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Hi, Richard —
You have to discern and strive
to read in-between the lines.
You said:
He wants to join our Landings process and
has taken our Apologetics courses, however,
he has a deep disdain for the Holy Father
because he is German.
I don't understand how someone can take a set of Apologetics courses yet dissent on teachings of the faith. Catholic Apologetics is about defending a faith you know and believe in, unless he never correctly understood the faith. Something doesn't smell right
here.
- Some people are just ignorant
of the Church.
- Other people are not really interested
in finding out what the Church
believes and humbly submitting
to all Her Teachings.
If he said he will never come back
to the Church until we have a new
Pope, he obviously doesn't trust
the Holy Spirit or doesn't understand
Catholic Teaching in this area. We can't put emotions before our pursuit of the truth.
I know you want to help all souls
in your parish, and that is admirable,
but you also have to care and watch
over the current souls in your Landing
program. Sometimes the best we can
do is pray for a person.
The question for me is whether he should
be invited to your Bible Studies
and Apologetic classes, especially
if you sense an attitude of dissent
and tearing down the Church.
I would be interested in your pastor's
view of this person and the view
of the pastor of the Church of
record.
You have to discern:
- Does he want to learn and clear-up Catholic misperceptions he has about the faith at Landings?,
or
- Preach condemnation on the Church?
If the latter, pray for him but don't invite him.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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