Priest gets heat for denying lesbian Communion at mother's funeral

[Michie]

Father Marcel Guarnizo, Maryland Priest, Denies Communion To Lesbian Parishioner At Her Mother's Funeral


A Maryland-based priest is garnering heat in the blogosphere today after allegedly denying communion to a lesbian parishioner attending her mother's funeral.

As The New Civil Rights Movement blogger David Badash is reporting, Father Marcel Guarnizo of Gaithersburg's Saint John Neumann Catholic Church reportedly covered the bowl containing the Eucharist as the woman, who is identified only as Barbara, approached him.

“I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman and that is a sin according to the church," he is quoted as saying.

Continued- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/maryland-priest-communion-lesbian-denial-_n_1304910.html

 

[Foundthelight]

A priest with balls. Good for him.

 

[princess_ballet]

Who here hasn't sinned though?

 

[Foundthelight]

Who here hasn't sinned though?

I have sinned greatly. That is not an excuse for public sin which brings scandal on the name of Christ. To say that we must excuse public sin because we all sin is dead wrong.

 

[BabyChristian22]

Who here hasn't sinned though?

I abstain from going up for communion when I know I'm in a state of mortal sin. People who act like they are entitled to it no matter what are arrogant.

 

[Needing_Grace]

Father Marcel Guarnizo, Maryland Priest, Denies Communion To Lesbian Parishioner At Her Mother's Funeral


A Maryland-based priest is garnering heat in the blogosphere today after allegedly denying communion to a lesbian parishioner attending her mother's funeral.



Continued- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/maryland-priest-communion-lesbian-denial-_n_1304910.html

There is data missing from this article.

I do know this. It is most certainly not a sin for two women or two men to live in the same place unless they are having sexual relations with each other. Just being a lesbian or gay man and having roommate is not a sin.

Okay...wait for it...

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

I feel intuitively that there is more to this story. How did said Priest know the woman was living with another woman ? How did the priest even know the woman ? Did the Priest speak to the woman about her lifestyle ? Is the woman a practicing Catholic ?

There seems to be a wide gap in the facts.

 

[BabyChristian22]

I feel intuitively that there is more to this story. How did said Priest know the woman was living with another woman ? How did the priest even know the woman ? Did the Priest speak to the woman about her lifestyle ? Is the woman a practicing Catholic ?

There seems to be a wide gap in the facts.

The article is from a gay activist website. They typically have an axe to grind against the Catholic Church, so of course they are going to leave out the important facts so that the priest will seem like a meanie.

 

[Mikey123]

Sounds like a hoax to me.

 

[BabyChristian22]

Sounds like a hoax to me.

It's probably more anti-Catholic propaganda from the gay activists.

 

[InnerPhyre]

Denying an unrepentant sinner Holy Communion is an act of love, not hate. Same as refusing to give someone poison.

 

[BabyChristian22]

Denying an unrepentant sinner Holy Communion is an act of love, not hate. Same as refusing to give someone poison.

True. Receiving Holy Communion can be a blessing or a curse depending on the state of our soul when we receive it.

 

[Sarcalogos Deus]

I feel intuitively that there is more to this story. How did said Priest know the woman was living with another woman ? How did the priest even know the woman ? Did the Priest speak to the woman about her lifestyle ? Is the woman a practicing Catholic ?

There seems to be a wide gap in the facts.

If the woman is a lesbian and living with a woman and if her mother was a devout Catholic I imagine the priest and the mother must have discussed it at some point.

 

[Kotton]

He knew the woman, he evidently knew the situation, therefore he acted in the best interest of all concerned. Knowing the forum where this is reported, don't expect to get the straight story.

 

[Michie]

There is data missing from this article.

I do know this. It is most certainly not a sin for two women or two men to live in the same place unless they are having sexual relations with each other. Just being a lesbian or gay man and having roommate is not a sin.

Okay...wait for it...

Huffington Post. Some here like it & see it as legitimate journalism.

 

[Indiana Jones]

Denying an unrepentant sinner Holy Communion is an act of love, not hate. Same as refusing to give someone poison.

This is an excellent post.

 

[Fantine]

When my oldest son made his First Communion, the celebrant was a wonderful, wonderful priest.

He saw occasions like weddings, funerals, First Communions, and Baptisms were an amazing opportunity for evangelization and an amazing opportunity for healing.

This priest had an amazing opportunity to evangelize and heal not only the bereaved daughter but the friends who gathered at Mass to offer her comfort and support.

And he blew it, totally and absolutely.

I look at it as a similar situation to Jesus healing on the Sabbath. The Pharisees (as epitomized by this priest and some of the posters on this thread) were like, "Ooh, he's breaking a rule."

And Jesus knew it was his mission, his vocation, his sacred vow to heal.

Unfortunately, today he can only heal through flawed humans such as this priest--and the priest chose to hurt rather than heal.

 

[Rhamiel]

Fantine, as others have said, what the priest did was an act of love
he did not want this woman to eat to her own damnation
you think there can be healing if people do not repent of their sins? it is the sin that hurts people in the first place

 

[Fantine]

Rhamiel, I am talking from real life experience, and perhaps the rest of you are talking theoretically.

I have seen people driven away from Catholicism by Pharisaical priest go to other parishes and experience healing, have the impediments to their marriages removed, seen spouses baptized, etc., etc.

I have never seen a single individual who was helped by a judgmental priest.

By denying the bereaved Communion, he won a skirmish and lost the war.

What a tactical error.

 

[Brooklyn Knight]

I have never seen a single individual who was helped by a judgmental priest.

By denying the bereaved Communion, he won a skirmish and lost the war.

What a tactical error.

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