Catholic Democrats Who Support Abortion: Don’t Deny Us the Eucharist

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Dozens of Catholic members of Congress issued a statement on Friday claiming that denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a ‘weaponization of the Eucharist.’


Dozens of Catholic members of Congress issued a statement on Friday claiming that denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a “weaponization of the Eucharist.”

In a “statement of principles,” 60 House Democrats, led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., claimed their Catholic faith influences their actions in Congress and that denial of Communion for their support of legal abortion would be “contradictory.”

“We solemnly urge you to not move forward and deny this most holy of all sacraments, the source and the summit of the whole work of the gospel over one issue,” they stated, addressing the “Church” in their statement.

“The Sacrament of Holy Communion is central to the life of practicing Catholics, and the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory,” the lawmakers stated.

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“We solemnly urge you to not move forward and deny this most holy of all sacraments, the source and the summit of the whole work of the gospel over one issue,”

One mortal sin is enough to prevent you from receiving the Eucharist (the most holy of all sacraments) but being practicing Catholics y’all already know this.


“The Sacrament of Holy Communion is central to the life of practicing Catholics, and the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory,”.

I’ll tell you what’s contradictory; it’s your pushing of a murderous agenda while claiming the moral high ground.
 
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Ted Lieu was being outright defiant, I'm sure he knows he can get away with this because his home district is in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Neither Archbishop Gomez nor any of the auxiliaries (including Bishop Barron) are going to deny him because they're cowards.

If the USCCB wasn't corrupt than each and every pro-choice "Catholic" in this country would be made an example of, and rightly so. As it is the bishops won't put the fear of God into these people because they don't have it themselves.
 
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I feel like if they deny communion for one mortal sin they should deny it for all of the others like fornication, adultery, and homosexuality among others. Personally, I think it was a political thing because where else do they do that?
 
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I feel like if they deny communion for one mortal sin they should deny it for all of the others like fornication, adultery, and homosexuality among others. Personally, I think it was a political thing because where else do they do that?

Of course they should deny it for all those things, that's exactly what's supposed to happen. The Eucharist is meant for those who repent of their sins, not those who are obstinate in them. If I persisted in my sins and sought Holy Communion without going to confession first, then I have no right to the Eucharist. Only when I receive absolution and submit to the Church's teachings on something should I receive.

The issue at hand here is that you have a group of very public individuals who are simultaneously claiming to be Catholic while publicly affirming ideologies that are completely in contrast to the Church. They have dug their heals in on the issue because they value their temporal position over the sanctification of their eternal soul.

They're also held to a somewhat higher standard because of their ability to influence people. They're not a common laymen, they're the most powerful figures in arguably the most powerful country on Earth. Less informed people look to them and will take much of what they say as true, accurate, and unadulterated when the truth is they're grossly mistaken on matters of faith and morals.
 
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Especially since Bishop Rhodes said directly during the meeting that would also address human trafficking and manifest membership and participation in white supremacist groups.

Which is all in line with what the Church has always taught as far as the denial of The Eucharist.
 
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Dozens of Catholic members of Congress issued a statement on Friday claiming that denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a ‘weaponization of the Eucharist.’


Dozens of Catholic members of Congress issued a statement on Friday claiming that denial of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians is a “weaponization of the Eucharist.”

In a “statement of principles,” 60 House Democrats, led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., claimed their Catholic faith influences their actions in Congress and that denial of Communion for their support of legal abortion would be “contradictory.”

“We solemnly urge you to not move forward and deny this most holy of all sacraments, the source and the summit of the whole work of the gospel over one issue,” they stated, addressing the “Church” in their statement.

“The Sacrament of Holy Communion is central to the life of practicing Catholics, and the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory,” the lawmakers stated.

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Incoherence. Coordinated with those incoherent bishops no doubt.
 
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Incoherence. Coordinated with those incoherent bishops no doubt.
I do not think people realize how important this is. This is the summit of our faith. This is something that makes me question if the Church is everything she declares herself to be.
 
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Um, if you're practicing those things, yes, you should be denied communion for them as well.
As everyone should correct? That is why we endeavor to persevere.
 
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Of course they should deny it for all those things, that's exactly what's supposed to happen. The Eucharist is meant for those who repent of their sins, not those who are obstinate in them. If I persisted in my sins and sought Holy Communion without going to confession first, then I have no right to the Eucharist. Only when I receive absolution and submit to the Church's teachings on something should I receive.

The issue at hand here is that you have a group of very public individuals who are simultaneously claiming to be Catholic while publicly affirming ideologies that are completely in contrast to the Church. They have dug their heals in on the issue because they value their temporal position over the sanctification of their eternal soul.

They're also held to a somewhat higher standard because of their ability to influence people. They're not a common laymen, they're the most powerful figures in arguably the most powerful country on Earth. Less informed people look to them and will take much of what they say as true, accurate, and unadulterated when the truth is they're grossly mistaken on matters of faith and morals.
I get it, I'm just not big on things being enforced one way somewhere, then a different way somewhere else. But don't we do some kind of repentance during Mass? Could that clear it up?
 
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I do not think people realize how important this is. This is the summit of our faith. This is something that makes me question if the Church is everything she declares herself to be.
The Church is more than her worst exemplars would make her seem. Some day people will look back on these days as a terrible dark time.
 
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As everyone should correct? That is why we endeavor to persevere.

Yes. The Eucharist isn't for sinners, but repentant sinners. Whether their poison is supporting abortion, viewing inappropriate contentography, theft, promiscuous sex, living a homosexual lifestyle, or anything else they shouldn't receive Holy Communion until they've gone to confession and received absolution with an intention of ending those vices.

Priests and bishops should also be able to make the prudential decision to bar someone if they're in a position where they're publicly advocating for something that's morally opposed to the Church, and in so doing is leading other faithful astray.

We shouldn't have this non sequitur that Joe Biden gave that he's "personally against abortion" but believes women should have the right to choose. We have a moral obligation as Catholics to use whatever means are at our disposal to end evil in the public sphere. That means outlawing abortion, adultery, sodomy, inappropriate contentography, usury, etc and deterring those behaviors further with steep (but not cruel) punishments if those laws are broken.
 
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I get it, I'm just not big on things being enforced one way somewhere, then a different way somewhere else. But don't we do some kind of repentance during Mass? Could that clear it up?
Then continue on as Pelosi and Biden does? That is not repentance. But insincerely repeating a formula with no intention of change. It does not work in confession either.
 
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I get it, I'm just not big on things being enforced one way somewhere, then a different way somewhere else. But don't we do some kind of repentance during Mass? Could that clear it up?

I hear you, and you're right that there should not be double-standards. All Catholics whether they're right, left, high, low, should all be expected to conform to the Catholic faith.

Repentance means you've altered course. You've changed your thinking on an issue. In Biden and Pelosi's case (as well as any pro-choice "Catholic) they need to 1.) Abandon their views on abortion, 2.) Stop holding themselves as their own authority on faith and morals and submit to the Church.

I would say the same of any self-proclaimed Catholic regardless of their political ideology. If Marco Rubio or Rick Santorum were staunch advocates for a policy that contradicted Church teaching I would demand the same treatment: barring them from the Eucharist until they've repented and submitted to the Church.

Abortion is even a cut above everything else, being called a pre-eminate issue in the Church. We're trying to stop a decades-long genocide here and there are elected officials in the highest echelons of government rooting it on. There is no middle ground, there is no gray area or room for compromise. If you're Catholic you're pro-life. Anything to to the contrary is dissent and, in a just world, would elicit excommunication if one refused to conform to Catholic belief.
 
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I feel like if they deny communion for one mortal sin they should deny it for all of the others like fornication, adultery, and homosexuality among others. Personally, I think it was a political thing because where else do they do that?



The thing is that any Catholic can partake of communion if the admit they are sinners and pick up their crosses and follow Christ.

The politicians running their mouths in open defiance have no sense or shame regarding the fact they support the killing of the most vulnerable .
 
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