“Charity in truth” – Benedict XVI – renders his Antigay Teachings - Null and Void - Kids are being hurt!!!

Revised - Monday, July 27, 2009, 23:29:05 GMT

by Fr. Marty Kurylowicz Thalamus Center

Important note: I mean no disrespect to Pope Benedict XVI or the hierarchy, the one and only concern is the safety and well-being of children. Kids are being hurt!!!

ENCYCLICAL LETTER 
CARITAS IN VERITATE
 OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
 BENEDICT XVI

“Charity in truth” – Benedict XVI confuses charity with hatred and truth with self-righteousness. He clearly defines how he confuses these concepts, in the very same way that he describes that other people are confusing them. He appears to be projecting onto others the exact same way that he himself misunderstands the meaning of truth that degenerates charity into sentimentality, becoming an empty shell that he then fills up with his own idea of what he thinks love is, which is completely arbitrary. He goes on to describe what happens to a culture which is without truth. However, he appears to be describing the culture of the Vatican accurately, which has been without truth and is the fatal risk to love, as witnessed by the deliberate covering-up of decades of child sexual abuse cases. Kids are being hurt!!! His explanation of how other people wrongly confuse the meaning of truth appears again to be a projection, about how truth fell prey to his contingent subjective emotions and opinions and the word “love” was abused and distorted, to the point where it came to mean the opposite, which is hate. The ending of this paragraph taken from Benedict XVI's encyclical letter is not a projection. However, it is not a description of Benedict XVI’s behavior in dealing with truth. It does describe how we are to protect children and with all due respect to Benedict XVI, which is the real “charity in truth.” “Truth frees charity from the constraints of an emotionalism that deprives it of relational and social content, and of a fideism that deprives it of human and universal breathing-space. In the truth, charity reflects the personal yet public dimension of faith in the God of the Bible, who is both Agápe and Lógos: Charity and Truth, Love and Word CARITAS IN VERITATE
.” Jesus warned us not to follow what some church leaders do. Jesus said this because they do not practice what they preach, Matthew 23: 1- 4.

Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived. Truth is the light that gives meaning and value to charity. That light is both the light of reason and the light of faith, through which the intellect attains to the natural and supernatural truth of charity: it grasps its meaning as gift, acceptance, and communion. Without truth, charity degenerates into sentimentality (Benedict XVI). Love becomes an empty shell, to be filled in an arbitrary way (unsubstantiated antigay teachings). In a culture (the culture of the Vatican is) without truth, this is the fatal risk facing love (abuse of children). It (truth) falls prey to (Benedict XVI’s) contingent subjective emotions and opinions, the word “love” is abused and distorted (by Benedict XVI), to the point where it comes to mean the opposite. Truth (facts about human sexuality) frees charity from (Benedict XVI’s) constraints of an emotionalism that deprives it of relational (facts about human sexuality) and social content (Kids are being hurt !!!), and of a fideism (that we can make this world a better place for everyone) that deprives it of human and universal breathing-space. In the truth, charity reflects the personal yet public dimension of faith in the God of the Bible, who is both Agápe and Lógos: Charity and Truth, Love and Word. ENCYCLICAL LETTER 
CARITAS IN VERITATE
 OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
 BENEDICT XVI June 29, 2009

What Jesus said about not following what religious leaders do seems to be true, regarding Benedict XVI. Matthew 23: 1-15, 25-37. Children's well-being must always come first!!!

1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5"Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'

8"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. 9And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

15"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

33"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34Therefore I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. 35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation.

37"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Matthew 23: 1-15, 25-37.

Benedict XVI’s antigay teachings, because they are unsubstantiated not based on any facts, therefore it must be concluded that they too are a projection of Benedict XVI’s personal experienced thoughts and feelings. The same is true for all those people who support Benedict XVI's antigay teachings, because in truth these people haven't done their homework to inform their conscience, as dictated traditional Roman Catholic teachings (THE FORMATION OF CONSCIENCE - Catechism of the Catholic Church). However, if he and those who support him dared to learn the truth about human sexuality together they would find that the truth would set him free from such harsh self-incrimination and for the first time in his life experience real and true love.

People who have not done their homework studying human sexuality from an academic perspective both the science and biblically references from scholars, then where else are they getting their information except from their own personal experiences. They broadcast publicly their private thoughts and feelings related to sexual orientation and gender identity. The first indication that anyone is speaking from their private thoughts and feelings about issues of human sexuality and that they have not done their homework is they use a defense called splitting (more) when the world is divided into the all good or all bad, love or hate, black or white, and tons of generalzations are used to describe extremely complex topics. Such as, "All homosexuals act this way or that way, or they all do not care about families," etc. God made a world of great complexities far beyond our ability to understand it fully, and yet people continually diminish God's majesty by insisting there is only one sexual orientation, only two genders, it doesn't make any sense. No two snowflakes are exactly alike. In all the world there are no two anythings that are exactly like, trees, animals, people, fingerprints, DNA samples. Diversity, great diversity is the signature hallmark sign of all God's creation and in that great diversity we are one, similar to the Trinity, distinctly different but one.

Benedict XVI's is unable to define or discuss his thoughts about homosexuality, because they are not based on facts, but instead they are formed by his personal experience. No matter what stardom or fame anyone aquires in life, it is of the utmost importance not to believe in it. Because in truth that person is no different than anyone else, the only thing that is different is that the public spotlight had shone on a part of who that person is that is in everyone. Even if that person has made some major accomplishment in life there will always be others who have done the same and better, but the public shotlight was not on them. The proof of this is that an enormous number of people can identify with that part, because it is also in them. Being a priest, you receive many honors and signs of respect, which you did not earn and do not deserve, because they come with office. Why this is so important to remember is because otherwise I think a person stops growing and learning and becomes isolated from people, which then becomes harmful to others. Kids are being hurt!!!

Important note: I mean no disrespect to Pope Benedict XVI or the hierarchy, the one and only concern is the safety and well-being of children. Kids are being hurt!!!

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