Nancy Pelosi Eucharist Ban
On May 20th 2022 Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s announcement that he is barring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, her home diocese, until she repudiates her longstanding advocacy of abortion.
I believe this was the right move for the Bishop and those who are in support of him. These public figures like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden who like to boast of their catholicity at the same time advocating for the killing of the unborn, are in a grave situation that will cost them salvation if they continue.
The job of a priest as well of the Bishops is not only to perform the rituals of religion given to us by Christ, but also that of council and admonisher. A Catholic who is NOT in a state of Grace must know to refrain from receiving the Sacraments until sincere repentance and a confession of their sin has been done.
A priest will not know about a person's sin unless the Catholic tells him, or the person has made it known in a public way. The Priest should provide council to this person and rebuke their sin. In this case, the priest knows of the person's mortal sin and should deny them The Sacraments until repentance and confession can be done.
Public Catholic figures who support activity that goes against what The Church teaches and proclaims to be a devout Catholic create a public scandal. It is up to their priest and Bishop to provide council to them and rebuke their sin privately, if they do not listen privately and continue to receive the Sacraments in sin, they should be banned from receiving.
They could actually be excommunicated for this too, but the goal is to save this person's soul and not to simple kick them out of the "club" so to speak. Nancy Pelosi's Bishop has made attempt to get through to her with no avail, he has told her that she is living in mortal sin by advocating for abortion.
If you are Catholic and not is a state of Grace you should still go to mass. The Grace of being with Jesus Truly Present can lead you to repentance and making a good confession. And you should never stop learning about your faith and allowing it to perfect your spiritual life. The purpose of The Church is to save souls first and foremost.
The Church is very clear about who is not in a state of Grace and who is. Any Catholic should know what the Catechism and the bible teaches. Certainly a Catholic should know that killing unborn children or any innocent person is a serious mortal sin. A mortal sin is a sin that causes you to lose your salvation if you continue with no true repentance.
A good way to remember what sins are actually mortal sins is to look to the ten commandments. In the case of abortion the fifth commandment which is "thou shalt not kill!" Since abortion is the premeditated killing of an innocent person, it certainly is murder. Every one of the ten commandments constitutes a mortal sin that you could lose your salvation over if gone unrepentant.
"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8
One must be conscious of the fact that they have committed a mortal sin, this is where admonishment can be helpful. If a priest is aware of a person's mortal sin and the fact that they have not repented and confessed those sins, it is his responsibility as a loving father to say so.
Jesus said, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Luke 17:1-4
Supporting murder of innocent human beings in anyway shape or form is A MORTAL SIN!
If you are not catholic you will not really understand what I am saying here. If you are Catholic you should agree with what I am saying here because this is Church teaching. If you are Catholic and support abortion, guess what? You don't have to be Catholic if you don't like what she teaches. The door is not hard to find. Likewise if you are any kind of Christian and claim to love Christ, YOU MUST NEVER SUPPORT ABORTION IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM!
If you do want to be Catholic, then you must not deny her fundamental teachings and I will add that come from Christ himself. In this case; YOU CAN'T BE CATHOLIC IF YOU SUPPORT ABORTION! It's a deal breaker folks... AND YOU BEST NOT REVCEIVE MY LORD IN A STATE OF MORTAL SIN.
That last line brings me to this; IF YOU WANT TO BE CATHOLIC YOU MUST BELEIVE THAT JESUS IS TRULY PRESENT IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST. That's another thing that is part of the deal.
It is my guess that Nancy Pelosi doesn't believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist to begin with. If you can't understand this fundamental Catholic teaching than good luck with anything else The Church teaches. And if Nancy Pelosi can't even recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread, she will never truly recognize the child in the womb.
Again why is it a mortal sin to receive Jesus is the Eucharist Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity? Because it is Truly Christ. By partaking of His Flesh and Blood while in a state of sin you make Him a party to that sin. Christ who is all good, created like us in every way but sin and you make Him a party to your sin. If you would like to know more about where The Eucharist is in the Bible click this link for my Eucharist bible study article.
If you cannot believe at least these fundamental truths of The Faith why are you, Madam Speaker and President Joe Biden, even Catholic? Why not go to a church that is more in line with your immoral ideas about killing children in the womb.
And if you need a reminder about what The Church teaches about abortion, there it is below. Maybe you never really took the time to read it or maybe you don't care but here it is take it or leave it. So far you have left it behind and have not followed the teachings. I highly encourage you to read it in full Catechism page via the link.
Catechism of The Catholic Church part - I Respect for Human Life - section 2271
Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion.
This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.
Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law:
You shall not kill the embryo by abortion and shall not cause the newborn to perish.74
God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the noble mission of safeguarding life, and men must carry it out in a manner worthy of themselves.
Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.75
2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense.
The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life.
"A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae,"76 "by the very commission of the offense,"77 and subject to the conditions provided by Canon Law.78
The Church does not thereby intend to restrict the scope of mercy.
Rather, she makes clear the gravity of the crime committed, the irreparable harm done to the innocent who is put to death, as well as to the parents and the whole of society.
2273 The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation:
"The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority.
These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin.
Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until death."79
footnotes
75 GS 51 # 3.
76 CIC, can. 1398.
77 CIC, can. 1314.
78 Cf. CIC, cann. 1323-1324.
79 CDF, Donum vitae III.
