If you are in the Archdiocese of Toronto, your parish may be at thirty percent or fifteen percent capacity. Sheer lunacy when Costco and Walmart are at fifty percent.
For many of you, there is still
After doing nothing for a year, Thomas Cardinal Collins succeeded in pushing Ontario Premier Doug Ford to change the occupancy restriction from ten persons to fifteen percent in the most extreme diktat control measures. The Cardinal is now quiet. Mass is open for you if you can get a ticket.
Will there be a Triduum for you? Unlikely. In an effort to serve as many people as possible you will probably be registered to attend one of Holy Thursday, Good Friday's Service or Holy Saturday's Easter Vigil. this is understandable given the circumstances. It is hardly acceptable given that the Triduum liturgies are really three parts of one great event. There is no blessing after Holy Thursday, it has been stripped away. There is no Mass on Good Friday and no rejoicing until the Alleluia of Holy Saturday. We are in mourning and this year, we continue to be as we were in 2020.
The post-Covid Church in Toronto is going to look a lot different. Collins retires in January and the search is already on for his replacement. My sources are clear - the next Archbishop is going to deal with the crisis that has been long avoided but which will be brought to the fore post-Covid. The closing of many parishes. It will be a crisis brought on and accelerated by Thomas Collins.
That will be his legacy.
The Mass of Palm Sunday pre-1955
The Mass of Palm Sunday 1955/1962
2 comments:
So true, Vox. His Eminence is no doubt crossing the days off the calendar as the end of his milquetoast reign draws near.
How do we pick up the pieces? We can pray that the next Pope will be strongly in favour of Tradition. All the bishops are supine to Francis and with the rare exception will not life a finger to restore the ancient liturgy in any way. Once Catholics are offered an opportunity to taste orthodox Catholicism they are hooked.
His Eminence no doubt knows the dire situation of Churches in the archdiocese. What would it take for him to invite the FSSP, ICK or (dare I suggest?) the SSPX to take over dying churches in Toronto? I'm not holding my breath.
Imagine if the bishop of a major Canadian diocese spoke with this kind of clarity and conviction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=low7eYD-z3U
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