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Old 05-21-2008, 03:48 PM
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Great question.

First off, Jesus would probably heal him if it was back in the day of establishing the coming of the Kingdom.

It's important to note that the boy is not being prohibited from worship because he has autism, he is being prohibited because his parents can not or will not restrain and control him. Whereas he is a danger to himself and others and disrupts the orderliness of worship, he should be kept from worship unless or until the parents can find a way to control him.

If I had a leadership role in this church, (it's Roman Catholic, fat chance of that) I would seek a volunteer or volunteers to go and set with this boy while his parents worshiped. This way we seek to fill the needs of the parents to worship. The priest can also go to the house and administer the sacrament to the family.
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