Cardinal Burke: “We Cannot Accept Governments Treating the Worship of God in the same manner as going …
Cardinal Raymond Burke published a long March 21 message for the coronavirus crisis on his webpage. Here are the highlights: • The 1962 Missal contains special texts for the Holy Mass, to be offered …More
Cardinal Raymond Burke published a long March 21 message for the coronavirus crisis on his webpage. Here are the highlights:
• The 1962 Missal contains special texts for the Holy Mass, to be offered in times of pestilence, the Votive Mass for the Deliverance from Death in Time of Pestilence.
• The traditional Litany of the Saints says: “From plague, famine, and war, O Lord, deliver us.”
• When we find ourselves in great suffering and even facing death, we ask: “Where is God?” But the real question is: “Where are we?”
• A person of faith cannot consider the present calamity, in which we find ourselves, without considering how distant our culture is from God, and openly rebellious toward him.
• We witness even within the Church, a paganism, which worships nature and the earth.
• We see how the life of faith has become increasingly secularized.
• Great evils like pestilence are an effect of original sin and of our actual sins. • In our secularized culture, there is a tendency to view prayer …More
• The 1962 Missal contains special texts for the Holy Mass, to be offered in times of pestilence, the Votive Mass for the Deliverance from Death in Time of Pestilence.
• The traditional Litany of the Saints says: “From plague, famine, and war, O Lord, deliver us.”
• When we find ourselves in great suffering and even facing death, we ask: “Where is God?” But the real question is: “Where are we?”
• A person of faith cannot consider the present calamity, in which we find ourselves, without considering how distant our culture is from God, and openly rebellious toward him.
• We witness even within the Church, a paganism, which worships nature and the earth.
• We see how the life of faith has become increasingly secularized.
• Great evils like pestilence are an effect of original sin and of our actual sins. • In our secularized culture, there is a tendency to view prayer …More
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Isn't public prayer an essential service?
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Obviously this course of action is possible. This does not even need to be viewed through a " Catholic lens" to see this could be , considering the situation, fairly easily accommodated. Liquor stores, pharmacies, grocery stores, post office, some clothing stores, home goods stores, " $ tree " stores, tobacco stores, fast food, and etcetera all open, minimal restrictions( in my area Virginia, USA)…More
Obviously this course of action is possible. This does not even need to be viewed through a " Catholic lens" to see this could be , considering the situation, fairly easily accommodated. Liquor stores, pharmacies, grocery stores, post office, some clothing stores, home goods stores, " $ tree " stores, tobacco stores, fast food, and etcetera all open, minimal restrictions( in my area Virginia, USA) .We just need a Catholic hierarchy that believes the sacraments are as important as a pack of cigarettes . It will take planning , stringent rules on disinfection, proximity, common sense ( the big one) and patience. Oh, and the Church to agree we have the right to worship and the sacraments. The SSPX ( only recently available and only 2X a month ) seems to think it is worthwhile, my FSSP is shuttered. I pray that God may allow us to worship him publicly Holy Week and Eastertide. We are the Easter worshippers dont ya know.( Heathens, when will they learn)
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Now if only the Pope would say something like that. If only The Church would make that official policy. If only Catholics would tell their elected leaders, exempt the Church from your "closings" or we WILL vote you out next election. Whoever is running against you gets my vote... Republican, Democrat, whatever.
We can go to the supermarket and stand in line to get food to nourish our bodies but we cannot stand in line in a Church to receive His Body to nourish our souls. We can buy alcoholic beverages to hide who we are but we cannot kneel in front of God in the Tabernacle to know who we are. How does this make sense?
It is the work of the Devil.
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We can go to the supermarket and stand in line to get food to nourish our bodies but we cannot stand in line in a Church to receive His Body to nourish our souls. We can buy alcoholic beverages to hide who we are but we cannot kneel in front of God in the Tabernacle to know who we are. How does this make sense?
It is the work of the Devil.
How will our Bishops answer to God for depriving the faithful of the spiritual life they need?
May God have mercy on their souls.
It is the work of the Devil.
How will our Bishops answer to God for depriving the faithful of the spiritual life they need?
May God have mercy on their souls.
F M Shyanguya
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Cf Matt 24:45-51 (RSVCE) > The Faithful or the Unfaithful Slave