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| N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sandra Lee |
"There are norms of the church governing the sacraments, which Catholics are expected to observe," Bishop Howard Hubbard wrote in a brief statement. "However, it is unfair and imprudent to make a pastoral judgment about a particular situation without knowing all the facts."As a matter of pastoral practice we would not comment publicly on anything which should be addressed privately, regardless if the person is a public figure or a private citizen," Hubbard wrote in conclusion. John Dwyer, a former Jesuit who taught theology at St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, said Hubbard's statement was "the perfect response, really solid." Dwyer, who lives outside of Tannersville in the Catskills, said modern religious thought has come to the conclusion that communion should be denied only to those living in mortal sin -- a state that requires "a serious, grievous matter," sufficient reflection by the sinner, and the "full consent" of his will. "Cuomo comes from a day and age when living with your girlfriend isn't a serious, grievous matter ... or something that's seen as a serious violation of God's will," Dwyer said.
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I expected the comments from the peanut gallery from the secular press. The attacks from the Catholic press have been demoralizing – and scandalous. How slow they are to praise virtue, and quick they are to defend sin.
I am reminded of the Meditation on Christ the King from the Spiritual Exercises and these lines below:
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
that He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
- Shakespeare, Henry V
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