Cardinal Burke questions couple's suggestion to Synod on welcoming gay son and lover
October 10, 2014
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Cardinal Raymond Burke has taken issue with an Australian couple who told the Synod of Bishops that parents should welcome the homosexual partner of a gay son to Christmas dinner with their grandchildren.
Ron and Mavis Priola, one of several couples invited to speak at the October session of the Synod, suggested that in the hypothetical case they introduced, parents should show an open attitude toward their son and his lover, recognizing that “their grandchildren would see them welcome the son and his partner into the family.”
In an exclusive interview with LifeSite News, Cardinal Burke agreed that the parents should make every effort to show their continuing love for their gay son. But he argued against bringing the son and his partner to a family dinner. The cardinal explained;
If homosexual relations are intrinsically disordered, which indeed they are— reason teaches us that and also our faith— then, what would it mean to grandchildren to have present at a family gathering a family member who is living a disordered relationship with another person?
The cardinal said that the parents in this case could mislead their grandchildren, doing them a disservice “by seeming to condone gravely sinful acts on the part of a family member.”
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Posted by: jg23753479 -
Oct. 12, 2014 1:23 PM ET USA
I agree that Filioque has nailed it here. How much of liberalism's success (i.e. devastation of western culture) is due to skillful playing of the "hurt feelings card"? I'd say most of it because there is preciously little intellectual substance in liberalism; it's largely emotions run wild. I wouldn't let my daughter sit at the table if she brought along a fornicating boyfriend. Why in heaven's name should I welcome a self-proclaimed sodomite "partner" of any of my children, daughter or son?
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Posted by: james-w-anderson8230 -
Oct. 12, 2014 1:10 AM ET USA
Re Ave Maria, I think you draw the line at public display of rebellion against God. If Uncle Bill does not discuss his vasectomy, and if Cousin Betty doesn't discuss her use of contraceptives then there is no public scandal and they are welcome at the family table. Alternatively, if the children are old enough to discuss and understand the problem, there might be no problem as long as you don't facilitate the evil.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Oct. 11, 2014 9:49 PM ET USA
Cardinal Burke is such a light of reason and will in the current Catholic darkness that engulfs us. His precision in language and his statement of the truth in its integrity sharply contrast with Archbishop Hart's sophistry.
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Posted by: feedback -
Oct. 11, 2014 3:45 PM ET USA
Filioque, you presented it so well. The sponsors of homosexuality depict "hurt feelings" as the worst possible evil that can happen to a person in this life or the afterlife. Sadly, it works, and many people, even Church people, seem to fall into this deadly trap.
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Posted by: mumof5 -
Oct. 11, 2014 1:19 PM ET USA
Good for Cardinal Burke! Parent must protect younger children from scandal - even from a sibling. My advice to parents is meet as adults with the couple, out at dinner for example, but never allow the son to bring his partner to their home. Same goes for cohabiting couples. Often children demand respect for their choices but don't respect ours. We need to pray, love them unconditionally, but not be doormats or submit to psychological blackmail. They may walk like the prodigal son. Pray them home
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Posted by: dover beachcomber -
Oct. 11, 2014 1:16 PM ET USA
Recall that the proposal was not just to welcome the son, but also to welcome his sodomite partner. Welcoming the son would show Christ's mercy, but welcoming the partner too would approve the sodomy, which Christ would never do. Suppose the son had another friend who wasn't gay, but a drug dealer, who was helping the son get into that criminal business. Should he, too, be welcomed?
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Posted by: garedawg -
Oct. 11, 2014 12:42 PM ET USA
I suppose I would draw the line at the bedroom door; they would have to go to a hotel at their own expense.
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Posted by: unum -
Oct. 11, 2014 10:06 AM ET USA
What ever happened to "love the sinner, hate the sin"?
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Posted by: gustilohamar7837 -
Oct. 11, 2014 8:18 AM ET USA
40 yrs ago when we were very young, my folks refused to allow my aunt's shack up (whom she left her husband and our 4 cousins for) to come for thxgiving. My aunt refused to come w/o him. I knew nothing of this until as a young adult, I recd a letter from my aunt(who had undergone a conversion experience)where she apologized for being a bad example & told me my folks were right for protecting us & mitigating the scandal her divorce had already caused. She said she knew my mom always loved her.
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Posted by: claire5327 -
Oct. 11, 2014 2:00 AM ET USA
God is both Male and Female in Oneness that is His Divine Nature.God is Love!That love created both male and female in His image.Not IMAGES!God is the Creator, not pro-creator. He joined the man and woman in ONE FLESH to procreate with Him by His passion. That Consuming Fire~Fire of Creation,union between man-woman. Love needs to be loved.That loving back is by doing His will upon each of His children all were created in His mind since creation. To Love God back is to obey His Commandments!
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Posted by: filioque -
Oct. 11, 2014 1:42 AM ET USA
The sinners Jesus dined had either already repented or he gave then a good lecture.. He never condoned sinful behavior or ignored it. The family has to be clear about who created the rift. If I don't care enough about my family and its values to avoid behavior that is unacceptable, then I shouldn't complain when they call me to account. Being hurt because my lover is not welcome at Christmas dinner would only display more of the selfish immaturity that led to the original bad behavior.
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Posted by: hartwood01 -
Oct. 10, 2014 9:11 PM ET USA
Cardinal Burke's belief that parents should make every effort to show love to their gay son and his partner,short of sharing a family dinner with them,is not something I would imagine Jesus would do. He sat down with sinners,he loved them. The Cardinal has no idea the damage he is doing.Is he really that insulated from humanity,that he can be so cruel?
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Posted by: BobJ70777069 -
Oct. 10, 2014 9:11 PM ET USA
At least Cardinal Burke remains a voice of sanity amidst the chattering on every side.
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Posted by: Ave Maria -
Oct. 10, 2014 8:44 PM ET USA
Ya know the problem with alienating family is where do you draw the line of who tho disenfranchise so as not to appear condoning a lifestyle choice. Say Uncle Bill got a vasectomy because he & his wife don't want children, or, any more children...or Cousin Betty who takes birth control? Etc., etc., etc....
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Posted by: lovison4584 -
Oct. 10, 2014 6:51 PM ET USA
By the same token heterosexual couples living in sin should not be welcome but it is unlikely this will come up. Our culture is so messed up. Prayers and sacrifice are needed.
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Posted by: lak321 -
Oct. 10, 2014 6:36 PM ET USA
Doesn't the same apply to cohabitating heterosexual couples? I assume it does. The conversation may be less. volatile if the homosexual element is left out?
