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 ...
I do not have the time to watch this video. Can anyone tell me if he was asked why the Patriarch of Constantinople now believes that the EP is first without equal? Also, was he asked why his Patriarch created a abomination consisting of unrepentant schismatics in Ukraine which they refer to as an autocephalous church?
ReplyDeletei was told last wee kby an ukrainin greek catholic canon that the there is a plan between francis and brat black bart to make all of the patriarchates honorific titles, with only rome, constantinople, antioch,alexandria, and jerusalem remaining as the only authenic patriarchates. my only observation is that we are not living in 500 a.d.
ReplyDeleteSigh. At 25:00 they start blathering about the idiotic money hole the Greeks decided to dig, the "shrine". If there was a possibility of taking him seriously before, it's gone. AFR needs to rethink how they decide to do programming. The Fr. Thomas Hopko series of talks was their high water mark. This kind of puff piece isn't useful.
ReplyDeleteVery little of the interview was about the St. Nicholas Shrine. I can't believe you listened to the same interview that I did. I as a member of GOA, I was encouraged at the humility and strategic approach of his Eminence to the real issues our churches are facing. Axios. May he be worthy!
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