Do not let the disabled come to me

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The messiah who came before Joseph, he performed many miracles. He healed the lame. He healed the blind. He healed the damned. He healed those with back pain. He healed all who had a pimple upon their buttocks. He healed those infected by Mary Magdalene. The son of god performed all of these miracles for a reason – so that they will be able to marry.

Marco is 25 years old and lives in Viterbo, Italy. She may be a little younger than he. They fall in love and decide to get married. The date was set for the 7th of June 2008 in church.

In the first week of May, Marco had a traffic accident and comes through it with semi-paralysis. He would recover and would be able to get married on schedule. They both remain very much in love and they both want to continue upon their life together.

All that remained were a few documents that needed signing. The bishop of the place, monsignor Lorenzo Chiarinelli, wanted that they confirm in writing their will to get married in spite of the accident. The couple confirmed their desire and sign.

But his excellency told them: "Over my dead body will you be married. Non possumus. I greatly regret Marco, my dear son, that with this accident that you had, and everybody understands yourself, you are unable to perform in bed, you cannot fuck your wife, and you are unable to have children. This is called copulative impotence and if you have copulative impotence, my dear son, I cannot marry you both due to clause a, b, ż of the code of canonical ethical rights. I can do nothing for you. The Evangels? Yes true you have a point but what does this have anything to do with it? Jesus Christ, yes, yes, I understand, but what would you have me tell you... You cannot be married and that is that."

Is there anybody here who knows why the church is losing patrons? Or why it is not enough?

The couple still marry on the 7th of June via civil means and in a civilized fashion. The couple married on the same day that the new messiah was preparing his discourse for the delegates and the members: "The honeymoon is over." Coincidence?

I would like to be just with the bishop. Everybody can make a mistake. I think that the bishop confused the documents and spotted a paper where the young man wanted to enter for a clerical role and be married with god. In this the bishop was right because in order to be a cleric you need to have your pecker in full working order.

This Marco, poor boy that he is, happened not to be a muslim. They would have baptized him, fed him the holy host and had him married in a single night.

The curate defends itself with an announcement that, had it been made by Joe Saliba, would have been more convincing: "All happened in the sharing of the sincerity of the situation with all human and christian attention."

Saint Matthew (Chapter 5, Verse 7) makes an even better statement: "Forgiven are those whom are merciful because they find mercy."

This Chiarinelli remains behind the times. Since when have the married had sex between themselves?

Lord who art in heaven, hear me, descend from above. Send nobody else. I repeat: Descend yourself. Do not send another again.

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