http://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/choosing-my-religion-segment-features-new-ways-ministry/ New Ways Ministry: Building Bridges Between the LGBT Community and the Catholic Church Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/choosing-my-religion-segment-features-new-ways-ministry/#comment-8884 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:34:24 +0000 http://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/?p=3551#comment-8884 /It is truly unfortunate that many Catholics…faithful, devout persons,,,are leaving the “Church” when in fact they re not. As a previous comment puts forth…the Church is Jesus Christ in union with ALL people…Christian, Jew, Hindu, Wiccan,.. Muslim…atheist… and so on…for whoever does the Will of the Father…loves unconditionally all people…caring for them not in words but acts of kindness and compassion…is wittingly or unwittingly…a follower of Christ. What they leave is an institution and more tragically a community worship. For myself, in my spiritual journey I have come to look upon the institutional Church as a mere infrastructure – a necessary evil for conducting the business of daily life. From Vatican II came the pronouncement in the new Catechism that when sincere conscience and Church teaching are in opposition, I/we are obligated before God to follow our consciences. The hierarchy has forgotten they are servants, not task masters and they should remember Acts of The Apostles in which it is stated by the original Twelve…to paraphrase…we must take our lead from the faithful for it is within their hearts that the Holy Spirit lives, guides, teaches us. Namaste.

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