Tag: omission

Sins of Omission? Avoiding the Gospel amidst confusion.

This is an interesting avoidance of the Gospel by Francis which was printed within an article by Christopher Ferrara expounding upon all the recent errors showing what FP clearly believes or doesn’t believe, indicated by the sum of his words, both formal and informal on this topic. This is a true, recent story which I think should be mentioned and discussed in it’s own right. This is what Ferrara reports:
Francis cannot abide the teaching of Our Lord on the absolute indissolubility of marriage and the absolute impermissibility of what Our Lord called adultery—a word Francis refuses to employ. Francis insists upon calling adulterous relationships “irregular unions,” always placing even that euphemism between skeptical quotation marks. A dramatic example of this aversion to the Gospel truth occurred as recently as June 10, 2016.
On that day the Gospel reading in the Novus Ordo lectionary was Matt 25:27-32:
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.
“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
During his Mass at Casa Santa Marta that morning, however, Francis ignored the Gospel reading and spoke only on the Old Testament reading from the Book of Kings (Joshua on the mountain), which has nothing to do with the Gospel! That is, the Vicar of Christ refused to mention the teaching of Christ appointed for the Mass of that day.
Clearly, Francis cannot bring himself even to speak, much less defend in a sermon, Our Lord’s unsparing condemnation of divorce, adultery and fornication and His warning of the eternal punishment of these sins if unrepented.  
 I feel this omission deserves more attention and is worth measuring. It shows the character of the man and his lack of true Faith. How it must have pained him to read that Gospel at all! We all must come to terms with, and accept all that Jesus said, in our hearts as well as our mind. Our bodies and souls must glorify this. We must surrender to Him and all Christ taught or we will not enter eternal life. If we speak against Him or His teachings, we are as Satan: “Get behind me, Satan!” And whoever is not for Him, is against Him.
(Matt 12:30) Consider Christ’s Words:
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters. Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven…

 The Catholic Church teaches “an omission is a failure to do something one can, and ought, to do. If this happens deliberately and freely, it is considered a sin.The degree of guilt incurred by an omission is measured, like that attaching to sins of commission, by the dignity of the virtue and the magnitude of the precept to which the omission is opposed, as well as the amount of deliberation…James the Just more exactly defines this sin when he states, “Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” (James 4:17)”.

(Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_of_omission)

How many souls are lost forever because of this omission? Francis knows the turmoil in the Catholic world over this topic,  the misinterpretation and twisting of Christ’s (and His Magisterium’s) clear teachings, to which he has contributed. Instead of availing himself of an ideal opportunity to clarify, Francis ignores the Gospel, Christ’s own Words, at a time when it is sorely needed and he knows so. He picks and chooses the Teachings of Christ (-as if it were a choice!) and does not take opportunity to expound upon what may be difficult for some to accept. Did he do so to cover up his own heretical teaching? What is next, change the readings of The Mass in order to not offend homosexuals and others in states of mortal sin? Well, considering Francis, I don’t think you will find that as far fetched as it sounds…