PRO-LIFE MESSAGE
If you say to the wicked man, "You shall surely die; and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his wicked conduct so that he may live: that wicked man shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death." If, on the other hand, you have warned the wicked man, yet he has not turned away from his evil nor from his wicked conduct, then he shall die for his sin, but you shall save your life. If a virtuous man turns away from virtue and does wrong when I place a stumbling block before him, he shall die. He shall die for his sin, and his virtuous deeds shall not be remembered; but I will hold you responsible for his death if you did not warn him. When, on the other hand, you have warned a virtuous man not to sin, and he has in fact not sinned, he shall surely live because of the warning, and you shall save your own life."
It would behoove the hierarchy of the Church (and the lay people) especially the bishops and cardinals to review and note well the following Sacred Scripture passages from Ezekiel (3:18-21)
If you say to the wicked man, "You shall surely die; and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his wicked conduct so that he may live: that wicked man shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death." If, on the other hand, you have warned the wicked man, yet he has not turned away from his evil nor from his wicked conduct, then he shall die for his sin, but you shall save your life. If a virtuous man turns away from virtue and does wrong when I place a stumbling block before him, he shall die. He shall die for his sin, and his virtuous deeds shall not be remembered; but I will hold you responsible for his death if you did not warn him. When, on the other hand, you have warned a virtuous man not to sin, and he has in fact not sinned, he shall surely live because of the warning, and you shall save your own life."
As a wise priest says, "I am not going to hell for anyone."
To reprimand Senator Kennedy would not have been a harsh action, but a display of genuine pastoral care: care for the welfare of his eternal soul. And imagine the enormous good that might have been done, if Ted Kennedy had been persuaded to reverse his support for abortion!.
Sister Bryne of Washington, DC, remarked: "How wonderful it would have been if Ted Kennedy would have said publicly, that he was wrong on his lack of stance in protecting the unborn....how many lives would have changed, maybe many in his own family and how many lives would be saved...I lament this the most. I pray for him and all who fail to see the preciousness of life from the womb to the tomb. No issue is more crucial in our Catholic faith than that of the sacredness of life."
Sister Bryne of Washington, DC, remarked: "How wonderful it would have been if Ted Kennedy would have said publicly, that he was wrong on his lack of stance in protecting the unborn....how many lives would have changed, maybe many in his own family and how many lives would be saved...I lament this the most. I pray for him and all who fail to see the preciousness of life from the womb to the tomb. No issue is more crucial in our Catholic faith than that of the sacredness of life."
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