He instituted marriage at the wedding of Cana, didn’t he?

Exactly, I was thinking the same thing.

Amen

The question is not whether Jesus took God's side, because that's obviously true. The question is, will you follow the lamb.

he dident have too it was clear

Everlasting!

Exactly and the Church has consistently gotten it wrong!

@@RL-ck8zk Why, because it makes you feel uncomfortable?

paula beltran Exactly? Why does someone always have to change or question that?

Absolutely! Here is a group I have followed who are not afraid to speak the truth, Tradition Family and Property video from their student out reach program. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5pgnMxjzLGceZs.html

Yes, and in this case, he is the one in error

@@MarcillaSmith eh? What error? Great citations and historical context (without making it ‘personal’), ie the OT community standards vs universal claims on sin

@@MarcillaSmith God will sort it out

Could knowledge also help ?If you are gay or transgender or know someone who is, this is important information! It has been determined that sexual orientation is determined in the womb during fetal development. Various hormones such as testosterone are introduced at specific times & amounts which determine physical, biological & psychologic features of the fetus It is, therefore, not a choice by the fetus or mother & consequently not a sin & not immoral. It is a natural path of life’s evolution & found commonplace in nature. Extensive medical research clearly explains this process. Those who believe it is an abomination do so based not on facts but on religious authority. I totally accept that this is their right to believe this and I understand. It must be made clear however, it is based on religion not science. If you are truly interested in the truth based on knowledge, facts & research, the book Gay, Straight & the Reason Why by Dr. Simon Levay explains this with numerous research articles. If you want to understand the truth & have respect for others & yourself, this book will help. It also has, unlike the bible written over 2000 years ago by men that had, unfortunately, no understanding of science, an extensive bibliography. I strongly recommend the book if you want solid factual understanding. If you chose to respond to me, please read this book &/or the numerous articles referred to in the reference section beforehand. I do not want to waste your or my time if your claim to understanding is based on religion. The public must be exposed to facts & knowledge. It is an obligation for those who know the truth & defend it. Don’t let the religious pull you down to their level of ignorance. Peace

​@@dan69052my contention is that this isn't foundational scientific consensus, fact, or really able to be tested. The premise that hormonal effects in different stages of development having effects on transgenderism has no basis in reality only with correlation that is inconsistent. While homosexuality is also inconsistent due to large sections outside the common hormonal traits suggested as the main culprits. This is to say culturally influenced personality and biological influences have not been definitive in estimating same sex attraction or identity in a controlled way. We do not know, a common trait for transgenderism now is young women with no history of disphoria and overall deep in the autistic spectrum. As for gays or bisexuals and lesbians, revealed behavior shows gays are not consistent on why they are gay. Bisexuals seem to have like feminine gays only have attention span problems as the common pattern. And Lesbianism has almost never been a strict sexual attraction while they en mass recreationally have sex with men anyway. The narrative of no choice and just fluidity are contrary but also no basis for either besides behavioral patterns.

A woman who didn't resort to " nuance" to call sinfullness and lies what they are. Have no idea how I ended up here. I would rather listen to lay Catholics like Dr. Taylor Marshal or Michael Voris who speak bold truth. Or the Johnson woman who told that disgusting lying Martin why he was pretending to be Catholic.

They are the Bishop Sheens of our day while the present day Bishops cozy up to politicians and hide sexual perversions. My God, wake up people.

@@colleenposadas8415 you're right! seems these converts have more courage to defend the faith than priests. of course except Fr. Mark Goring

Tradition Family and Property is another good Catholic group I have followed for few yrs not afraid to speak the truth. Their articles are very helpful in guiding me over the yrs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5pgnMxjzLGceZs.html

Who said mother Angelica was the wisest person that our culture needs now ? If you think so .. good for you .. most of us don’t What you think is hesitation is the way every wise person should speak in my opinion: slow & think & be careful about every word you say & how you saying .. so you don’t destroy with a word what you build for a long time ( St Therese)

Absolutely Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the ever being God. So He is the author of the Old Testament scriptures!

Great point!

Including beating your slaves

Well that reading is a bit literal for my taste and dooms us all because I'm certainly not follow Levitical Law and neither are you. Scripture makes no distinction between moral and ritual law as is often claimed. Moreover scripture repeatedly comments on the Law and states that is is no longer in effect Hebrews 8 being among the most explicit. "By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear."

@@GrokfordJesus said He did not come to destroy the prophets or the law, but to fulfill them.

Maximilian James, Thank you 🙏

"I don't know. I'm not a Biologist." 😄😄😄

It's funny because he says that right after citing a nonexistent moral/ritual distinction. Scripture doesn't make that distinction.

I wish I was Australian or British so that I could use “bloody” as a filler for curse words. It’s a bloody brilliant replacement for anywhere a sailor would use “F***ing” with the added benefit that it’s not really an offensive word. Unfortunately as an American it would be out of place.

@@AlexE5250 Do you think that the first person who said "bloody" sounded normal? Language changes in response to usage, change the way you speak, change the language. Live your dreams.

Find out what science says about homosexuality before using your faith to denounce it

@@jerzybala8339 Science does not refute faith. Neither faith needs Science "permission" for basically anything.

Being too charitable is not a bad thing!

@@ntmn8444 Depends in what sense you mean ‘charity’. Admonishing sinners is very charitable.

Science has refuted faith. Evolution is a fact and the creation stories are myths. Archaeology has refuted the Exodus and the historicity of much of the bible. You can have your faith but not your own facts.

No such thing as GOD.

God Bless you for courage Tom!

God bless you.

They do not need saving. They need and want to be accepted. It is how they were born.It is not a sin.

God bless!

At the same time, pray, pray, pray, and let Jesus lead you into _how_ to tell that truth: in love. Fr. Mike does this so well, and in your own case you never know what unique way God will give you to show love to the person you're speaking to. But definitely, never drop either truth -- or love. They're a package deal.

What good are you doing by sacrificing a friendship on the pyre of your own self-righteousness? Is it the Lord or your own thoughts and feelings that are risk?

if you tell them the truth they don't want to hear, no matter how factual and faithful to the words of the Bible, they could always just stop talking to you. for whatever reason, really; there's nothing you can do to make someone your friend again or keep them as one if they decided they don't want to be

And a falsh catholic. Ignores doctrine.

​@@equine2020what do you mean?

@@acutebutcute Believe it's self explanatory. Are you familiar with Catholic doctrine? James Martin is not a true Catholic. I won't call him Fr.

@@equine2020 no the commenter said Father Mike, not James Martin.

@@acutebutcute I was referring to Martin.

It seems to me nowadays that a “ come, let us reason together”/ building bridges attitude is necessarily rare. It’s like here, compromise on your principle and in exchange I will make you feel better. It’s a relativism trap. is peripheral and rare.

Pope Francis clearly doesn't agree with you, otherwise, he wouldn't have talked to Fr. Martin or appoint someone who responded positively to him as a cardinal.

necelticsox And yet, the Pope doesn’t have the power to change dogma

@DanyTV "Father" James Martin, building "bridges to nowhere".

Ann G. I mean, to hell. He’s building a nice wide bridge to hell.

It says in the Catechism 2358 that this issue should be handled with sensitivity and compassion.

@@ringo11994 That doesn’t mean you soften the message itself.

@@sneed3529 I'm pretty sure Fr. Mike is on record as stating that he (and the catholic church) considers same sex attraction to not be sinful, but the act of same sex intercourse to be sinful, so it's fine to be attracted but those who are are called to not act on it.

Agreed!

Sure. But you also need to want to change. Change comes through repentance which Fr. Martin never mentions.

@@Strive1974 I only mentioned fr. Mike ;)

Nice and kind are not the same thing, but otherwise I agree.

You're learning the wrong version of Catholicism He's a minon of Satan.

in 0.75x speed 😅

Voilá

The Word Incarnate did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it!

Yes because it is not about orientation but about the pagan way to deal and use sexuality.

Excellent insight. The Church has always had to fight rationalists and rationalism and the trend to revise solid Church teaching based on Scripture and Holy Tradition to accommodate changing society. But Church teaching is immutable. If we surrender our teaching, we surrender our Faith it will eventually all erode and there will be nothing left- which is exactly what Satan wants.

This doesn't answer anything about trans rights or even gay marriage. Marriage isn't a christian invention nor was marriage given by god because marriage wasn't invented by christian but has been around all across the world in different cultures older than christianity like sumerian or mesmopotamia.

"Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written." Are you seriously arguing that Jesus said something because we can't prove that he didn't? That's called appeal to ignorance, and it's a logical fallacy.

@@samflens6131 couldn't you say that the first claim, that Jesus never said anything about something, is an appeal to ignorance? Like, "we don't know what Jesus thought about this since He didn't say anything, so that makes it ok." Definitely seems like fallacy to me. Jesus is the Word. The Bible is the Word of God. And the Bible has *plenty* to say about the subject. Thank you for your response, it helps me think about proper discussion!

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 I struggle to find exception to this.

Great comments!

Why did God give man a particular nature and then call it evil? Wasn't God himself who gave Man that nature, and as you're pointing out, it has a a purpose. Does God give man his nature just to tempt people?

@@natanaellizama6559 God has given us free will, one of his greatest gifts. He tests us as he has tested many others. Some grow spiritually, some grow to understand themselves better. Fate is decided by him. We can live in peace as what he would prefer his children to want, or be in anarchy and do wrong, this insulting him.

@@josephjacob3274 If he tests us without our will, then how do we have free will? If Fate is decided by him, how do we have free will? If he wants us to live in peace, why present two conflicting natures? Remember, I'm not talking about sin brought on by us, but inherent to our own biological nature. Is this conflict purposeful in order to tempt and test us? I do believe that sin is an insult to God, but because God is the ground of Being, not merely another member of the set of Being, like Zeus could be. Thus, sinning, is both and at the same time an act against God and an act against the self, as it's an act against Being. However, I see no inherent reason why, say, having a loving and sexual relationship with someone before marriage or even without marriage, is an act against Being, quite the contrary.

@@natanaellizama6559 we can't explain all things in the world or things that have happened. Hard to comprehend to think what God is thinking. People make mistakes, people make good decisions, and this comes from a family that reflects the image of God and the teachings of Jesus and the church. You go to school and you are said to obey what teachers say. Yet, students can be mischievous and cause trouble, breaking school rules. School allows free will, but also has rules that must be followed. Bullying occurs in school, but they get punished eventually. God allows free will, sends us commandments to follow. The church through out the years have also redefined them as well. Society is built on laws and is not telling people to do this and that, that is a choice by the person. Same for a Christian who follows Christ and his Catholic church. Some things in the world are not entirely explained, people going through hard times or good times, it is something we look towards to God and his son to free us of sin and walk a better path.

Being "nice" is a vice.

Yes, based on the hatred being spewed in the comments, Father James Martin is on the way to sainthood.

Although, kindness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. This is not to be confused with niceness. Kindness speaks truth in love, while niceness speaks fallacy in fear.

Voris is a nut

Nice is not a virtue but charity is.

I can't say I agree.

No disrespect, but what does the Bible say is important.

Yes he did. He is a master of eloquent ambiguity

I thought so too :)

The priest that walked by the beaten man in the parable wasn’t a neighbor.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 I struggle to find exception to this.

He's a falsh clergy. He's not a true Catholic. He deviates from doctrine. Needs expelling.

Uhh huh, lol 😂 I Fr. Schmitz needs to upgrade his ‘naïveté’. So sorry, if I sound insulting, It’s important to be upfront, firm, and strong in your apostolic effectiveness. Let’s grow in God’s Truth, God’s Love, God’s Peace, and God’s Joy! ‘Thou art a Priest forever, in the Line of Melchizedek.’ IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL! love it! Forever and ever, Amen ✝️ Thanks and God Bless 🙏💒❤️

Thank your Carlos, such messages are very necessary.

All have sinned. Of course people in homosexual relationships have met Christ-- same as any other sinner. Meeting Christ and perceiving him is not in at all contingent on our holiness, it's contingent on us being open to seeing him. That really isn't an argument for the validity of that lifestyle in and of itself-- just for the mercy and love of our God, who wants to be in relationship with us. Homosexuality in Church teaching...there's a lot of theology that Fr. Mike doesn't get into here, some that addresses what you've commented. I'm guessing this might be a personal issue for you, and I don't want to put you on the spot in a public comment section. I really, really, REALLY recomend looking into St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body for more about the relationship between God's love and human sexuality. Christopher West has written a book called "Theology of the Body for Beginners" that does a good job digesting some of JP2's very dense, academic writing style into something more approachable.

mj_malave27 - yeah, I appreciate it as well.

With all due respect, Fr. Martin is not saying that gay sex is fine, and he clearly states that the Catechism says it's wrong. The Church has a huge language problem with gays right now. There is no input whatsoever from people who aren't heterosexual.

necelticsox: I agree, I think a big hurdlers with the language being used. To many people read “intrinsically disordered“ as meaning “very very very bad” as apposed to can fill all the aspects of ideal sexual relations; in that they close the sexual act to the gift of life and do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity.

@@kylelloyd9468 Nobody apart from theologians really understands what it means. Eve Tushnet gave a much better criticism of the term here: www.patheos.com/blogs/evetushnet/2010/06/719.html

@@necelticsox I am sure some people understand what it means even though they are not theologians. And if you don't, then it is not a bad thing to re-read Church doctrine to understand the original meaning and comprehension of the terms.

erix4erix no but listening to Fr Mike helped me in my conversion and to chose to become chaste

@@Poeina How unfortunate for you

Name And Address Supplied yeah it’s rough but Jesus is the revolution and I want to be a part of it.

@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax hey, choosing celibacy for God is an extremely difficult thing to do. God will reward dedication and perseverance in the faith even if it is at all misguided (think fasting). Its not your place to ridicule them for such a decision

@@Poeina i wish you success in your endeavors and urge you to dig closer to God in this time. God bless.

Sometimes you have to be ambiguous when you approach extremely sensitive topics like this.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 I struggle to find exception to this let alone ambiguity.

Compassion for whom?

In acts chapter 15, the church discusses what stays and what goes from mosaic law. In verse 20, unlawful marriage is included in what is still prohibited.

The law of the priests set out in Leviticus 18 has nothing to do with homosexuality. It refers to temple prostitution- a highly specific and bizarre practice by which the priests in the temples to baal would pay money to the 'temple prostitutes' (who were chained to the statues btw) and have sex with them (most likely rape them). These passages are prohibitions of this practice, not actual homosexuality, because these people's sexuality was not relevant to this practice. It was not even a prohibition of the act of sex between 2 men, because this practice is separate to sex in 'normal life'. A form of 'Temple prostitution' has actually been practiced in some Judeo-Christian cults in the US. For example, it is well known that David Koresh had sex with his cult members, and also demnded money from.his followers (seperate requirements). (Be aware that I am consciously using the word 'prostitution' instead of sex work. These people did not always consent to being chained to a statue and having sex. And even if they were, this practice is not like modern sex work because it was a religious transaction).

@@Operaandchant90 Romans says otherwise.

@@Operaandchant90 Other than claiming that this supposed "temple prostitution " actually took place among these various cultures, what proof that these activities took place can you offer? Historical? Archeological? Written records ? I await your reply...🤨🤨🤨

news flash. Sodomy is not homosexuality. News flash news flash.

Sorry that no one responded to you. I know that some people think he is too liberal. I don't.

Whole interview.. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r66Ho8ufrZmdYKs.html

Kyle Enzler hmmm. So if slavery was good back then, it is still good. If wearing clothes of mixed fabrics was bad it is still bad. If killing a woman who is not a virgin on her wedding night was good it still is and so on…

@@rickedwards7276 IF, brother, IF.

Richard Bonnette exactly. And if there was an almighty creator back then there should also be one now…

Yes... he can be a very charming priest with lots of cool advice coming out of his broad smile. But here, with a thornier issue, he just beat about the bush... Not good, fr. Mike, not good. We need you be "Altmantised".

Yes, slavery was always wrong, the fact that abolition was a new idea at the time does nothing to discount its truthfulness.

Where in this video did they do that?

Simple!

I've always thought and view homosexuality as just a sin. No different then sex with a condom, masturbation.

You have some serious assumptions about the nature of sex and family and some very simplified historical reasons too. Children have never exclusively come from nuclear families and even the nuclear family is an artificial construct. Sex is not just for reproduction and if a community is healthy not having children should not be a death sentence, social or literal. The inability to have a fulfilling relationship is in no way comparable to only being able to have one. It's insultingly inaccurate, like a man trying to empathize with someone who's homeless by expressing that they too are unable to buy a summer home.

@@bbgamegodpnw You know I've heard a lot of things compared to homosexuality, but this is the first time, perhaps ever, that I've heard someone try to argue for the sinfulness of homosexuality by comparing it to two separate things that are also not sin.

@@Grokford Brother, but sex with a condom and masturbation are sins. They are sexual activities that heavily involve lust, a capital sin. We confess these things in the confessional.

@@oscarnatino5355 I'm laughing, though unfortunately I know you're serious. Lust isn't even a sin, it's just sexual desire. At worst it's temptation. And if we're calling temptation a sin then I'm afraid we need a new messiah. Masturbation is normal and healthy. Sex with a condom is safe and often morally correct, especially in cases where you can not care for a child. Even the Vatican allows for some minor contraceptive measures, mostly menstrual tracking and pulling out. But here's the thing, if Mary had a baby you're not gonna outsmart God with a condom, or even by having a vasectomy. If you wanna confess that, that's your business but the more I hear, the less I'm convinced.

You have with you the law. I find no fault with the lgbtq

@Lijah you have with you the law. And by the law all the LGBT will perish. I however find no fault with them. What have they done? The spirit that crucified Christ is in you.

@Lijah we both agree you have with you the law. I find no fault with the lgbtq

@@ddrse Of course we have the law, and it says nobody with homosexual sin on his\her soul will enter the haeven. That"s the teaching\attitide\truth of the Catholuc Church. Search for lies somewhere else, not in the Church!

@@user-dd3tt1ov4i I agree you have with you the law.

He seems to know his stuff but to me it's really annoying the way Fr. Schmidt talks.

Dancing around the topic...open up your eyes to the deception.

I’m confused by your question, what was not answered plainly?

because maybe you were impatient to understand how He addressed the question at hand step by step. Fr. James brought up a tricky statement that needed to be uncovered and exposed.

That because they both dont want you to JUDGE THEM. They want men to love them not God. God clearly forbids homosexuality and transgenderism

Christopher Sale you didn’t get aids because you’re homosexual. Straight people, including babies, have gotten aids

Chris hope you get well .May I ask what are your thoughts on the Church ruling on Homosexuals .I know if I have sex outside of marriage its a sin and that sin kills the Holy Spirit in my life until I confess and try not do it again . I am talking as a Hetrosexual .I dont agree with any changes in the Church Law .

Prayers Christopher 🙏

Jyl Gray But gay men have a higher chance of acquiring aids

Oh wow!! You think homosexuality is “curable” 🤦🏻‍♂️

No, “marriage” is a Sacrament of the Church and is reserved for one man and one woman. I’m sure you can marry whoever you want, just not in the Catholic Church. Sorry if that’s not the answer you wanted.

Of course you can, for all the excuses that people can come up with, they don't actually care if you can have children or not. They just want to match a certain norm so that they're comfortable. So long as it looks like a woman and a man, they don't care.

@@Grokford No idea what that means. Who is “they” exactly?

@@RumorHazi Well I wasn't writing to you. But "they" are all the people who claim that the problem with Queer marriages are the inability to conceive. It's a lie, it always has been. Because a trans man and a cis man can't get married, but the infertile straight couple can. It's about appearances and normalcy, not doctrine.

Or getting the word count right

But seriously have you read the Bible? Any of the genealogies? Psalms? Literally any part of the Bible except Jude and Philemon? People talk fancy sometimes. Just because you don't like to read doesn't mean people who like to write are sinning.

Spoken by someone whose critical thinking skills are no longer functioning.

Nuance be damned I suppose. Straightforward went out the window as a possibility a millenium and a half ago.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZl4etueq6vPiZs.html

Part 2:

Lotta dancing from fr tho

This is very necessary. Thank you for being bold in an oft hurtful area.

James Hammond- thanks but I am a male with same sex orientation I don't use the LGBTQ, now LGBTQIA+ label. I know God loves me. That's why I follow His Commandments and the greatest is Love.

Thank you!! I wish other people in this comments section were as compassionate

Except we can’t have love with someone else

Yes God loves all. But, sex outside marriage is a sin. Allies to all. And marriage is a bond between male/female. To procreate our species. Celibacy must be practiced by anyone not married.

Here is the video. I wonder what credentials if any Father Mike Schmidtz has that allows him to make these videos about a variety of serious issues Catholics have. I found his views homophobic. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y52dfZqQ2pfbdYU.html

There's no "forums" necessary. The Bible and the Church are quite clear on the teaching, and any dissenters should be stripped of their titles.

He wouldn't do these interviews

The demons controlling Martin wouldn’t allow him to this show.

@@cardesigner Damn shizo posting

You're right, not everything Jesus said was written in the Gospels. He might have said something nice about it, but including that in the gospel would have been quite awkward.

It's one thing to say the truth. It's another thing to use language that is clearly not effective in convincing people. And the worst offense against truth is saying something over and over again in a way you know nobody is understanding.

I agree and that is an oft neglected point but there's nothing wrong with sex either.

So what?! If he is gay, what of it?! What does his sexuality have to do with his job? Please explain that to me, because I'm fed up with listening too much bushit about it.

And you know because ... you are vexed or know what it is to be homosexual?

oh jeez I wonder how I came to be then..aliens??

He's finding the right words to not sound rude or disrespectful to anyone.

@@cjlomeli1137 at this point in time our shepherds need to start talking truth and stop worrying about who gets offended. The Catholic church has stood idly by so as to not offend others for far too long and it has done nothing. Now it's time to call those people out.

@@jitterbug9595 I agree... I was just refurring to why he may be stuttering.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nL2KZJpiu5bbdYU.html

Maybe because Fr. Mike isn't John the Baptist...?

Science says psychopaths are born that way. Why would god allow that??

@@jerzybala8339 same reason HE allows people to mock & disbelieve HIS existence

And how do you arrive at this 50%? I know a lot of priests ... a lot. And they simply are not gay.

I never read that book but he has many wonderful ones including a great one on prayer I bought last week.

Well if there were one objective answer to scripture then we wouldn't have had the bloody history that the church has had. Add it holes in the history of the regions mentioned in scripture and it's a very ambiguos topic. Expecting definite answers is usually a mistake, especially when dealing with historical events.

Absolutely right. Plainly said. It is mortal sin for anyone to have sex outside of marriage. Straight or gay. Like mother Angelica said. Sympathize for the devout Catholic who is gay for it must be a lonely life to never have a partner. God loves everyone. And the problem with society around the world today is the mentality that we need to have sex therefore if I'm gay I have the right to have sexual relations. Maybe so. But God condemns every sexual act outside of marriage and since gays cannot and never will be allowed to marry in the church they will always have that cross to bare. Gods will be done. Not ours.

John Murphy, I respectfully disagree. Your logic is the same as saying because someone identifies as being African American all he or she cares about is race. This is utterly false. LGBTQ people are also doctors, teachers, social workers, priests, women religious, attorneys, etc. They are whole humans who deserve to be treated as just that whole humans whom God lovingly created. They do not deserve to be reduced to merely their sexuality, just as an African American does not deserve to be reduced just to his/her race. But you must acknowledge that in both cases outside forces have caused these parts of their identity to be scrutinized, criticized etc and therefore it may result in pain for the individual and a special pastoral care should in my opinion to be administered regarding these topics.

@@c-zar-0017 After Vatican II, but not because of it. I was taught all of those things are wrong, and I was taught it after VII.

I'm sorry but that is simply not true.

@@leost.pierre7205 Not absolutely right. Only partly right. The other evils should be condemned and preached against, but Fr. James Martin is trying to justify homosexuality.

Do you?

Yea tried it once never again!

Why does it matter, no one is obligated to celibacy.

I know how to spell it.

@@Grokford Priests and nuns are

we are so screwed

So careful, it took him four minutes to give the answer. Everyone knew it was an abomination 10,000 years ago and all the way up until now. Except now we have people like Fr Jimmy, encouraged by other deceitful clergy, attempting to confuse and lead homosexuals astray.

I think they managed it perfectly correct. But anyone who is wise and knows the power of words knows that you can't Just say things that could be misinterpreted and could make unnecesary antagonism.

@@fc2977 l see your point, however Fr. Schmitz has made an attempt in responding to an erroneous priest and although it wasn't very strong, the message was not in support of false teachings. We definitely have to pray for priests. Their souls are number one on the devil's list. Pray that Fr. Schmitz perserves and stays true to his priestly vocation. And that he may increase his ability to combat the evil that resides in the Church. God bless you.

And pray for priests that teach heresy that they will repent from the destructive path they are treading.

Amen🎺🙏

Are you Jewish or Catholic? Do you observe Shabbat, or Sunday Mass?

@@user-jb8wm6mh6m I am Catholic. Jesus was Jewish, speaking primarily to fellow Jews, and again, as Fr. Mike said, certain things were just taken for granted in that context.

@SKirLEX You haven't even taken the time to research it, so why comment? Happy new year.

@SKirLEX Were you not speaking authoritatively when you said there is "nothing like what I even mentioned?" It's not terribly difficult to look up, and I didn't post one source because you can find several. Not replying further because I don't want to start the new year by arguing with strangers on the internet. I do mean it when I wish you a good year. 🕊️

I thought it was strange to be referencing Greco-Roman culture for Leviticus when Rome was barely an idea. Do you have any links to information about Ancient Jewish conceptions of gender because I would be quite interested in learning more.

Many reasons. 1. Is because of it is taboo in our culture now. So they could turn away followers. 2. Is because they're not the Pope. They can't just excommunicate who they want. 3. Many have done what you are asking and they're dead or disappeared/ sent off out of the public eye.