Comments on: In the Headlines http://bob.yerhot.org/2010/07/in-the-headlines/ Faith Seeking Understanding Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deacon Bob http://bob.yerhot.org/2010/07/in-the-headlines/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Deacon Bob Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:23:06 +0000 http://bob.yerhot.org/?p=2603#comment-1131 The presence of pornography in our culture, and its easy access, is having a heyday in tearing apart families, destroying men and women, and serving as a portal for Satan into the soul of the Church. It is almost incredible. No one of us can say we are immune from its influences, as Deacon Joe remind us. Without minimizing the power of pornography, the question remains for me whether it explains the reality of some men using child pornography and their attraction to, and/or sexual abuse of, children. The Church may well be the one institution that will eventually come to an understanding of all this. She alone embraces the entire human person. The presence of pornography in our culture, and its easy access, is having a heyday in tearing apart families, destroying men and women, and serving as a portal for Satan into the soul of the Church. It is almost incredible. No one of us can say we are immune from its influences, as Deacon Joe remind us.

Without minimizing the power of pornography, the question remains for me whether it explains the reality of some men using child pornography and their attraction to, and/or sexual abuse of, children. The Church may well be the one institution that will eventually come to an understanding of all this. She alone embraces the entire human person.

]]> By: Deacon Joe http://bob.yerhot.org/2010/07/in-the-headlines/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Deacon Joe Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:02:28 +0000 http://bob.yerhot.org/?p=2603#comment-1130 I have attended many a mass celebrated by Father Pat. I always held him in high regard and though others may have trouble with me saying this, I still do. He is not evil but suffers from the effects of our pornographic culture on our marred nature. He will be torn apart by the media who will use this tragic scandal to strike at the Church. Let us humbly recite the phrase, "There but for the grace of God, go I." And pray, pray for Father Pat and our culture so plagued by unchecked exposure to pornography and lust of every sort. We are all affected. I have attended many a mass celebrated by Father Pat. I always held him in high regard and though others may have trouble with me saying this, I still do. He is not evil but suffers from the effects of our pornographic culture on our marred nature. He will be torn apart by the media who will use this tragic scandal to strike at the Church.
Let us humbly recite the phrase, “There but for the grace of God, go I.” And pray, pray for Father Pat and our culture so plagued by unchecked exposure to pornography and lust of every sort. We are all affected.

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