Parish priests "utterly useless" without public sacraments
Transcription of a portion of homily given by Fr. Eric Fedewa - March 30, 2020 “You know, in this time, and I thank the Lord, we are still able hear confessions and absolve. If we weren’t able to do …More
Transcription of a portion of homily given by Fr. Eric Fedewa - March 30, 2020
“You know, in this time, and I thank the Lord, we are still able hear confessions and absolve. If we weren’t able to do that, since we are not able to distribute the Eucharist unless someone is dying, we would be utterly useless as priests! Yes, we celebrate Mass privately, by live-streaming a Mass, which is a good thing to do, doesn’t come close to people being able to go to Mass and to receive the Holy Eucharist. We should never become satisfied, yes, I appreciate you are grateful I do this and all these other priests do it, but don’t allow that to make you satisfied.
We need to pray. We need to pray we have access to all the sacraments, because that is the purpose of the Church. The whole purpose of the Church is to bring souls to heaven and if the Church isn’t doing that by withholding certain sacraments, then that is not what we need to be doing. So, we need to pray that this situation changes, that this …More
“You know, in this time, and I thank the Lord, we are still able hear confessions and absolve. If we weren’t able to do that, since we are not able to distribute the Eucharist unless someone is dying, we would be utterly useless as priests! Yes, we celebrate Mass privately, by live-streaming a Mass, which is a good thing to do, doesn’t come close to people being able to go to Mass and to receive the Holy Eucharist. We should never become satisfied, yes, I appreciate you are grateful I do this and all these other priests do it, but don’t allow that to make you satisfied.
We need to pray. We need to pray we have access to all the sacraments, because that is the purpose of the Church. The whole purpose of the Church is to bring souls to heaven and if the Church isn’t doing that by withholding certain sacraments, then that is not what we need to be doing. So, we need to pray that this situation changes, that this …More
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Maybe we should pray instead for a dramatic change in the outlook of Church leadership. Otherwise, this is going to become "the new normal" whenever certain bishops feel they have a reason (or an excuse) to do so.
Even after this virus finally vanishes, it will have normalized these "lockdown" policies (secular and religious). The next step will be implementing "lockdowns" because of "Covid-like"…More
Maybe we should pray instead for a dramatic change in the outlook of Church leadership. Otherwise, this is going to become "the new normal" whenever certain bishops feel they have a reason (or an excuse) to do so.
Even after this virus finally vanishes, it will have normalized these "lockdown" policies (secular and religious). The next step will be implementing "lockdowns" because of "Covid-like" flu viruses, which happen be every year. So-called "lockdowns" will be promoted as "sensible precautions" as will permanently banning holy water fonts and communion on the tongue.
Even after this virus finally vanishes, it will have normalized these "lockdown" policies (secular and religious). The next step will be implementing "lockdowns" because of "Covid-like" flu viruses, which happen be every year. So-called "lockdowns" will be promoted as "sensible precautions" as will permanently banning holy water fonts and communion on the tongue.