Greetings and Salutations, brothers and sisters! It is in the spirit of Christlike love and compassion that I extend an ecumenical hand on behalf of the one true holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Peace be with you. (and also with you)
I am Fr. Michael O'Malady, Rector of St. Ambrose-of-the-Bees Catholic Church, which is also home to the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Shame, and the St. Ambrose Charitable Home for Boys Without Clothes in Vanlandingham, Penna.
My favorite Bible passage comes from the apocryphal Gospel of Matthias, Chapter 4, verses 15-16:
"For verily I say unto you, thou shalt not go unto thy neighbor to looketh upon him in the fullness of his nakedness, nor shall he come unto you but that thy loins be girded round about. And do not be shut up in the rooms with him if he be naked, neither shalt thou showest thyself to thy neighbor in the fullness of thy nakedness lest ye be vexed unto the last.
"For if thou takest oil into a room with a man to anoint him, and he be naked, go out from there lest ye suffer temptation. Therefore, anointest thou not a naked man with oil nor salves, neither on his legs nor his buttocks, but if ye go unto thy neighbor to anoint him with oil and he be uncovered, go away from there and rend thy garments lest ye fall into shame."
I read these passages often in the privacy of the rectory, for they remind me that we must be eternally vigilant against the temptations of homosexuality that constantly surround us like ravening wolves, threatening to overtake us at any moment, but for the Grace of God.
I first came to know Jesus as an altar boy at St. Barnabas. I loved the robes, and the colorful stoles that Father Holloway would wear on the high holidays. Often, while on my knees in prayer, I would gaze up in admiration at the sinewy corpus of our Lord struggling, as it were, on the cross above the altar, naked but for a modest cloth draped across his loins, and I would think to myself, what greater love hath any man than this?
United with my Protestant brothers and sisters in our shared passion for the sorrowful, suffering Jesus, I remain
yours in Christ,
Fr. Michael O'Malady, D.D., S.J., C.C.F., M.I.C.
I am Fr. Michael O'Malady, Rector of St. Ambrose-of-the-Bees Catholic Church, which is also home to the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Shame, and the St. Ambrose Charitable Home for Boys Without Clothes in Vanlandingham, Penna.
My favorite Bible passage comes from the apocryphal Gospel of Matthias, Chapter 4, verses 15-16:
"For verily I say unto you, thou shalt not go unto thy neighbor to looketh upon him in the fullness of his nakedness, nor shall he come unto you but that thy loins be girded round about. And do not be shut up in the rooms with him if he be naked, neither shalt thou showest thyself to thy neighbor in the fullness of thy nakedness lest ye be vexed unto the last.
"For if thou takest oil into a room with a man to anoint him, and he be naked, go out from there lest ye suffer temptation. Therefore, anointest thou not a naked man with oil nor salves, neither on his legs nor his buttocks, but if ye go unto thy neighbor to anoint him with oil and he be uncovered, go away from there and rend thy garments lest ye fall into shame."
I read these passages often in the privacy of the rectory, for they remind me that we must be eternally vigilant against the temptations of homosexuality that constantly surround us like ravening wolves, threatening to overtake us at any moment, but for the Grace of God.
I first came to know Jesus as an altar boy at St. Barnabas. I loved the robes, and the colorful stoles that Father Holloway would wear on the high holidays. Often, while on my knees in prayer, I would gaze up in admiration at the sinewy corpus of our Lord struggling, as it were, on the cross above the altar, naked but for a modest cloth draped across his loins, and I would think to myself, what greater love hath any man than this?
United with my Protestant brothers and sisters in our shared passion for the sorrowful, suffering Jesus, I remain
yours in Christ,
Fr. Michael O'Malady, D.D., S.J., C.C.F., M.I.C.


awaits you, lying heathen!
That's going to be funny! 
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