What is a Catholic?

The Definition of a Catholic

       In the November, 2006 issue of the “….”, Michael …. was asked, in question 18, the position that he held on abortion. The then District Attorney answered: “I believe abortion should be rare and safe, but must remain legal.” With this sort of response, it is plain as one’s nose that Mr. … intelligence is about as low as that of a third grader. I don’t believe he even had any schooling in logic. Has Mr…. ever seen an abortion or know what it is all about? The answer he gives is one of an ignorant demagogue, not a wise political leader.

     To say that we need to make abortion safe is tantamount to, and makes about as much sense as declaring that we need to remove a rake from the steps of a house, so that the burglar not trip and break his leg while breaking in! Who is abortion safe for, the mother or the child? Both suffer physically and emotionally from it and one becomes the death victim. With this statement, ….manifests about as much moral character as Pilate did. Pilate declared to the Jews: “I find no crime in this man, so I will punish and release him!” If He is innocent, how can you justly chastise Him? If abortion is safe for no one, why should it be kept legal?

       A Catholic is defined as a person who obeys the Magisterium of the Catholic Church and participates in her sacramental life. The Church, in one of her canonical laws, stated that anyone who promotes practices or defends abortion is automatically excommunicated from her fold. Such a Catholic ceases to be one and is prohibited from receiving the sacraments. If he should approach them, he commits the double sin of sacrilege. If he dies unrepentant, he will suffer the eternal fires of hell. Michael…, a Catholic, has publicly declared himself in favor of abortion. He is therefore automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church and not allowed to receive Holy Communion. The priests who do give him support and recognition and Holy Communion are likewise excommunicated and all their sacramental acts therefore invalidated. All those Catholic voters and journalists who put him in office are also excommunicated and out of the Church’s fold. If they continue receiving Christ’s Body and Blood during the Mass, they receive it for their own condemnation, as St. Paul wrote.

     Our Catholic Faith will not be mocked by clowns who do not take it seriously, but cause grave scandals through their hypocritical standings and practices. Christ wants His Church to be a pure one and will remove of all those who entered without wedding apparel.

Father Anthony Mellace