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You know, where the first discernment started? It was the dialogue of the serpent with Eve, to seek a discernment to obey God or not to obey God.
Eve said, “Ah, God said to us not to eat from this fruit.” And then the devil said, “Oh, let us start a discernment. Is it true that God said this or not? What did God say?”
And Eve said, “Oh, He said when we eat, we will die.”
“Oh, no, this is not true,” said the devil.“Let us discern, you will know what is good.”
And so they made a process of discernment the first and an end to it. And we know the result of this discernment: a catastrophe for all humanity. So we are now bearing in our souls, in our bodies, the consequences of original sin, of this bad discernment. Discernment can only be for the good. Discernment can only be to fulfill the will of God. But to continue to practice adultery is not fulfilling the will of God. It is offending God.
So it is anti-discernment absurd discernment which will confirm this soul in sin and lead this soul even to the danger of losing itself for all eternity. And so we have not to we cannot play with our eternity. As the proverb says, we cannot play with fire. So we cannot play with eternity.
It is clearly the will of God that sexual acts are only permitted and willed by God inside a valid matrimony. This is the clear will of God. There is no other exception. There is no exception. So one who likes to lie might say, “Let us make a discernment so that I can continue to lie.” Or someone who likes to steal might say, “Okay, I’m existentially linked with stealing, with my family and so on. Maybe I’m a mafioso. Let us make a discernment that I can continue to steal a little bit, continue to steal.”
It is the same as a discernment, even in the confessional, to allow adulterers to continue in adultery. It is a contradiction and a very great danger for souls and a grave responsibility, more on the priest who allows this, and more on the pope who seems to allow this. It seems I see who does nothing to prevent this. And I think it seems that Amoris Laetitia goes in this direction.