you are kidding?? i literally had no idea that ANY priest would dare think let alone say such a thing. WHY are they PRIESTS if they no longer believe?
What do you think is behind the “fashionable” movement to hide all the tabernacles?
A desire to break the ignorant masses of their belief in the Real Presence. They couch it up as not wanting the poor simpletons to be fooled by the “distraction” of the tabernacle behind the altar when the Mass is taking place and the Presence is being made Present on the altar.
But the point is to obviate the need to genuflect upon entering Church and to relegate the Real Presence to a far off closet somewhere.
oh, they say the right words...they believe.....BUT the point they would make (I am projecting their thoughts here) is that after mass we ARE the body of Christ and who needs the bread with his presence when we ARE Him..........yep, I know....almost feels like self worship.