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 ...
It has been a while since we had a public intellectual with the command of both the culture moment and Reason as Peterson has. He personally, and probably most of his usual guests (not Jonathan obviously) are still 'bottom up' thinkers and "theologians", and he explicitly admits this. This fact places significant limits on his ability to discern that which can not be seen, and thus Faith (the 'end', telos), but his journey and competence is obviously is having real impact with a great many folks - particularly young men.
ReplyDeleteIn his ten minute "Message to the Christian Churches" recorded a few days he prescribes that we "...stop being social justice warriors, and stop trying to save the bloody planet..."