Giving up ice cream for Lent?...

Cardinal Gregory waded into the controversy about some of Mr. Biden’s political views that put him at odds with church teaching, stating in 2021 that though he disagreed with Mr. Biden’s stance on abortion, he would not deny him Communion. source

Receiving the Holy Eucharist while in the state of mortal sin is a grave sacrilege and is in itself a mortal sin, and trust me on this, support of abortion is a mortal sin. Period! And public sin requires public repentence. 

I would like everyone to spend eternity with God – even Joe Biden, although I will cop to being rather grudging about that. I’m much more like those whining  vineyard workers.

The general idea of the parable (Matthew 20 1-6) is that everyone comes to the vineyard (faith) at different points in their lives. Some people are lifelong disciples of Jesus, and some people convert only toward the end of their lives. In the kingdom of God, both groups are treated the same. By human standards, we perhaps might view this as unjust. Yet Jesus points out that the reward for their long work (heaven) is fair, and the only reason that others receive this same reward is because of the generosity of the owner of the vineyard (God). It is his (God’s) to do with as he pleases. So long as we have not been treated unjustly, how could we reasonably complain that God is generous to others? source

   There is a huge problem when a priest of the Church winks at mortal sin and allows someone to pile up sin. 

BTW – I received closer to a blob on my forehead instead of a lovely cross yesterday. Sigh…