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Re: Attend funeral of apostate parent?
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2018, 04:23:24 PM »
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    • Quote from: Anonymous on April 20, 2018, 08:36:15 AM
    Its the lone wolf mentality, rigid personal interpretation, sweeping condemnation of other souls fighting in tradition that causes strife within Tradition.
    Liberalism tolerates everything. That's why Liberalism is a sin. So go on to your sacrilege and enjoy it.
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    Re: Attend funeral of apostate parent?
    « Reply #31 on: May 10, 2018, 05:22:42 PM »
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    • Quote from: Anonymous on April 16, 2018, 08:15:40 PM
    And women handing out Eucharist is an insult to the Priesthood.
    Yes.

    A bit of background (I'm the OP): My biological father had (has?) a hatred for the priesthood and successfully dissuaded me from pursuing the priesthood. I am married now, and my parents are hoping I divorce. They had (have?) an extreme hatred for the Latin Mass and seem to think my wife and I are extremists for hating the Masonic principles of the U.S., being vocally pro-life, etcetera. They only seem to tolerate the TLM now in the hopes of getting on better terms with my wife and me, but my wife sees right through it and has ceased communication with them. They live far away in another state, but now my biological father is trying to get me to visit my dying mother. My wife refuses to visit her, and I don't want to go alone because it seems my parents are trying to drive a wedge between my wife and me. I doubt that when the funeral comes my wife will attend.
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    Re: Attend funeral of apostate parent?
    « Reply #32 on: May 10, 2018, 06:44:31 PM »
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    • OP,

    You can go. The people who say you can't have no idea of the relevant principles involved in the decision. Here's an old thread where we discussed this very issue and brought in the canonists and moralists' teaching: https://www.cathinfo.com/general-discussion/non-catholic-weddings-and-funerals/
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    "Be kind; do not seek the malicious satisfaction of having discovered an additional enemy to the Church... And, above all, be scrupulously truthful. To all, friends and foes alike, give that serious attention which does not misrepresent any opinion, does not distort any statement, does not mutilate any quotation. We need not fear to serve the cause of Christ less efficiently by putting on His spirit". (Vermeersch, 1913).

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    Re: Attend funeral of apostate parent?
    « Reply #33 on: May 10, 2018, 07:13:13 PM »
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    • Divine charity must be above all.  Note, I said "Divine" charity.  If going will scandalize others and turn them from God, stay away.  If, by not going, others will turn from God,  then go.
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    Re: Attend funeral of apostate parent?
    « Reply #34 on: May 11, 2018, 07:51:43 AM »
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    • Quote from: Anonymous on May 10, 2018, 05:22:42 PM
    Yes.

    A bit of background (I'm the OP): My biological father had (has?) a hatred for the priesthood and successfully dissuaded me from pursuing the priesthood. I am married now, and my parents are hoping I divorce. They had (have?) an extreme hatred for the Latin Mass and seem to think my wife and I are extremists for hating the Masonic principles of the U.S., being vocally pro-life, etcetera. They only seem to tolerate the TLM now in the hopes of getting on better terms with my wife and me, but my wife sees right through it and has ceased communication with them. They live far away in another state, but now my biological father is trying to get me to visit my dying mother. My wife refuses to visit her, and I don't want to go alone because it seems my parents are trying to drive a wedge between my wife and me. I doubt that when the funeral comes my wife will attend.
    My father always persecuted me for being a Christian and I always feared he would kidnap my child just to spite me. When he was in the ICU and after I went to see him. I would have gone to be funeral but I could not afford it. Stay in a hotel and visit your mother but keep strict boundaries. I would not stay in their home or be dependent on them for anything like transportation or meals.
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    Re: Attend funeral of apostate parent?
    « Reply #35 on: May 11, 2018, 10:40:31 PM »
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    • Quote from: Tiffany on May 11, 2018, 07:51:43 AM
    My father always persecuted me for being a Christian and I always feared he would kidnap my child just to spite me. When he was in the ICU and after I went to see him. I would have gone to be funeral but I could not afford it. Stay in a hotel and visit your mother but keep strict boundaries. I would not stay in their home or be dependent on them for anything like transportation or meals.
    Remember the words that our savior taught us, "dimite nobis debita nostra sicut et nos debitimus debitoribus nostris." which means "forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us." 
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