When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. (And) Jesus said to her, Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servers, Do whatever he tells you. Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, Fill the jars with water. So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter. So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now. Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. -The 2nd Luminous Mystery

Gay Marriage

Gay Marriage
Question from Kayla on 6/19/2008:

Judy, With all the hubbub on the news about the recent legalization of homosexual "marriage" in California I was wondering, why are the Bishops not making more of a statement about this? Also, How can people not expect for gay "marriage" to become the law of the land since the homosexual lifestyle is already accepted by the populace at large? It seems a fait accompli to me. just a a matter of time. It seems a little late for some to protest the "attack on marriage" since divorce has virtually destroyed the institution for at least the last fifty years. Why don't we ever hear ANYONE preaching about divorce??? (Sorry this is such a long post but I do think there is a connection between the two!)
Answer by Judie Brown on 6/21/2008:

Dear Kayla

The California Catholic Bishops have made public statements against this new law/Court decision, so I am no sure what you are asking.

The USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) issued "Always our Children" and that is on line at http://www.usccb.org/laity/always.shtml

The USCCB has not forcefully condemned either homosexual/lesbian marriage or civil unions.

Judie Brown

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJune 22, 2008

    Well the heterosexual "lifestyle" has been accepted as the law of the land since the fall of the ancients and the rise of monotheism. I don't recall ever reading about any outcries from homosexuals, bisexuals, and other sexual minorities when chrisitianity imposed its arbitrary, foreign, and brutal dogma on a population that had vigorously reisisted it for centuries as an alien religious belief.

    The great triumph of chrisitanity is that it managed to convince a huge foreing population that it was the true and only relgion. The great shame of christianity is that in its attempt to do so, it became and acted just like the cults it attempted to crush and continues to do so to this day.

    Former Catholic Homosexual

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