Chicago priest ‘blesses’ lesbians as ‘holy spouses’ in blasphemous ceremony, cites Pope Francis
By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews.
A Chicago priest’s “blessing” of two lesbians’ relationship stands as alarming evidence that the “blessing” of “irregular couples” endorsed by Fiducia Supplicans, despite protestations from the Vatican, may well be nothing more than an incremental step toward homosexual “marriages” eventually being treated as a sacrament.
Described by OSV News as having been done in a format that “approximates a renewal of wedding vows,” Father Joseph S. Williams, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Cardinal Blase Cupich’s Archdiocese of Chicago, asked the women as they stood not far from the altar, facing each other, holding hands, “Do you freely recommit yourselves to love each other as holy spouses?
“We do, I do,” replied the lesbians, Kelli Beard and Myah Knight.
“Loving God, increase and consecrate the love which Kelli and Myah have for one another,” said Williams, dressed in an alb and a stole.
“The rings that they have exchanged are the sign of their fidelity and commitment,” stated Williams. “May they continue to prosper in your grace and blessing. We ask this through Christ our Lord.”
“May God’s blessing be yours, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,” said the priest while making the Sign of the Cross over the lesbian “couple,” who also crossed themselves.
The Catholic Church has always taught that homosexuality is a grave sin and intrinsically disordered, in accordance with Sacred Scripture and the natural law. People in homosexual relationships cannot be said to “love each other,” as love means “to will the good of another,” in the words of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Moreover, Williams’ invocation of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Trinity is a grave act of blasphemy that misuses God’s Name to endorse sodomy, a sin that “cries out to heaven for vengeance.” His misuse of the church and sacred objects for the scandalous homosexual “blessing” is sacrilege.
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