A Response to “On administering Holy Communion in a Time of a Plague”
This was sent to me and deserves a read. You can read the Calivas article here . We can all agree that we are living in unusual times. However, the nature and extent of the illness that we face, and the proper response of the Church, is a matter of much disagreement. We have seen various responses to the COVID-19 epidemic: calls to close our Churches as infectious vectors, and demands to open them as places of spiritual healing. Directives a) ordering the cessation of sacramental life as part of an effort to “flatten the curve,” and cries for access to the divine grace that flows forth from those very mysteries; b) calling for the restriction of “at-risk persons,” and serious questions about the validity of such controls, c) instructions to liturgists to wear personal protective equipment during the celebration of the divine services and the distribution of the holy Mysteries, and uncertainty about the fitness of such practices. Who has been championing what and on behalf of whom? The ...
Ha ha... Liberals are idiots.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the reasonable observation about the reality that "Only one of these actually clicks" is generally dismissed out of hand as unreasonable (ironically), simplistic, antiquated, oppressive and even hateful.
ReplyDeleteI've gradually come to the conclusion that attempts to rationally discuss the issues of sexually orientation & gender identity are pointless, if not counterproductive, 99.99% of the time.
Given that it's a spiritual rather than an intellectual matter I've slowly gravitated to the default position of keeping quite, trying to love people & praying.
This demonstrates that only the different, but complementary, parts work properly & towards the end to which they were created.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we Orthodox could've made a better point about human sexuality ourselves. Thanks, KLM!
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