Priest: Obama Admin. Denied Mass to Catholics (church doors locked)

http://blogs.cbn.com ^ | October 8, 2013 | David Brody

[Whenifhow]

How about trying this one on for size? Here is the press release headline from Congressman Tim Huelskamp’s office this afternoon:

Obama Administration Denies Mass to Catholics

Apparently, a priest was denied access to a military chapel this weekend. Father Ray Leonard serves at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia but because of the government shutdown, he wasn’t allowed to go to celebrate Mass this past weekend.

He is contracted by the Defense Department to meet the spiritual needs of Catholics, but not now. The chapel doors were locked and the sign said, “Shutdown: No Catholic service till further notice.”

Father Leonard said the following:

“This is our church, Catholics have an expectation and obligation to attend Mass and we were told, ‘No you can’t go to church this week…“ My parishioners were upset. They were angry and dismayed. They couldn’t believe that in America they’d be denied access to Mass by the government.”

[Hegewisch Dupa]

bingo

[American Constitutionalist]

Executive order : 666 shut down all churches nation wide.

[American Constitutionalist]

Government shut down on whitey, Trayvon’s revenge.

[morphing libertarian]

I have attended mass in friends’ house. Were the houses consecrated.

[stanne]

You probably have a case. I know there’s no saying mass at home, nor on the beach nor on a random mountain

Special dispensation with consecratio perhaps. I am no expert.
I’m sure this priest was nnot equipped for a special case

[mlizzy]

But the priest can say mass only in consecrated space.

We've had Mass held a couple of times in our home. And there are sports teams whose chaplains have held Mass at airports as the players awaited their flights.

[stanne]

We can say mass anywhere. It’s being allowed and recognized is a different case

[American Constitutionalist]

Far be it, he was the nucleolus of those evil nefarious plans.

[yldstrk]

We had Masses said in my home when I was little

[mlizzy]

I’m sure it is allowed. My brother-in-law is an orthodox Roman Catholic priest, and he wouldn’t have said Mass at our home if it wasn’t allowed.

[Alex Murphy]

“This is our church, Catholics have an expectation and obligation to attend Mass and we were told, ‘No you can’t go to church this week…“ My parishioners were upset. They were angry and dismayed. They couldn’t believe that in America they’d be denied access to Mass by the government.”

Is the (locked by the govt) military chapel owned by the diocese, or by the government?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Same would go for an evangelical worship service. It could be done “al fresco” as long as weather reasonably cooperated. But this is an important reminder view into the administration mindset, IMHO. If anyone wanted to remember what they are hostile to... now you know. They react like a vampire from a... crucifix.

I suppose they could say they have the lights and utilities off to conserve cash, but I wonder if they actually do. It just screams “infantile stunt” to me.

[American Constitutionalist]

And all those Democrat Catholics who voted for Obama are having their nightmare of sticker shock and buyer’s remorse just about now.

[yldstrk]

are you a priest?

[knarf]

“ My parishioners were upset. They were angry and dismayed. They couldn’t believe that in America they’d be denied access to Mass by the government.”

.. so they marched en-masse with pitch forks and torches to the commanders' quarters and dragged him out by his nightshirt, beating him with clubs and slathering him with hot tar they had prepared aforehand. Someone had breeched the quartermasters supply room and produced a dozen feather pillows which were quickly ripped open and the ensueing mess applied to the wheezing commander.

What?

No?

WHY NOT ???!!!

[American Constitutionalist]

" When Catholic priests stop saying Mass because the government said so " , then you know they are part of the system or part of the matrix.

How many Christians in Nazi Germany saw what was going on and could have stopped it but stood by and watched it go on unabated ? .... they were afraid to lose their jobs, homes, or what have you to go along with the flow.

[HiTech RedNeck]

As an evangelical I don’t know the detailed drill, but I’d guess they would want some sort of blocked off area for the duration of the ceremony, dedicating its use for that time (you don’t have cars driving through, people walking through etc., distracting from the intended worship). The same would be desired for an evangelical worship service for obvious reasons.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well that’s how God sometimes has to warn believers who think there is “safety in numbers” when those numbers are worldly. The world is going to have to reconcile with God or get judged for its shortfall (actually its shortfall punishes itself — shying away from God’s blessings gets... SURPRISE... curses).

[baddog 219]

[Robe]

All you need is a Field Kit, Containing Crucifix, candles, small chalice, etc .... Note in the picture , the use of a standard GI issue blanket to cover the hood of the Jeep.Everything fits into a box the size of a shoebox. As far as as wafers for the Host, Normal bread can be used in a pinch.