Posted on 01/07/2017 10:00:31 AM PST by Salvation
Thank you for staying united in prayer with the Church through the TV Mass and receiving Holy Communion when it is offered in your community.
Applicable for many elders.
Holy Communion Ping from Monsignor Pope’s OSV column.
Oops — Applicable for many elderly people.
I now, let’s ask God.
This is all that can be expected of elderly people living in retirement communities. It’s what my mom did in the last year of her life. I remember all the ladies crowded around the tv set on Sunday!
One could always contact their local parish and see if any of the members would give them a ride.
I don’t even know what your statement means.
unless it is going to cause someone so much pain to get out and come back. Let’s not judge here. Which some are doing. Its sad. be concerned with your own souls.
Makes me wonder what The Blessed Archbishop Martin Sheen would say about the matter.
And I would expect/hope for anyone with an extended illness or incapacitation that kept them home bound & bedridden.
Absolutely Beautiful...for those that have not see this, it is amazing...
“give a ride”: I’ve done that before for members of our congregation and others do likewise.
I’m not surprised.
I think he would have said exactly what Msgr. Charles Pope said.
It seems to me that anyone who truly believes in the Real Presence would long for His nourishment, namely, receiving the Sacrament of Holy Communion (Eucharist).
Therefore if they opt to watch Mass on television I have to assume those people have a legitimate reason and have satisfied their Catholic obligations.
I can only speak for myself, but those times I did not receive Communion (sick; other extenuating circumstances) there still is an emptiness inside that is hard to describe. But it is there.
In the 21st Century, one would think that each parish would have a computerized list of all people not able to get to church because of transport problems. In 1980`s we took up a collection, bought a small bus and was able to pick up every parishioner we knew who had no other transport to Mass.
My mother, 93, got regular envelopes and letters asking for collections, bishop`s appeal, school funds, etc., donations to the church, but never once did anyone inquire how she was, if she needed a ride or the sacraments, not even the pastor who appears not to even know how many seniors there are in his parish nor their situations. It`s a sad case of sloth and hypocrisy for many parishes whose lack of priestly leadership is disgraceful because the shepherd doesn`t even know his sheep...
Sentence diagramming or grammar were not your strongest subjects, were they?
Same here.
And with more parishes linking/clustering, or even closing, it is only going to get worse.
+1
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