Lesbian Barbara Johnson Says Father Marcel Guarnizo Denied Her Communion At Her Mother's Funeral

Photo ~ Father Marcel Guarnizo Lesbian Barbara Johnson Says Father Marcel Guarnizo Denied Her Communion At Her Mother's Funeral It all started on Saturday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in …More
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Lesbian Barbara Johnson Says Father Marcel Guarnizo Denied Her Communion At Her Mother's Funeral
It all started on Saturday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg (Maryland), where friends and family had gathered to say goodbye to Barbara's mother, who died last week after a brief illness.
Just a few minutes before the funeral began, Father Marcel Guarnizo, who was presiding over the service, apparently learned that Barbara was involved in a romantic relationship with another woman.
A lifelong Catholic and former Catholic school teacher, Barbara says she hadn't even considered that her sexual orientation would be a problem with Father Marcel until she stepped forward to take communion.
"He said, 'I can not give you communion because you live with a woman,'" Barbara says.
Though shaken by Father Marcel's actions, Barbara says she tried to compose herself to give her mother the dignified funeral she deserved. So a few minutes later, Barbara began …More
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I really do believe that we are called to be Like God. "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.: 1 John 4:8. The question in all of this is What is loving? I think the only person who can answer that is God.
It was loving for the priests to not give communion to ANY person in public sin because He should not subject Christ to that. |
It is also loving for a priest to be PASTORAL …More
I really do believe that we are called to be Like God. "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.: 1 John 4:8. The question in all of this is What is loving? I think the only person who can answer that is God.

It was loving for the priests to not give communion to ANY person in public sin because He should not subject Christ to that. |
It is also loving for a priest to be PASTORAL. Why didn't he, before Mass, talk to that woman and tell her, "by what you told me I cannot give you communion." To public humiliate her is not loving.
I do believe it should always be LOVE before simply be RIGHT.