Our Lady of Lourdes offering Mass for Trump

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

[Anonymous]

Saint Rita Church regularly prays for him. They put it in the church bulletin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

Yes you moron. I am Catholic and go to church every Sunday. I am obviously voting for Harris. I would not get an abortion unless I had to, but that doesn’t mean I should vote to remove that option for other women, Catholic or not.

[Anonymous]

Another reason I’m no longer Catholic. Pedophile-excusing, MAGA-loving, women-hating organization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

Abortion is a Catholic sin whether it is legal or not. The secular government is not the Church.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump personally parades his anti-Catholic-values behavior every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

Yes you moron. I am Catholic and go to church every Sunday. I am obviously voting for Harris. I would not get an abortion unless I had to, but that doesn’t mean I should vote to remove that option for other women, Catholic or not.

You can keep on denying you are one of those christian nationalists, but we all know you really a christian nationalist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wording's a bit vague, and I'm not Catholic, but I think almost any a theistic religious person can agree to pray for Donald Trump at soul. No matter what you think of him, he's a major figure at the moment, and the course of his life affects all of us. Trusting God with a prayer to move Trump to a better position is a religiously a good thought.

I am a Catholic and unless he is on his deathbed it’s against the rules and since Catholics are all about rules whoever sanctioned this should be immediately removed.[/quote

You can request a mass intention for anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

NP. Harris/Walz do not support “no restrictions” on abortion. But anyway: to answer your question? YES. Why? Because when you are in the voting booth and are casting a vote that will shape policies for ALL Americans, your Catholicism has nothing to do with that. Your PERSONAL choices are your personal choices: good for you. But those choices should not have anything to do with what is best and right as far as what choices are available to your atheist, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Wiccan, etc., NEIGHBORS.

And if any Catholic or Christian doctrine does make it into the booth, it should simply be: do unto others as you would have done unto you. What you would want “done unto you” does not include having your hands and your doctor’s hands tied by laws when it comes to what is right and best for your body.

Nothing was more humbling than for my extremely Catholic cousin to, unfortunately, have to undergo a D&C for her WANTED, PLANNED third baby, but the pregnancy was not viable and not getting an emergency D&C would have killed her. She now votes Democrat and actively works to expand abortion rights in Tennessee. After all, she believes GOD SPARED HER WITH MEDICAL CARE some years ago, and she no longer would have the same care today.

[Anonymous]

For those who want and need this:
Praying for the Nation with the Cathedral

As the sacred ground where the nation gathers for prayer at pivotal moments in our life together, the Cathedral will be open for prayer and meditation on Election Day as votes are cast, and on the day after as votes are counted.

These opportunities for prayer are part of the Cathedral’s A Better Way initiative.

Tuesday, Nov. 5
The Cathedral nave will be open for private prayer and meditation from 7 am to 10 pm. Clergy will offer prayers during the Election Day Prayer Vigil between 8 am and 9 pm, including four special services. Click to learn more and access livestreams:

8 am ET: Service of Morning Prayer
12 pm ET: Interfaith Noonday Service of Prayer
5 pm ET: Service of Evening Prayer
8:45 pm ET: Compline


Wednesday, Nov. 6
The Cathedral will open for private prayer and meditation from 7 am to 6 pm. A Service of Unity and Hope after an Election will be offered at 12 pm eastern.

[Anonymous]

Trump isn't catholic. Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who want and need this:
Praying for the Nation with the Cathedral

As the sacred ground where the nation gathers for prayer at pivotal moments in our life together, the Cathedral will be open for prayer and meditation on Election Day as votes are cast, and on the day after as votes are counted.

These opportunities for prayer are part of the Cathedral’s A Better Way initiative.

Tuesday, Nov. 5
The Cathedral nave will be open for private prayer and meditation from 7 am to 10 pm. Clergy will offer prayers during the Election Day Prayer Vigil between 8 am and 9 pm, including four special services. Click to learn more and access livestreams:

8 am ET: Service of Morning Prayer
12 pm ET: Interfaith Noonday Service of Prayer
5 pm ET: Service of Evening Prayer
8:45 pm ET: Compline


Wednesday, Nov. 6
The Cathedral will open for private prayer and meditation from 7 am to 6 pm. A Service of Unity and Hope after an Election will be offered at 12 pm eastern.

A little weird for you to post this in an area with multiple Cathedrals which specifically stating which.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another reason I’m no longer Catholic. Pedophile-excusing, MAGA-loving, women-hating organization.

Apparently it's bigoted to point out proven facts about the Church

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

First, that isn't a tree statement of any candidate's position, so false premise.

Second, hypothetically, yes, nothing in Catholicism requires someone to be a one issue political voter. If you think you are choosing between two evils, it is quite clear, Trump is the greater evil.

Third, if you are honest about the pro choice political positions, and none of my pro life friends are, you would know it does not violate your Catholic faith to vote for someone who believes that we cannot dictate other people's faith.

You should have no problem casting a vote for Biden or for Harris, as many nuns and priests I know have done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is dumb but not surprising—-

As at a typical Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes in Bethesda, prayers were given for the living and the dead, the infirm and the Church.

But on this day, the reader ended the prayer of the faithful with some unusual words:

“We pray for the intention of Donald J. Trump, for whom this Mass is being offered today,” a parishioner remembered hearing at the late-summer gathering.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/religion/catholic-mass-for-trump-bethesda-maryland-UYOSCIBZVNDBBBL72BSI2M5C2E/

Meanwhile both maternal deaths and abortions rose post-Dobbs so even if you disregard his waffling on abortion and every other thing Trump does that is inconsistent with Catholic doctrine (which is a lot as the Pope has noted) I still don’t get why you think he is “pro-life”.

They should lose their non-profit/religious exemption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are going to promote one candidate over the other, they need to pay taxes.

+1

Tax those criminals.

To be clear: what was read was a prayer offered by a single parishioner (whom we all hope was praying for Trump to wise up and step down). Other prayers of other parishioners would also have been read at the same time.

It is quite clear that a person who adheres to the Catholic faith could not in good conscience vote for Trump. Some will anyway, but most will not.

But it’s ok for a Catholic to vote for the candidate that does not want any restrictions on abortion? Gotcha.

Yes you moron. I am Catholic and go to church every Sunday. I am obviously voting for Harris. I would not get an abortion unless I had to, but that doesn’t mean I should vote to remove that option for other women, Catholic or not.

You can keep on denying you are one of those christian nationalists, but we all know you really a christian nationalist.

I am PP, I don’t give a crap about what anyone else believes. I don’t take my religion too seriously, nor wear it on my sleeve. I couldn’t be more pro life because that’s what Jesus was. Abortion existed when Jesus was around, do you ever read about him punishing those in the Bible? Did he punish gays in the New Testament? Strict dogmatic Catholics are nuts. I am a Catholic but am smart enough to know there are terrible people in Catholicism - including many many priests and leaders.