tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post1219934603365483782..comments2024-03-14T09:31:24.792-04:00Comments on TORONTO CATHOLIC WITNESS: St. Maria Goretti: "No, it is a sin, you will go to hell:" ~ a teacher and prophet for our timesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-28314919619939912172015-07-08T10:21:24.496-04:002015-07-08T10:21:24.496-04:00He is risen. He is present in your lives. He is es...He is risen. He is present in your lives. He is especially present in the tabernacles of your churches. He loves you and is able to forgive and heal any sin and failing you may have. Those who reduce this marvelous news to opposing indecency are only preaching a small part of the gospel. We avoid sin out of love for our Lord because he first loved us.Freyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706221683777453812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-3520587826516859772015-07-07T20:30:31.369-04:002015-07-07T20:30:31.369-04:00Antonio, people have and will always sin. However,...Antonio, people have and will always sin. However, sins such as abortion. homosexuality, formication, adultery etc. yes, they were all practiced, but never have these sins been extolled as something to aspire to, as they are now. Sadly, yes, these are depressing times. But Christ is still in total control; nonetheless, it seems that He is allowing this near universal total collapse as a Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-36736254714887017742015-07-07T20:26:16.633-04:002015-07-07T20:26:16.633-04:00Anonymous 13:13, my friend, you have totally misre...Anonymous 13:13, my friend, you have totally misread this post and the various comments. THis is not what we are saying, nor what Pius XII said. Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-38720651426680241862015-07-07T15:27:13.301-04:002015-07-07T15:27:13.301-04:00St. Maria Goretti's example of holiness and pu...St. Maria Goretti's example of holiness and purity is a wonderful model to learn from.<br /><br />I do have a small bone to pick. The author says, "No, we have not "progressed" as a society, but regressed dramatically".<br /><br />A study of human history reveals that impurity is pretty much a constant and regular occurrence and that purity, a state we are all called to, Antonionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-84982078596056716842015-07-07T13:13:26.816-04:002015-07-07T13:13:26.816-04:00There are three conditions required for an action ...There are three conditions required for an action to be sinful: it has to be wrong, one has to know it is wrong, and it has to be voluntarily chosen. <br /><br />Lawrence and Susan Fox said: "Maria Goretti is the gold standard for how to behave in that situation." But one is not always able to fight a rapist to the death. <br /><br />Suppose that instead of stabbing her, AllesandroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-72274100907915279742015-07-07T06:38:11.977-04:002015-07-07T06:38:11.977-04:00Pope Pius XII at her canonization explicitly state...Pope Pius XII at her canonization explicitly stated that Maria died in defense of her virginity; holding her up as an example of purity to follow. Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-78955320795961499962015-07-07T06:36:12.395-04:002015-07-07T06:36:12.395-04:00Anonymous please read my reply. The attempted rape...Anonymous please read my reply. The attempted rape transpired after numerous attempts by this poor, young man to induce Maria to fornicate. Maria's life prepared her for martyrdom: in defense of virginity and purity. Maria stands as a shining example for not only children, but teenagers and young adults to live pure lives. Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-27807430793002015662015-07-07T06:23:55.593-04:002015-07-07T06:23:55.593-04:00My point was that being raped is not "fornica...My point was that being raped is not "fornication." To be a sin, an action has to be freely chosen. Being forced into something by someone larger and stronger than you who is physically overpowering you is not something sinful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-45504241667672029262015-07-07T05:49:14.220-04:002015-07-07T05:49:14.220-04:00This your comment for such a great post..what are ...This your comment for such a great post..what are you thinking??Lucianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-3626446393907249342015-07-06T22:26:17.538-04:002015-07-06T22:26:17.538-04:00I just read a story of the 17-year-old Christian g...I just read a story of the 17-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, escaped and is pregnant. She initially resisted becoming "wife" to any of them, but they beheaded three men in front of her, and told her the same thing would happen to her. So she gave in, but lived to fight another day. She says if her "husband" finds her, he will kill her. <br /><br /> Lawrence and Susan Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11526624376697144718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-67465386208493523882015-07-06T19:31:04.805-04:002015-07-06T19:31:04.805-04:00Her rapist tried to induce her to fornicate. She r...Her rapist tried to induce her to fornicate. She refused, he tried to rape her; she resisted; he stabbed her 14 times. She died a virgin-martyr. Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-63814126880310156622015-07-06T17:17:23.628-04:002015-07-06T17:17:23.628-04:00Overall good post, but one small quibble. You wri...Overall good post, but one small quibble. You write: "She realized how special and holy was her virginity....Maria's refusal to engage in fornication..." Wasn't she killed in an attempted rape? Even if the rape actually happened, it would hardly qualify as "fornication." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com