{"id":10351,"date":"2016-04-20T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=10351"},"modified":"2016-04-20T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:10:46","slug":"amoris-laetitia-pregnancy-counseling-penitence-and-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2016\/04\/amoris-laetitia-pregnancy-counseling-penitence-and-pudding.html","title":{"rendered":"Amoris Laetitia: Pregnancy Counseling, Penitence, And Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

my take at First Things<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Philip Larkin lamented that whether or not anybody refills your drink at a party \u201cseems to turn on where you are. Or who.\u201d In our divided Catholic Church, pastoral care is a lot like Larkin\u2019s cocktails. Catholics who sincerely desire to submit themselves to the Church they love come to their local parish seeking the wine of resurrection; and receive sometimes water, sometimes vinegar. If you\u2019re in an especially culturally-contentious position, you may be favored with alternating doses of each. Laxity disguised as mercy creates a predictable reaction of stringency disguised as truth.<\/p>\n

Comes now Pope Francis, with his characteristic gabby, cheery style, to try to speak a word of mercy that can be heard by everyone. I am not a scholar, a canon lawyer, or even a spouse. But here is what I heard from where I am, and who.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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my take at First Things: Philip Larkin lamented that whether or not anybody refills your drink at a party \u201cseems to turn on where you are. Or who.\u201d In our divided Catholic Church, pastoral care is a lot like Larkin\u2019s cocktails. 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