Our Lady of Lourdes offering Mass for Trump

[Anonymous]

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.

Try again they lose tax status period calling today not putting g up with this crap.

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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.

BS Jesus was not pro life

Jesus would not want women dying

[Anonymous]

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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.

BS Jesus was not pro life

Jesus would not want women dying

Jesus also hated when people lied to get out of paying taxes.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Walz literally signed into law a bill that would not require a physician the render assistance to a baby born alive during a botched abortion. When questioned about this during the debate, he lied as he so often does.

[Anonymous]

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

All Catholics are christian nationalists.

Wrong. Is Biden?

No however overwhelmingly Catholics are in the cult.

They make up SCOTUS planned by Len Leo and Heritage foundation and Opus Dei . They are full on traitors

20 percent of the US is Catholic Prollifers are about 15 percent of that number so yes MAGA has a strong presense amount in Catholics.

Not MAGA, but people like you are making me reconsider.

[Anonymous]

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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.

BS Jesus was not pro life

Jesus would not want women dying

But He’s just fine with scrambling a baby’s brains or cutting their limbs off in utero because of a one night stand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

And plenty of horrible secular people. WTF is your point?

[Anonymous]

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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.

So should all catholics. They are christian-nationalists.

Plus they are the ones who overturned Roe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

BS Jesus was not pro life

Jesus would not want women dying

But He’s just fine with scrambling a baby’s brains or cutting their limbs off in utero because of a one night stand?

Jesus wouldn't have invented abortion if he didn't want women to use it.

[Anonymous]

As a Catholic I find it incredibly offensive but sadly not surprising. First, no political party aligns with Catholic teachings. Republicans support many policies that are against Catholic teachings. Given that the Catholic vote has been largely split in recent years, this is extremely alienating to half of congregations who go to mass for prayer and reflection not for politics. Second, I really don't understand how any Catholic could vote for Donald Trump given the complete lack of morality in both his policies and person. Unfortunately, there is a group of Catholics who have become single issue (abortion) voters. These voters also view unwanted pregnancy very narrowly as the result of poor choices and low morality and are ironically voting for politicians whose policies will increase unwanted pregnancies and abortions by trapping people in poverty and failing to provide access to reproductive healthcare.

[Anonymous]

We know that DJT has had relations with at least one prostitute. We can assume that he has had many more, probably with younger girls. How many of them did he impregnate? Of those, how many of them got abortions as a result?

[Anonymous]

I think that is Kavanaugh’s church, isn’t it?

Would have been more appropriate to pray for health, safety, wisdom and grace for both candidates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that is Kavanaugh’s church, isn’t it?

Would have been more appropriate to pray for health, safety, wisdom and grace for both candidates.

And you’re free to go ask that parish or any other to celebrate a Mass for that intention.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think that is Kavanaugh’s church, isn’t it?

Would have been more appropriate to pray for health, safety, wisdom and grace for both candidates.

And you’re free to go ask that parish or any other to celebrate a Mass for that intention.

But I think the point is that most priests will exercise a little discretion here—if someone wanted a mass dedicated to the Yankees winning the series, the parish priest would also say “no”, but you’re free to pray for that on your own, and Lord knows my grandmother said a few rosearies for that particular desire.

[Anonymous]

Why are people in Catholic schools and churches crossing the line of ethics? Where’s “grace”?