Posted on 04/10/2004 10:40:32 AM PDT by delacoert
Priests in the Archdiocese of Boston are allowed to serve Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] communion this Easter even though he bucks the church's stand against abortion.
The Rev. John Ardis, director of the Paulist Center, where Kerry and his wife worship locally, said an archdiocesan official telephoned Thursday to tell him Kerry ``was as welcome as any other Catholic to receive the eucharist.''
The Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, a spokesman for Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, said in an interview yesterday, ``The archbishop has made no comment about Sen. Kerry and his Catholicism, nor does he plan on doing so in the near future.''
What's unclear is whether O'Malley privately urged Kerry to abstain from taking communion.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...
I never once thought otherwise.
My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love Thee above all things and I desire Thee in my soul. Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though thou wert already there, I embrace Thee and unite myself wholly to Thee; permit not that I should ever be separated from Thee.
My penitent heart is blessed by the proper focus that meditation on these words brings. Thank you for posting that prayer.
I am aware that my attitude has been too critical (of a bishop or two). There are larger issues that of course I do not understand.
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