Part 7 of our stripped down look at Amoris Laetitia with some commentary by PopeWatch:
181. Members of families should remember that they are called to do good in the world as well as in their family.
182. No family can be fruitful if the members of the family see their family as different or set apart from other families. “Still, some Christian families, whether because of the language they use, the way they act or treat others, or their constant harping on the same two or three issues, end up being seen as remote and not really a part of the community.” (PopeWatch wonders what “two or three issues” the Pope has in mind. Perhaps environmentalism, income inequality and pacifism?)
183. A call for family members to be the most annoying type of social justice warriors.
184. More of the same.
185. 1 Cor 11:17-34 interpreted as rich v. poor, an interpretation completely alien to the text, but that is how Pope Francis sees the world.
186. Pope tries the trick of interpreting worthiness to receive communion as to whether you sign on to his leftist view of the world. (Like most leftists, the Pope tends to regard morality as having the “correct” beliefs on a laundry list of current social justice issues rather than morality as traditionally understood by the Church.)
187. The Pope wishes to make sure that our relatives never have a moment’s refuge from our attempts to do good for them.
188. Children receive the gift of life from their parents.
189. Honor thy mother and thy father.
190. Marriage challenges husbands and wives to find new ways of being sons and daughters.
191. Save the geezers!
192. More geezers.
193. Lack of historical memory in families is a problem if geezers are not listened to. (PopeWatch finds this ironic since Pope Francis has never shown much interest in the historical memory of the Church.)
194. Importance of the relationship of siblings.
195. Families with only one child have to find ways to make sure the child does not grow up isolated.
196. Praise of the extended family.
197. Families should help the screw ups in their extended family.
198. Families should have good relationships with father and mother in laws.
Chapter Six-Some Pastoral Perspectives
199. New pastoral methods are needed.
200. Calls for an effort for evangelization and catechesis within families.
201. Evangelizing families needs to be tied in to the Pope’s hatred of free markets.
202. Priests often lack training in dealing with families. The point points to the experience of married Eastern Rite priests as a possible resource.
203. Pope takes a swing at seminarians as being ill-prepared to deal with families. (PopeWatch suspects that what really riles the Pope about most seminarians is their orthodoxy.)
204. The Pope calls on the panoply of lay experts on the family to assist the Church in aiding families. (Except for giving Communion to Catholics in adulterous marriages, this is probably the most misbegotten proposal in the Exhortation. Families need Christ and not more input from members of the swarms of “helping professionals” who usually are expensive and completely ineffective in helping troubled families.)
205. Young people need to be taught about the dignity and beauty of marriage.
206. Better marriage prep.
207. More on marriage prep.
208. More on marriage prep.
209. Marriage prep should warn couples about potential pitfalls in marriage.
210. Couples need to recognize potential danger signals in their relationships. (Priests should not be shy about bluntly telling couples that their marrying would likely be a disaster for both of them.)
More tomorrow.
The more I read this (the short version of AL, not the whole of TAC), the more I am grateful for Kevin Thompson’s blog on marriage, family, etc
Authors or doers? We need an end to the Papal ordinary magisterial writing ( some of it very ordinary like caving into the liberal world on wifely obedience in this document and the death penalty)….until Catholic institutions are cleaned up by phone by Popes actually working the phone instead of authoring and traveling to iconic photo ops…Lesbos. Last week the University of San Diego ( Catholic under and with the Bishop on the board) held its 5th annual drag show with the organization, Pride, involvement despite the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education notifying them that it is a scandal. Money is perhaps the culprit. Their endowment is 395 million dollars from entities like McDonalds and Jenny Craig.
PROOF positive that the curia has no teeth in stopping a Catholic institution from affirming sinful lifestyles. The Pope with one threat ( see canon law on papal power) could correct that Bishop and end that scandal. He won’t…he’s busy not working but talking. Phone work and threats is hard work…authoring is not…Jeremiah…” but I have sat alone because thou hast filled me with threats”.
http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/4835/USD-%e2%80%98Drag-Show-%e2%80%99-Criticized-by-Vatican-Continues-Under-New-President.aspx
193. Lack of historical memory in families is a problem if geezers are not listened to. (PopeWatch finds this ironic since Pope Francis has never shown much interest in the historical memory of the Church.
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Why should he? He’s a geezer! He’s just doing he job that all of us geezers should be doing!
As to 182, those who are treated as outcasts, be they individuals or families, in much of today’s Church are those who support capital punishment, oppose dangerous and irresponsible open borders immigration policies, and who think man-made global warming (err, climate change) is a hoax. I
Thanks Donald. I agree on the marriage prep part. The rest, no so much. Overall, the document is subversive to the Catholic faith. It would have been better that it were not written and the Synods were not held. Pope Francis would be better off if he only communicated with God and spared the rest of us from potential loss of faith.