The Holy Father greets visiting prelates up close and personal with a handshake, no masks and one in the ear long conversation. I wonder what Nancy and Joe would say? I have set the video to begin at the end for the courage of the Holy Father and his guests in the Covid-19 age of fear mongering and shaming. Fortunately no on knocked the Holy Father down because of His Holiness’ non compliance and non conformity!
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Father, it is from you that I learned never to clam up from defending the pro life beliefs of the church which defend the weakest in society such as the unborn, elderly, and the poor, and if ending the horror of abortion saves the lives of the unborn, and wearing masks in order to prevent the spread of an illness that can accidentally spread to beloved grandparents and the already sick, can help their lives, is it not a duty to advocate for masks as well? Even if symptoms are mild now in many patients, the after effects of this illness 5, 10, or 20 years later are not known. Is it not best to advocate for masks in order to protect life of those with us both now and in the future just as the church demands we do for the unborn? In the Holy father’s first general audience with the faithful this week, masks were required and chairs spread far apart, should I think of this as unnecessary fear mongering? This was the situation at the RNC as well. Honest questions, I am just honestly confused, God bless.
Father, it is from you that I learned never to 'clam up' about the pro life beliefs of the church which defend the most vulnerable in society, such as the unborn, the elderly, the sick, and the poor. If ending and advocating for the end of abortion will prevent the deaths of the unborn, should we not also advocate for masks and distancing which can prevent the spread of an illness which harms the elderly and the already sick the most? Although symptoms are not severe right now in many people, the effects of this illness 5, 10, or 50 years from now are not known. Wouldn't preventing the spread not only help right now but possibly protect the sacred and God given lives of the future? Would it be wrong to advocate for masks in public places where vulnerable life could be, or when meeting with people that meet regularly with their older relatives. It is very likely tests and temperature checks were conducted before meeting the Holy Father, and this very week, the Pope's first general audience required masks and spread chairs far apart, should I take this as a sign of unnecessary fear mongering? Honest questions, as I am honestly confused.
The pope wore no mask. The bishops speaking to him up close and personal without a mask, and one removing his mask while in line to speak to him and the faithful bunched closely together to get a closer to the pope and saying they are anti life is just plain stupid and manipulative. It is like saying driving a car is anti life because of the hundreds of millions of accidents regardless of the number killed. Have you ever had an accident, your fault, no one injured or killed, but you are counted among those in an accident. You could have prevented that accident by not driving. You are anti life for driving.
Also, while you have a right, I suppose, to your fear mongering although certainly a immoral method, you have no right to make up a new moral teaching concerning the use of masks and suggesting your gnostic teaching is Catholic teaching. IT IS NOT! That’s where you should and must be called out and others like you who promote a dogmatic approach to moralizing the use of masks. The Church has no such teaching.
Father I admit was disheartened and hurt by the tone of your response. I hoped I made it clear through the use of question marks, and ending my comment with “ honest questions, as I am honestly confused” that I was not proposing the things you mentioned I wrote, but wondering if the actions and intent behind them connect or fall within the pro life “spirit” of the church. My statements while long, were questions. I’d like to bring up that I do agree with you and even before this I did, but was just wondering, that’s all. When I asked should I think of “ x y z “ as fear mongering, I didn’t mean that I should, it was a question. They were all questions. A kind yes or no or guidance into the right direction would have sufficed. :( I didn’t expect to be called out for certain actions of which I only had questions on.
Also please add me in your prayers all who see this as I am currently entering or deciding to enter my local Catholic church’s RCIA program this year or the next. :) I am still praying on it and forgive me if my questions come out more like promoting beliefs or statements, I am very confused at this time.
a @ 8:58
Thanks for you clarification, although, the use of "disheartened and hurt by the tone of your response" is a bit out of order unless you are in high school or elementary school. And of course, these kinds of remarks are meant to manipulate a better response from the one who acted so cruelly.
But I have been so clear with people, if wearing a mask is your way of protecting others from your covid-19 or any other communicable disease you have, like the common cold, that is your prerogative and there is merit in it. But then, to insinuate that it is pro-life thus, every Catholic must do as you do for the sake of others, that is where this logic loses control and wrecks.
I encourage people who fear contagion from Covid-19 to the common cold to choose what works best for them. As it concerns Covid, by this time in the pandemic one should know that the mask used should have some reasonable control over either spreading what the person wearing it has or protecting the person from the one who has it and wears no mask.
So the bottom line is, to answer your question, in no way should anyone make up a new Catholic teaching concerning the wearing of masks as pro-life, thus insinuating that those who don't wear a mask aren't pro-life. It is a prudential judgement of the person who decides what they intend to do. Some do so out of obedience for civil laws or mandates--that honors the 4th Commandment. Others do it out of fear of catching something. That is valid too. Others who know or worry they might have Covid, stay at home or wear a mask in pubic so as not to give it to the person who isn't wearing a mask. That is virtuous but doesn't make the person better than the others I mention.
Thank you father, I was guided towards researching the church when I retired by my wife who also recommended this site to me. Do you have any books I can purchase online that would help introduce me to the basics of Catholicism? It would be great to hear about them through a reputable source such as a catholic priest!
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