Father Thomas Euteneuer, President of Human Life International, has written an open letter to Father Thomas Brennan S.J. As first reported on this site Fr. Brennan recently identified himself as a homosexual at Mass during St. Josephs University’s ‘Unity Week.’
Some Excerpts from the press release.
Father Euteneuer said, “There is something just plain wrong about abusing people’s trust in the priesthood in such a public way, and since you chose to ‘go public’ with this matter, a public response to your outrageous ‘outing’ is merited.”
“First of all,” Father Euteneuer said, “Holy Mass is not a forum for your self-expression. You chose the sacred liturgy and the pulpit reserved for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the launching pad for your personal testament to homosexuality … You’ve read the same documents I’ve read about the liturgy, and none of them say the liturgy is your personal stage.”
He continued, “[Celibacy] is a form of Christian chastity to which you and I are called, and I trust that you are faithful to it. … A heterosexual celibate renounces his natural desire for wife and children in order to embrace the Bride of Christ in a direct spousal relationship. A homosexual celibate renounces an unholy desire for members of the same sex: that is a renunciation of a disorder, not the embrace of a Bride.
November 9, 2007 at 9:37 pm
at what point did personal preference trump the Eucharist? good grief…
November 9, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Father E. Says it well. It is not about you!
It would be better if all priest could remember that.