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ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: After a black mass or an occult rite occurs that consecrates the sanctuary of a Catholic Church to Lucifer (heaven forbid), but before that sacred space has been reconsecrated and restored for Catholic use, what would … Read More
ASK FATHER: If someone desecrates Hosts, does the Real Presence remain?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If someone breaks the tabernacle takes the consecrated Hosts desecrates (throws away to the gutters or dirty place) does the real presence exists? There are some distinctions to be made here. Firstly, the person who does … Read More
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Card. Sarah: “Catholics can no longer remain silent.”
The Church and her Lord cannot be separated. The Church and the Catholic Christian cannot separated. The Lord endured His Passion and Cross. So too must the Church and individual Catholics endure a passions and crosses. The Church is, I … Read More
What does @JamesMartinSJ say about the “gay” desecration of the Montréal church? – UPDATED
UPDATE 3 August 2019: Still nothing from James Martin on this. We know he has seen it by now. Is this important? Someone sent me a link to an article at the detestable New Ways Ministry about the event. The … Read More
Desecrated church reconcilied in Missouri
There are sacred places, things and persons. Mistreatment of a sacred place, thing or person is the sin of sacrilege. By blessings and consecrations, places, things and persons are taken from the secular, temporal, profane realm and given to the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Hosts found on the floor… twice
From a reader… QUAERITUR: The attached strongly worded letter was in our bulletin today and it has left me greatly disturbed. In the past two weeks we have found Jesus left on the floor, not once, but twice. I am … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Parish priest doesn’t guard Eucharist from profanation. What to do?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Dear Father, I serve regularly at a large shrine which attracts vast numbers of non Catholics. Several of us have to be ‘on guard’ on Sundays to ensure that (mostly Hindu) friends of Catholics or just … Read More
ASK FATHER: Burying “extra” Hosts after Good Friday
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I am a new priest. My pastor tells me that after the Good Friday liturgy, he buries any leftover consecrated hosts, so that the tabernacle is “fresh” for the “new beginning” of Easter. Is this a … Read More
The protesters were very young, very angry, and very well-dressed.
No, this is not about the Occupy Wall Street idiots, with their roasted beat with goat-cheese and spinach salads. A friend sent me a note about this fun story from Breitbart. You know that something has gone dreadfully wrong when … Read More
Prayer Request – Theft of Blessed Sacrament
In the Anderson, South Carolina Independent Mail. Police investigating break-in at Anderson church ANDERSON — Anderson police are investigating a break-in at St. Mary of the Angels Catholic Church in Anderson. A church member went to St. Mary to unlock … Read More
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Will desecrating the Eucharist receive same attention as burning the Koran?
From a reader: I see that the plan of one small church in America to burn a Koran has gained world-wide attention, interventions by the Secretary of State and religious leaders, and a spot on the BBC’s front page. Does … Read More
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NCReg: Priest Slaps Young Man For Desecrating Eucharist
From an article by Pat Archbold in the National Catholic Register, with my emphases and comments: Recently there has been a rash of desecration of the Eucharist during communion time. As a result, there have been some calls to restore … Read More
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