{"id":34734,"date":"2012-04-23T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T07:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=34734"},"modified":"2014-12-30T17:43:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T00:43:27","slug":"prayers-for-the-seattle-archdiocese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/04\/prayers-for-the-seattle-archdiocese.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for the Seattle Archdiocese"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A reader writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I know you\u2019re busy, but could you please join me in praying for my parish, St James Cathedral?  The pastor, Fr Michael G. Ryan, has decided not to hold a signature drive to help put Referendum 74 on the ballot this summer, worried about being \u201churtful and seriously divisive.\u201d  I\u2019m not a fan of politicking at churches, and I can understand how people might be turned off by it on those grounds.  However, other parishioners seem happy that the parish is not supporting the drive, but not because it\u2019s politicking, but rather because they agree with the \u201csame-sex marriage\u201d bill.  So, I\u2019m disturbed by all of this not because my parish isn\u2019t going to have the signature drive, but because people are cheering the move for the wrong reason.<\/p>\n<p>Fr Ryan has always been vague about where he stands on the Church\u2019s teaching on homosexuality and \u201csame-sex marriage.\u201d  I continue to give him the respect he deserves as the pastor of my parish, and the trust that what he\u2019s doing is due to genuine pastoral concern for people\u2019s souls.  However, so many of the sheep seem so badly catechized and misinformed that they believe it\u2019s Archbishop Sartain who is wrong in opposing \u201csame-sex marriage\u201d in general.  Even more disturbing is the fact that I\u2019ve heard some of them say that it\u2019s the Holy Spirit that is guiding the parish in this direction.<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for us!  And please pray for Fr Ryan, who I hope the Lord will not find guilty for leading the sheep astray.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Father, hear our prayer that Catholics in the Seattle Archdiocese uphold the sacrament of marriage through Jesus Christ our Lord. Mother Mary, pray for our Archdiocese.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader writes: I know you\u2019re busy, but could you please join me in praying for my parish, St James Cathedral? The pastor, Fr Michael G. 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