The title of this post is borrowed from Dorothy Cummings at LifeSiteNews, I wish more Catholics in Scotland love the Mass more than they fear (a tiny risk of) death.
The communists in Poland could not shut down the Holy Mass. Yet, here in Ontario, many parts of Canada and the United States our politicians have done it and where they have not, our bishops and Cardinals, such as Cardinal Thomas Collins here in Toronto have done what the communists in Poland could not do.
If Catholics in Toronto rose up and demanded that Cardinal Collins open churches for Mass, even at ten, and threw down the gauntlet to Ford that we would be reestablishing Mass at 30% and that he must immediately declare church attendance as "essential," do you not think he would do something? The man is fundamentally weak and ineffectual - that has been proven by his dithering and reversing of decisions in the past. True to form, this kind of personality can also be tyrannical, as has happened recently with a certain priest forced into early retirement. If you've watched the leaked webinar, he repeatedly said, "I will shut you down, I will shut you down, I will shut you down."
Toronto Catholics, what are you doing? Do you care about the Mass more than the fear of really, really, really tiny risk of illness or death where there is no documented evidence that any of this came from the Holy Mass?
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2 comments:
Well said, Vox. I'm wondering if it is not in the nature of being a Catholic, through a deeply engrained sense of obedience, to expect the hierarchy to act in the right way as Shepherd of the flock. Most Catholics do not feel it is appropriate to "step out of line" and get ahead of the Bishop. He just needs to say the word and we'd all have his back in a heartbeat.
A thought came to mind earlier today as I read about the extension of school closings and the likely further restrictions placed on the population, and I think it needs to be made known to the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford and to all the churchmen from the pope to the priest who think they can control coronavirus by eliminating group prayer and public Holy Mass.
The thought is this:
You can not stop mortals from dying, it is what they (we) do.
It has become quite clear that many in higher positions need some very basic explaining.
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