A young family at a parish in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina went to the Communion rail to receive Holy Communion and were not given Holy Communion by the pastorally sensitive Bishop of Charlotte. He was offended that someone had the nerve to protest his unjust policies about Communion Rails and receiving Holy Communion at these that he simply ignored them.
What a witness to arrogance.
But let me confess. I was just as arrogant as the Bishop of Charlotte when I was first ordained in 1980.. In my first assignment at St. Teresa Church in Albany, Georgia, in 1980, we had a gentleman and his wife who would go to our Communion Rail and kneel there waiting for me to give them Holy Communion. Everyone else, most obedient to the Bugnini rules about Holy Communion formed the chow line and received dutifully standing on the run, in a variety of illicit hand reception. None ever denied by yours truly.
But I denied those damn pre-Vatican II Catholics, the worst name one could call someone in 1980, –pre-Vatican II. They did not get Holy Communion as they waited at the altar railing for me to show them some pastoral sensitivity.
Arrogance? You are damn right and it was mine not theirs. And what the Bishop of Charlotte did to this young family is exactly the same, arrogance and it needs repentance, not theirs, his and publicly.
You can’t see it in this Facebook video, but the Bishop of Charlotte is sitting at his pontifical throne and looking at them with contempt:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CE8b15wSW/?mibextid=wwXIfr
1 comment:
I suppose I should be outraged. Im not, really. The framework for this sort of thing was laid years ago.
Not novel, the Roman hierarchy will sit on those who desire tradition that's permissible, accept blessings from "clerics" who, per our tradition aren't entitled to provide them, then are gearing up to excommunicate SSPX ordinance and their consecrated, yet will "for the good of souls", engage in ecumenical dialogue with a "church" lacking valid orders under the same premise. What a dichotomy!
Leo, after 1 year, a major renovation, and a few teases at traditional attire should, perhaps, engage in some introspection as in totality, this is challenging to follow.
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