Pope at Mass remembers priests who have died serving the sick
Pope Francis celebrates the in coena Domini Mass on Holy Thursday evening. He gives thanks for the priestly ministry and recalls the many priests who have died while serving the sick.
Referring to the liturgy of the Lord’s Supper, he said, “I can't allow this Mass to pass by without mentioning the priesthood and all the priests who offer their lives for the Lord.”
Pope Francis recalled that in these dramatic days marked by the coronavirus pandemic, many priests have died here in Italy while caring for the sick, together with doctors and nurses in the hospitals.
“They are our ‘next-door-neighbour’ saints,” who have given their lives to serve the Lord and the faithful, he said.
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Speaking to French magazine Valeurs actuelles, Cardinal Sarah said that during the coronavirus emergency “priests must do everything they can to remain close to the faithful. They must do everything in their power to assist the dying, without complicating the task of the caretakers and the civil authorities.”
“But no one,” he continued, “has the right to deprive a sick or dying person of the spiritual assistance of a priest. It is an absolute and inalienable right.”
Cardinal Sarah is a flicker of hope in a sea of ecclesiastical malfeasance. May God Bless him and keep him safe
Amen.
Anon12
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