tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post8372875499104388234..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: Spirituality and MarriageFather Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-51477537503771249532009-11-15T20:19:04.864-08:002009-11-15T20:19:04.864-08:00Hunted out of the ministry for not complying with ...Hunted out of the ministry for not complying with a bishop's directive that you tell people how to vote? What kind of gangstas are those US bishops? They have no scruple about doing violence to individual conscience and trampling on the freedom of American voters. Your angelic patience with them bespeaks Christlike compassion.Joehttp://josephsoleary.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-28286309838400402612009-11-12T15:09:35.047-08:002009-11-12T15:09:35.047-08:00I can't believe it. I read a link from Califo...I can't believe it. I read a link from California Catholic Daily about how much money was spent by the Portland Archdiocese in Maine in the marriage battle. The Philadelphia Archdiocese gave $50,000 to this. They are closing schools and they have money to give to the Diocese of Portland to fight gay people and their supporters? Also, Marc Mutty, the Diocese of Portland's resident homophobe was given almost $5000 a month. Bishop Malone has won a victory though and his message to gay people in Maine is loud and clear. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME. WWJD?Mareczkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122584421854834046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-16785446374397971342009-11-12T13:13:13.482-08:002009-11-12T13:13:13.482-08:00Great Post Father. Am really looking forward to yo...Great Post Father. Am really looking forward to your other posts on single life. If you could touch on an important issue: What about the gay person who isn't in a relationship for whatever reason? They are still sexual beings. Sex within a committed relationship is the ideal, but what should one do who hasn't found that? The church says no sex, but I wonder if that is realistic. Can someone who is single be intimate with some one ( a friend perhaps), set up boundries and still the act be okay?? Any further insight would be great because there is a lot of us who have experienced only unrequaited love! Thanks...Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737805089944478991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-7300435870511955272009-11-11T18:31:19.812-08:002009-11-11T18:31:19.812-08:00Another excellent post. Anonymous, I think the Cat...Another excellent post. Anonymous, I think the Catholic Church did well in addressing gay youth in the pastoral teaching, "Always Our Children." I think that Catholics tend to be more supportive of their gay children than people in some of the protestant denominations. I do think, however, that Catholic priests who are gay could do better in their outreach to gay youth. My personal opinion is that pretty much all our gay Catholic youth hear from our clergy is silence. Perhaps Father Geoff can answer, are some gay clergy afraid to serve as mentors and role models for our gay youth?Mareczkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122584421854834046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-89756046173799519012009-11-11T11:50:15.229-08:002009-11-11T11:50:15.229-08:00Fr G - well done. I haven't had the guts to p...Fr G - well done. I haven't had the guts to preach to this issue, but (straight, married 36 yrs) I have long been convinced that we are never closer to God and the joy of the Kingdom than in the orgasm shared by two who truly love and give to each other sexually. Not that we can't experience God's joy elsewhere - I certainly have. I don't if others do this, but we found that we were saying, 'Oh, God!' a lot as we love each other! Surely, gender has nothing to do with this kind of self-giving love. (thanks for losing the white on black!!)Fr Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232925124388686609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-28921677190753552352009-11-11T11:33:10.797-08:002009-11-11T11:33:10.797-08:00This is not on topic but I would like to have your...This is not on topic but I would like to have your input on the subject matter of condemnation of gay youth. It saddens me that many gay people do not believe in God. Is it maybe because they are told that they are sinners and not worthy of the love of God and not welcomed in churches? I often think, why don't the religious leaders condem parents for throwing their gay teenage children out on the street without any support just for being gay? When religious leader's time on earth is over and they are before God, a question I would like answered by these religious leaders is when God asks "Why have you driven my gay children away from me"? I admire your courage and wish you all the best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-9901289852344283542009-11-11T07:23:08.499-08:002009-11-11T07:23:08.499-08:00I will never be able to thank you enough for this ...I will never be able to thank you enough for this post, and its timing.<br /><br />One may or may not be able to prove the existence of God, but Father, your dismissal from the ministry proves the existence of the devil.Blindmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-22422834491552502332009-11-11T07:12:04.433-08:002009-11-11T07:12:04.433-08:00How can I ever thank you Father? This post comes ...How can I ever thank you Father? This post comes to me at the pinnacle of my struggle to integrate my gay self into the Roman Catholic Church.<br /><br />One may not be able to prove that God exists, but your dismissal from ministry proves (for me) the existence of the devil.Blindmannoreply@blogger.com