - not a Mass or message for the world.  I would hope that most priests gave about the same message this morning (rather than downloading a copy and reading it. The main point, of course, is making our relationship with Jesus as personal as that he had with Simon Peter. While the risen Lord part gave Peter no issues, the whole ascended Lord part makes it harder.  It means we seek the Lord in Meditation, where Francis prays he seeks us or we do it in the Eucharist, which does have larger implications, especially regarding the Synod.