re: Gay man denied communion in Amite church

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You're not understanding the core principle behind Christanity. This is that in God's eyes we have all sinned and come short of His glory. And the wages of sin is death. No works you or anyone does can cover those sins. no matter what good "works" we do they can't make up for our sin. The only way to be saved can from the fate of having to pay for your sins is to confess Chirst as your savior and repent from sin. Sin requires death as punishment, not just physical death but spiritual death as well. That's what hell actually is, spiritual death by eternal separation from God. That's why Christ died on the cross. His death paid the debt that we all should by rights have to pay. All we have to do is accept His gift by confessing that we are sinners, accepting Him as our savior, and repenting from sin.

And that's where people get confused. They don't know the actual definition of the word "repent". They mistakenly think it means to just ask forgiveness. But that's only half of its meaning. The other half of repenting is to turn 180 degrees from our sin. The true meaning of the word "repent" is to "turn from". In other words, it means to change from a sinful nature to one of following Christ. Thus it's not enough to just keep asking forgiveness while continuing to live exactly like you did before repenting for your sins. A sincere change has to take place where you genuinely turn from your sinful nature. But that does not mean a Christian will never sin. Nobody can go through life and never sin. I know it sounds complicated and counterintuitive. But that's what lays at the heart of the Christian faith.

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PERFECT explanation of Christianity.

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just think this mentality is horrible. The fact that John Wayne Gacy who repents on his death bed for murdering countless people is somehow more worthy of heaven than Bill Gates, who has saved thousands of lives but just happens to be an atheist. Does anyone besides me realize how insane that sounds? Hardcore Christians really do put murderers on a higher pedestal than atheists and gays.

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First of all I want to acknowledge that the viewpoint you express here is one that seems to come from a point of love.
I also acknowledge that at least part of what you believe about Christianity is due to us Christians so often failing to ourselves act out of love.
I'm not going to try to correct what I believe are misconceptions you have about Christianity.
I'll say that I believe God has room for repentant murderers and for benevolent atheists, and that each person is judged fairly, regardless of what they consciously believe during their time on earth. How could someone be condemned for things outside of their control? Who would want to believe in such a God?

The thing for us as individuals, though, is to not to assume that anything (internal) is out of our control. It's not an excuse. We should all search within our hearts, minds, and souls for what is right and good, and I believe the author of life will find us there.

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The church has rules, and the priest has the duty to make sure those rules are followed. Don't like them, don't go.

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What do those rules say about molesting young boys? That seems to be accepted by the Church. Those priest still receive the Eucharist. Is that not the same homosexual act that they are so strongly against?

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What do those rules say about molesting young boys? That seems to be accepted by the Church. Those priest still receive the Eucharist. Is that not the same homosexual act that they are so strongly against?

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Such a ridiculous statement.

Yes heinous things happened in the church. Yes, people in the church did horrible things like covering it up and not punishing those priests. Yes, those priests deserved prison.

However, the church has not and never will condone the molestation that happened. Those priests are expected to repent and confess. The bishops and others who covered it up are expected to repent and confess. If they receive the Eucharist without repenting and confessing, then they are just as guilty as anyone of profaning the Lord's body and blood.

Catholics have a saying: "The floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops."

Christ's one true church does not and will not ever condone this. There may be corruption in the ministry and congregation because we are all human, but the church doesn't condone it.

This thread is so full of stupid it's ridiculous.

In the view of the Catholic church, what does communion do for the person? What individual benefit is received?

Sinning and living in sin are two different things. Like if I walk down the street and lust I sin, but if I own a strip club then I'm choosing to live in that sin daily. The whole reason Jesus did what he did was so us sinners could have a chance, we fail daily so outsiders can call us hipocrites, but it is different if we identify as gay/ homosexual and live that lifestyle. Also, living with your gf without being married would be considered living in sin, y'all act so smart on here it shouldn't be hard to figure out for the OT geniuses.

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Didn't Christ preach forgiveness?

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Absolutely. And if this guy ended his marriage and went to confession to ask for forgiveness, that priest should and would give him communion.

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Christ loved sinners but he also commanded them to sin no more once he had forgiven them of those sins.

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This is the answer.

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This man clearly continues to sin

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therefore he nor any gay person or anyone for that matter that continues to commit the same sin intentionally even after confessing those sins is ineligible to receive communion.