Who was the priest?
Does anyone have sean hannity's email address? We can spread the word and let him know how the Catholic community feels and maybe testify on behalf of teaching him about the catholic faith. He my only be a step away from being Catholic if he only understood the truth about it.
Thanks, I watched the video and read his letter. I think Shawn nailed it when he said Fr. E. was chasing superfluous issues by zeroing in on Shawn for this stuff. Give me a break...Don't have transcript...but here is a link to the interview..Click on Judgement Day
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Crucify him!
no, heck no. Not even the same level of sanctimony, is it?
When I see threads like this, I am disgusted by them. This wasn't a call to conversion for Shawn, it was much more a call to leave.. it was a public display which wasn't necessary at all. Guys like Shawn do a lot of good for the catholic church, and to see him hung out to dry like this is sickening. You don't think he is constantly harassed about his faith? are you kidding? He may not be as catholic as you'd like him, but he is making a difference. If he is a weed, Jesus will pull him out of the garden just like He said He would. There is no reason for a cleric to get on his show and call him a heretic and tell him he would deny him communion and then for us to celebrate the cleric at Shawn's expense. Hurrah! he heretic is exposed!
Suck it up Shawn...
Thanks for the letter. The letter is well wrote and reasoned. Frankly, I like the letter but will wait for a fuller knowledge. Haven't seen the video as my dial up is to slow for even "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in video format. :-( Will have to try and catch the repeat on the telly.http://www.hli.org/sl_2007-03-09.html
I guess that Sean had Father on to take him to task for writing this letter:
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Spirit & Life [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“The words I spoke to you are spirit and life.” (Jn 6:63)[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Human Life International e-Newsletter
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Volume 01, Number 58 | [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Friday, March 9, 2007[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://www.hli.org/[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sean Hannity's Gospel[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In an age of sophisticated dissent against Christ and His Church, the purity of the Ancient Faith needs defense so that people do not put their faith in "another gospel," says St. Paul (Gal 1:7). In the face of modern challenges to the Faith, Catholics who have a high profile in media, culture and government have a very grave responsibility to witness it correctly; otherwise, they will be held accountable in heaven for their anti-witness which affects the faith of millions.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For example, last Friday Sean Hannity took a few moments out of his afternoon radio show to make an apology. When I heard that the rather brash Hannity was actually going to apologize for something I was interested to find out what that would be. At first he sounded very
sincere in saying we have to take responsibility for our mistakes. Fine so far. Then he went on to tell his hearers that he had taken two bites of a chicken sandwich that day because he had been traveling and literally forgot it was a Friday of Lent. He stopped eating it when he
realized it was a Friday, but he used the opportunity on the show to make a fairly big deal about the "eat meat on Friday and you can go to hell" issue.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Well, even though he claims to be a "good Catholic," Hannity is hardly a credible commentator on Catholic matters. The chicken sandwich scandal was fairly trivial in the overall scheme of his show, but it said much more about the depth of his faith than anything else. I suspect that a great number of Catholics live their faith in the same
way—rule-bound and juvenile—but we need something better from a public "Catholic" like Hannity. We need a vibrant witness of someone who knows and embraces his Faith as deeply as he articulates his political passions.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Just for the record, he did not commit a sin when he ate the chicken sandwich—he had no intention to violate the Church precept, and he corrected himself immediately when he realized what he did. That's not a sin, and issuing a dramatic "apology" for doing that is, well, entertainment, not witness. This, unfortunately, is what passes for a deep discussion of the Catholic Faith in the public forum nowadays.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If apologies are the order of the day, then the repentance I would like to hear out of Sean Hannity's mouth is for his shameless—even scandalous—promotion of birth control. Yes, I have heard him personally say, "I have no problem with birth control. It's a good thing." (Another bit of profound theological reasoning.) Given the size of his audience and the importance of his status in pop culture,
Hannity's anti-witness to a fundamental tenet of Catholic moral doctrine is just devastating for the faith of others who may be weak or vacillating in this area. His impact is greater, and so his judgment will be stricter. "To those who have been given more, more will be required…"[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The moral of the story is that Catholic men and women in the media need to be truly Catholic or at least stop being hypocrites. We have enough pretenders to the title of Catholic in public life without being treated to superficial assessments of profound moral issues. Rules are important, but Lent is not about rule-breaking, it's about conversion of heart; and on the most important moral issues of our day, public Catholics like Hannity have no right to profess "another gospel," or the faith of millions—and indeed their own souls—are in serious jeopardy.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sincerely Yours in Christ,
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer
President, Human Life International[/FONT]
I wouldn't even sit by Sean if he came to my church. If my priest gave that heretic communion, I'd write to my bishop about it. What nerve that guy has to call himself catholic, after expressing his thoughts on eating chicken on a Friday during Lent, or about non-catholics using contraceptives. I'd be afraid my church was going to be struck by lightening just because Sean was in it. Ever notice when he speaks there is a sucking sound? I think his mouth is like a gateway into the abyss of hell. That's my theory anyway. That guy is Satan incarnate and I'm glad we had a cleric get on tv and call him out for it.Actually, I am a fan of Sean....he is just wrong on this issue. I disagree, that it was a call to leave....more of one of repentance.
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