tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post6689177798411265866..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Echoes: Milwaukee Priest's Article ReviewedDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-84365377381143875452008-01-22T16:48:00.000-06:002008-01-22T16:48:00.000-06:00Thom:If you happen to check back here, I'd like to...Thom:<BR/><BR/>If you happen to check back here, I'd like to ask you something by email related to your comment.Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-45349667248116495602008-01-21T15:58:00.000-06:002008-01-21T15:58:00.000-06:00This is pretty consistent with what passes for rep...This is pretty consistent with what passes for <I>reporting</I> in the Catholic press right here in Milwaukee. For example, there's a recent article in which the Archbishop gives advice to engaged couples advising them not to live together before marriage, and if they are currently living together, to separate until the wedding. It then goes on to say that Fr. Yockey at St. Jerome counsels engaged couples and makes it clear he will not marry them if they live together. As a result, they have only 10 marriages per year. On the other hand, Fr. Eichenberger of Cedarburg, says "It is my practice to never scold couples who are living together, after all, this is a sin that ends the moment they are married. I am much more concerned about whether they attend Mass." He continues, "No reasons for living together are morally permissible, but they are certainly understandable. So I practice compassion and Divine Mercy."<BR/><BR/>So there, subtly (or perhaps not so), we continue down the road of ambiguity. The right is held up for our edification, and then, just as quickly, qualified as being impractical. Is it any wonder so many are so confused?<BR/><BR/>Imagine if we used that last line as excuse for morally improper behavior in our households. EVERY rule we have could be excused. What a mess we'd be in in our homes. What a mess we are in in our Church because of it.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Is Fr. Eichenberger serious when he says that <I>he's</I> the author of Divine Mercy?<BR/><BR/>P.P.S. <BR/>"... after all, this is a sin that ends the moment they are married."<BR/><BR/>Couldn't one pretty much insert the sin of one's choice here? <BR/><BR/>E.g.,<BR/><BR/>"... after all, this [murder] is a sin that ends the moment" the victim is killed.<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>"...after all, this [adultery] is a sin that ends the moment" the fornication has stopped.<BR/><BR/>Hey! I'm beginning to like this! I don't think I need to go to Confession any more! Yay!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com