![]() ![]() ![]() Yahweh loves the upright,but he frustrates the wicked.ġ0 Yahweh reigns for ever, your God, Zion, from age to age. He keeps faith for ever,ħ gives justice to the oppressed, gives food to the hungry Yahweh sets prisoners free.Ĩ Yahweh gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down.ĩ Yahweh protects the stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10Ħ who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them. ![]() Here is your God, vengeance is coming, divine retribution he is coming to save you.'ĥ Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed,Ħ then the lame will leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy for water will gush in the desert and streams in the wastelands,ġ0 For those whom Yahweh has ransomed will return, they will come to Zion shouting for joy, their heads crowned with joy unending rejoicing and gladness will escort them and sorrow and sighing will take flight. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon then they will see the glory of Yahweh, the splendour of our God.ģ Strengthen all weary hands, steady all trembling kneesĤ and say to the faint-hearted, 'Be strong! Do not be afraid. The Catechism affirms: “Consequently, sexuality, in which man and woman give themselves to one another through the acts proper and reserved to the spouses, is by no means something purely biological, but concerns the innermost core of the human person as such.” In it, they would “make each other rich in joy and gratitude.1 Let the desert and the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom like the asphodel,Ģ let it burst into flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy. There is no longer any distinction made as to which sexual behavior is self-serving or expresses mutual appropriation.”īrüske emphasized that the Church’s moral teaching had ordered sexuality toward the conjugal love of a man and a woman. According to this logic, there is no longer any need to clarify or distinguish how sexuality is practiced. “By contrasting this false assertion with his second assertion - that sexuality is without restriction a gift of God, the entire area is removed from ethical reflection. In fact, the theologian added, the Church had always rejected such a view as erroneous. What I would like to know from him is this: Where does he find such a statement in the Catechism or in Church tradition?” “He is implying that the Catechism and thus the tradition of the Church are somehow saying that sexuality is sin. “Bishop Georg Bätzing’s argument here is tricky,” he said. The German theologian Martin Brüske sharply criticized Bätzing’s comments in an interview with CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. No one employed by the Church should be afraid of losing their job because of this, he said. ![]()
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