Comments for Father Joe

Comment on Religious Instructions by roslyn

roslyn — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:19:40 +0000

My husband (recently converted to Catholicism) and I separated within the last month and I just found out he has created a profile on match.com and has "interacted" with several candidates. When I confronted him he said it is ok for him to be on such sites because he is seeing what is out there and that "it's ok for him to dream". I am born and raised Catholic and believe what he is doing is sneaky and a sin. As a priest - what is your "two-cents" on this? RESPONSE at BLOGGER PRIEST.

Comment on Divorce & Remarriage is Adultery by Jannie Dunn Franklin

Jannie Dunn Franklin — Thu, 30 May 2013 01:05:08 +0000

Years ago I was married and my husband drank and ran around . He was even sent to jail on charges , of assault to another. We had two children , while I was carrying the second one , he decided that he would leave , pretending he was going to get another job in a different state ,and move us later,...... I heard from him one time after he left , only after someone had caught him cheating again.. . Honestly I did ask him not to come back . I didn't mean it ..... i was just very angry, Like any normal person...... He never came back and didn't hear from him until ...... one day our youngest daugther came and ask if she could use my credit card to find her dad on line! I let her use it two weeks later she came to me and ask to verify this person on the computer. I did and realized it was the same person... My husband , from the past. Shocked , More like it! All I could say was yes... Once his sister had called me I explained that we found him ...... she called and talk to her other brother and he 'confirmed' it was him: When she called him ' he was shocked as well' He called me to talk first and then wanted to know if he could talk to the children.... I couldn't believe my eyes when he walked through the doors of the restaurant , The waiter ask me if I needed A drink. I realized I must have had that look as though I seen a ghost. The kids where confused if they wanted to know him and his wife or not .... He told me he was a D.n, in the church and I was stunted about how that could be ! Especially when you married the same woman twice and committed all these sins against her. The question is can he deny his family , be divorced twice and still be allowed to get and annulment and get remarried in the orthodox church? That is my question! And is it justifiable ? RESPONSE at BLOGGER PRIEST.

Comment on USCCB MONITUM: Fr. Ken Roberts by Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:21:29 +0000

Joan - How can I obtain a copy of these tapes? Fr. Ken's tapes were an inspiration to be as well an I would love to listen to them.

FATHER JOE: You can't, that is the whole point. Father's ministry is over.

Comment on About by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:07 +0000

Dear Father Joe,

Recently, I’ve been reading a lot on marriage, specifically the parts on conjugal love, and it all sound so wonderful and good. But honestly Father, I’ve been left feeling really confused about it all. Nobody seems to be able to agree on what’s right or wrong in the marriage bed. Some (priests included) seem to think that there are no rules, that whatever happens in the bedroom is all fine and dandy
Things have become so deluded Father, I just want to make sure I’m getting the right information. If you could please clear a few things up for me it would be really great.
#1) Is it okay for a married couple to use oral sex as a means of stimulation during intercourse as long as it doesn’t lead the male to ejaculation?
#2) Is it okay for the female to be brought to climax before and/or after intercourse?
#3) Is it okay for the male to enter his wife’s vagina from behind? I’ve personally always found this to be demeaning. I know that different sex positions are aloud, but this one seems to be more mechanical and
animal-listic, than unitive and marital.
#4) Is anal sex considered wrong no matter what? I do not agree with this act, but have been told that as long as its used as foreplay its fine.
#5) What is the Churches stance on sex toys?
#6) Is it okay for different nationalities to intermarry? Like a black man and a white woman? I personally think its fine as long as they both love each other and want to know, love, and serve God together, but I have heard otherwise.
#7) Is it okay for a married couple to touch themselves (breasts and genitals) for the stimulation of the other or as a way of showing the other how they would like to be touched, as long as it doesn’t lead to male ejaculation? If so, can the woman climax form this kind of stimulation?

Please Father, I know these questions are a little weird, but I would greatly appreciate both your and the Roman Catholic Churches teachings on these matters.

Thank you and God Bless.

FATHER JOE: See RESPONSE at BLOGGER PRIEST.

Comment on SCI-FI AUTHOR JOHN C WRIGHT BECOMES CATHOLIC! by Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:56:07 +0000

Another Catholic sci-fi author, if I recall correctly, is Larry Niven. He and Jerry Pournelle co-wrote “Inferno” and its “Escape From Hell” which are excellent, intriguing reads.

Comment on FALSE WORSHIP AT JOHN PAUL II CULTURAL CENTER? by ROY

ROY — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:37:14 +0000

READ DUET. 4:23-25, READ DUET. 5:7-8, READ DUET. 6:14-15 YOU SHALL NOT GO AFTER, YOU SHALL NOT GO AFTER, YOU SHALL NOT GO AFTER (GOING AFTER ALONE TO OTHER GOD IS HIGHLY UNLAWFUL WHAT IF YOU WORSHIP IT ) AFTER OTHER GODS THE GODS OG THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU….YOU WILL DESTROY
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Comment on About by Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:01:18 +0000

How does a priest leave the priesthood due to life-threatening ill health? What is the process? I am doing research for a book. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. See RESPONSE at BLOGGER PRIEST.

Comment on LIMBO IN LIMBO, OR SUBURB OF HELL? by Donald E. Flood

Donald E. Flood — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:54:35 +0000

Father Joe,

The ITC report never cited, even as a reference, the Papal Bull “Effraenatam” from Pope Sixtus V, which stated the following:

“Noticing that frequently by various Apostolic Constitutions the audacity and daring of most profligate men, who know no restraint, of sinning with license against the commandment ‘do not kill’ was repressed; We who are placed by the Lord in the supreme throne of justice, being counseled by a most just reason, are in part renewing old laws and in part extending them in order to restrain with just punishment the monstrous and atrocious brutality of those who have no fear to kill most cruelly fetuses still hiding in the maternal viscera. Who will not detest such an abhorrent and evil act, by which are lost not only the bodies but also the souls? Who will not condemn to a most grave punishment the impiety of him who will exclude a soul created in the image of God and for which Our Lord Jesus Christ has shed His precious Blood, and which is capable of eternal happiness and is destined to be in the company of angels, from the blessed vision of God, and who has impeded as much as he could the filling up of heavenly mansions, and has taken away the service to God by His creature?”

http://iteadjmj.com/aborto/eng-prn.html

Clearly, Pope Sixtus V, taught, from the Chair of Peter, that abortion excludes an infant’s soul from Heaven, the Beatific Vision.

Comment on Was Peter, the First Pope, Married? by concerned fellow

concerned fellow — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:35:05 +0000

COMMENT and RESPONSE at BLOGGER PRIEST.

Comment on Making Myself Scarce by sophia

sophia — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:35:55 +0000

Hi Father,

I am a Anglican, just wanted to saw I LOVE your website. It has been fantastic to read a believer’s thoughts. Strengthens my faith. BLESS YOU FATHER!! Praise God!