WHY THE HOLY FATHER, THE BISHOP OF ROME, THE POPE, DOES NOT DISTRIBUTE HOLY COMMUNION TO THE LAITY

Pope Francis normally only distributes Holy Communion to the deacons of the Mass as they kneel and receive the Sacred Host intincted by the Holy Father into the Chalice of the Precious Blood (the best way to distribute Holy Communion under both kinds):

The very first public Mass outside of the Vatican which I watched live, the one from Saint Anna's, the first thing that I noticed at Holy Communion time was that the Holy Father, Francis, only gave Holy Communion to the deacons as they knelt before him and the Holy Father intincted the Host into the chalice of Precious Blood so that the deacons could receive on the tongue. I was relieved that the Holy Father, Francis, was not opposed to communicants, even the deacons of the Mass, kneeling to receive and that intinction was his preferred method, which is both traditional and sanitary, avoids the spreading of bacteria and viruses from diseases of the mouth and gums.

But then the Holy Father, Francis, went and sat down and two of the deacons distributed Holy Communion to kneeling communicants at the two central locations before the altar.

The only time I have seen the Holy Father, Francis, distribute Holy Communion to the laity and by way of intinction, of course, the only sanitary way to offer the Precious Blood from the chalice, was at the Easter Vigil and the one receiving were the very ones he had baptized and confirmed and they came to him at his chair at the altar.

And now we know the rest of the story as Sandro Magister at his blog, Chiesa points out:

As Cardinal-Archbishop in Argentina, Pope Bergoglio once wrote:

"David had been an adulterer and had ordered a murder, and nonetheless we venerate him as a saint because he had the courage to say: 'I have sinned.' He humbled himself before God. One can commit enormous mistakes, but one can also acknowledge them, change one's life and make reparation for what one has done. It is true that among parishioners there are persons who have killed not only intellectually or physically but indirectly, with improper management of capital, paying unjust wages. There are members of charitable organizations who do not pay their employees what they deserve, or make them work off the books. [. . .] With some of them we know their whole résumé, we know that they pass themselves off as Catholics but practice indecent behaviors of which they do not repent. For this reason, on some occasions I do not give communion, I stay back and let the assistants do it, because I do not want these persons to approach me for a photo. One may also deny communion to a known sinner who has not repented, but it is very difficult to prove these things. Receiving communion means receiving the body of the Lord, with the awareness of forming a community. But if a man, rather than uniting the people of God, has devastated the lives of many persons, he cannot receive communion, it would be a total contradiction. Such cases of spiritual hypocrisy present themselves in many who take refuge in the Church and do not live according to the justice that God preaches. And they do not demonstrate repentance. This is what we commonly call leading a double life.”

As can be noted, Bergoglio explained in 2010 his abstaining from giving communion personally with a very practical reason: "I do not want these persons to approach me for a photo."

THESE SISTERS GET IT; THEY UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF SYMBOL, THE HABIT AND TRUE IDENTITY; WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FEELING WOULD BE IF THIS HAD BEEN LCWR TYPES IN FRUMPY STREET CLOTHES AND WACKED-OFF HAIR DOING THE SAME SHOW?

FEAR OF THE LORD, AWE AND WONDER, WHERE HAS IT GONE FOR OUR YOUTH WHEN THEY ATTEND MASS? SHOCKING EXAMPLE AT SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH LAST NIGHT!

Where in the name of God and all that is holy did the once powerful Catholic sense of reverence and awe and mystery when it came to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass go?


I just learned that a number of our parishioners who are seniors graduating from our Catholic High School while attending their Baccalaureate Mass with our Bishop, were acting up throughout the Mass (sitting on front rows) and creating such a distraction that it was noticeable to some of the con-celebrants and to our deacon who coordinated the Mass. I was completely oblivious and did not see it, but it occurred throughout the Mass and while the bishop was preaching. These are Catholic kids, who have gone through Catholic school all their lives.

What could be the cause of the less serious offense, although a mortal sin nonetheless, of complete disrespect for the bishop who celebrated the Mass and the more serious mortal sin of sacrilege during Mass, irreverence for Christ in the bishop and in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass? One of the seniors in cap and gown was seen popping something in his mouth to eat as the Mass was in progress.

I am flabbergasted at this whole scenario and praise God that His grace prevented me from seeing it. These kids are seniors, in their cap and gown, with family and friends present and in the solemn place of the Church and during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and completely disinterested in what is happening and even more disinterested in showing common decency and respect for others, bishop or not, priest or not, not to mention Almighty God.

These are what I think are the reasons for such contempt from young people who should know better:

1. They are extremely immature for their age and completely self-absorbed and care little about the money their parents have spent to send them to a fine Catholic High School and the time and effort that the school put into their education

2. They have a completely casual approach to God and I can't help but think it revolves around the manner in which the post-Vatican II Mass is celebrated, which is more horizontal than vertical in its ethos and thus tends to diminish reverence (just my most humble opinion).

3. Coupled with this is the casual handling of sacred things such as receiving Holy Communion in the hand , on the run and popping the Sacred Host into one's mouth with little or no contemplation or acknowledgement of the sacredness of this event. It boils down to a loss of Catholic faith, Catholic spirituality and Catholic devotion and the sense of unworthiness we should have before the awesome presence of God. I wonder how these kids will act at their personal judgement before the throne of God? As disinterested as they were during Mass?

4. The emphasis on the Mass as a Sacred Meal, which it is, to the diminished awareness of the sacrificial nature of this somber Sacred Meal much of which is created by the enclosed circle of Mass facing the people. Do we realize that the Mass is the memorial of Good Friday and the suffering and pain our sins inflicted upon our Lord's Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity as he was judged, scourged, crown of thrones placed on His Holy Head, nailed to a cross, left to hang in agony and then died? Does this mean nothing to Catholics anymore? Are we numb to what happened to our Lord during His Sacred Passion which the Mass makes present and which our personal sins, offenses and sacrileges caused our Savior to suffer so cruelly?

These are just my humble thoughts and opinions and I could certainly be wrong but what happened at this Mass (which again I did not notice because I wasn't looking at the congregation, but others are livid about who did see it) must have to do with something that is broken in the Church and our revised Mass and our spirituality and devotional life that needs desperately to be fixed. My solution is ad orientem, kneeling for Holy Communion and music that directs us to God, especially the propers of the Mass and even Latin!

THE PSYCO-BABLERS IN THE CHURCH AREN'T GOING TO LIKE THIS, THE POPE INSISTS THAT SHAME AND BEING ASHAMED IS A GOOD THING WHEN IT LEADS TO REPENTANCE OF SIN AND A METANOIA OF HEART

At the chapel of his place of residence at the Vatican Motel 6, Pope Francis once again referred to his office as the pope when referring to the first pope, Saint Peter and then he spoke of the necessity of shame and being ashamed of our sins:

“Peter was a sinner, but not corrupt, eh? Sinners, yes, everyone: corrupt, no. I once knew of a priest, a good parish pastor who worked well. He was appointed bishop, and he was ashamed because he did not feel worthy, he had a spiritual torment. And he went to the confessor. The confessor heard him and said, ‘But do not worry. If after the [mess Peter made of things], they made him Pope, then you go ahead! .’ The point is that this is how the Lord is. That’s the way He is. The Lord makes us mature with many meetings with Him, even with our weaknesses, when we recognize [them], with our sins.”


Then on the necessity of shame and being ashamed:

“Peter was saddened that, for a third time, Jesus asked him, “Do you love me?” This pain, this shame – a great man, this Peter – [and] a sinner, a sinner. The Lord makes him feel that he is a sinner – makes us all feel that we are sinners. The problem is not that we are sinners: the problem is not repenting of sin, not being ashamed of what we have done. That's the problem. And Peter has this shame, this humility, no? The sin, the sin of Peter, is a fact that, with a heart as great as the heart Peter had, brings him to a new encounter with Jesus: to the joy of forgiveness.” The Holy Father stressed that Peter is great, not because he is good, but because he has a nobility of heart, which brings him to tears, leads him to this pain, this shame - and also to take up his work of shepherding the flock”

Several weeks ago the Holy Father, the Pope, stated that "shame is a true Christian virtue!"

"But Jesus in the confessional is not a dry cleaner: it is an encounter with Jesus, but with this Jesus who waits for us, who waits for us just as we are. “But, Lord, look ... this is how I am”, we are often ashamed to tell the truth: 'I did this, I thought this'. But shame is a true Christian virtue, and even human ... the ability to be ashamed: I do not know if there is a similar saying in Italian, but in our country to those who are never ashamed are called “sin vergüenza’: this means ‘the unashamed ', because they are people who do not have the ability to be ashamed and to be ashamed is a virtue of the humble, of the man and the woman who are humble. "

"Humility and meekness are like the frame of a Christian life. A Christian must always be so, humble and meek. And Jesus waits for us to forgive us. We can ask Him a question: Is going to confession like to a torture session? No! It is going to praise God, because I, a sinner , have been saved by Him. And is He waiting for me to beat me? No, with tenderness to forgive me. And if tomorrow I do the same? Go again, and go and go and go .... He always waits for us. This tenderness of the Lord, this humility, this meekness .... "

MONSIGNOR JOHN CUDDY'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY MASS VIDEO AND SLIDE SHOW TRIBUTE

Many thanks to Steve Mastrangelo who videoed the Mass; to Buck Melton who took pictures and Lovel Miguel who put it all together in the slide show and digital video:

If you can't go to the full screen with the posted video below, go the the blip link by pressing HERE!

A CUTE BUT VAPID, HERETICAL, SACRILEGIOUS VIDEO TO CORRUPT OUR YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG

This is one way to make neo-Protestants out of our young women. These are the ideologues that Pope Francis decries.

BOMBSHELL!: THE HOLY FATHER, THE BISHOP OF ROME, USES THE WORD "POPE" TO REFER TO HIMSELF BUT IN THE THIRD PERSON, MUCH LIKE THE "ROYAL WE!"

The POPE can feel the winds of the Holy Spirit at his back!

There has been some speculation that the Holy Father, Francis, the Bishop of Rome, does not want to use one of his many titles, the most prominent of which is "papa" in Italian or "pope" in English. Well today in his speech to those who are the new Non Resident Ambassadors who were in the Vatican on Thursday to present their letters of credence. The new Ambassadors from Kyrgyzstan, Antigua and Barbuda, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Botswana. The Holy Father referred to himself as the Pope but in the third person:

"Dear Ambassadors, there is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders. I urge them to face this challenge with determination and farsightedness, taking account, naturally, of their particular situations. Money has to serve, not to rule! The Pope loves everyone, rich and poor alike, but the Pope has the duty, in Christ’s name, to remind the rich to help the poor, to respect them, to promote them. The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return to person-centred ethics in the world of finance and economics."

But here is the true bombshell of his speech:

"The worldwide financial and economic crisis seems to highlight their distortions and above all the gravely deficient human perspective, which reduces man to one of his needs alone, namely, consumption. Worse yet, human beings themselves are nowadays considered as consumer goods which can be used and thrown away. We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted!..."

(THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT:)

"...Concealed behind this attitude is a rejection of ethics, a rejection of God. Ethics, like solidarity, is a nuisance! It is regarded as counterproductive: as something too human, because it relativizes money and power; as a threat, because it rejects manipulation and subjection of people: because ethics leads to God, who is situated outside the categories of the market. These financiers, economists and politicians consider God to be unmanageable, unmanageable even dangerous, because he calls man to his full realization and to independence from any kind of slavery. Ethics – naturally, not the ethics of ideology – makes it possible, in my view, to create a balanced social order that is more humane. In this sense, I encourage the financial experts and the political leaders of your countries to consider the words of Saint John Chrysostom: “Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs” (Homily on Lazarus, 1:6 – PG 48, 992D)...." READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH HERE.

This ties in with what the POPE said this morning during his homily at the chapel of his Vatican Motel 6 place of residence:

"Apostolic zeal, implies "an element of madness, but of spiritual madness, of healthy madness” and proclaiming Christ has its consequences, which can often result in persecution. Nonetheless, stated the Pope, we must not be ‘backseat Christians’ cozy in our comfort zones.

"Paul is a nuisance: he is a man who, with his preaching, his work, his attitude irritates others, because testifying to Jesus Christ and the proclamation of Jesus Christ makes us uncomfortable, it threatens our comfort zones – even Christian comfort zones, right? It irritates us. The Lord always wants us to move forward, forward, forward ... not to take refuge in a quiet life or in cozy structures, no?... And Paul, in preaching of the Lord, was a nuisance. But he had deep within him that most Christian of attitudes: Apostolic zeal. He had its apostolic zeal. He was not a man of compromise. No! The truth: forward! The proclamation of Jesus Christ, forward! ".