SSPX: Belgium - A Liturgical Text to Bless Homosexual Couples

JMJ

This is definitely one for the Chronicle.

Cardinal Josef De Kesel, together with the other Flemish bishops of Belgium, published a liturgical text intended for the blessing of homosexual couples. An announcement, released on September 20, 2022, presented this blessing. Courtesy of FSSPX.news

There is a lot of talk about wanting to present the Catholic Church as inclusive or more correctly that no one is excluded. This has been around since the Second Vatican Council and in the search for an 'inclusive Catholic Church", the teachings of Sin, Hell, Divinity of Christ have effectively been suppressed to the point where some people question whether anyone is in Hell.

Here is the challenge from the perspective of Catholic Teaching:

A person who is in a State of Grace and commits a mortal sin, falls into a State of Mortal Sin.
They can regain the State of Grace only when they obtain forgiveness either via the Sacrament of Confession by making a good confession, the Last Rites or by making a Perfect Act of Contrition.
If they do none of these before they die, then they die in a state of mortal sin.
Anyone who dies in mortal sin is excluded from Heaven and the Beatific Vision.
This is the principle and with a one exception (i.e. Judas) we do not KNOW who has died in a state of mortal sin.

This exclusion is not discriminatory, it applies to ANYONE and EVERYONE who dies in a state of mortal sin.God made the rules of this game and each soul that falls into Hell is a tragedy.

The reality is that Hell exists and it is neither empty nor full. What's worse is there is always room for one more.

P^3

P.S. A thought just occurred to me ... the SSPX is persecuted precisely because they try to play the game following God's rules.

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