Sunday, November 22, 2009

RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion

RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion
We elect politicians to represent us. I get that. But at what point do they decide to put their very souls in jeopardy for the sake of an office? What gets me about this article is that everyone (except the Bishops named) seem to think this a punitive action, instead of a preventive action to save their souls. The Bishops are only trying to remind, or teach this for the first time to, these politicians that they must not recieve our Lord unworthily, as St. Paul admonishes in 1Cor 11:27-32;

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord.
A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup.

For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying.

If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; but since we are judged by (the) Lord, we are being disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.

I think that if I were faced with the prospect of being a successful politician, or "servant of the people" against being a worthy SERVANT of the Lord, I would choose the Lord. Maybe that explains why I would never be elected in the first place.

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"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".