Posted on 05/05/2021 10:41:50 AM PDT by ebb tide
Ahead of "allowing" again Masses on May 10, the Irish government issued rubrics for religious services.
In modern states which recognise religious freedom, it is an exclusive matter of the Church to decide how to worship - not so in Ireland where politicians believe they are entitled to decide over the liturgy. Thus, they imposed the following liturgical rubrics:
• Those handing out Holy Communion must wear face masks or must stand behind a screen. Further they must disinfect their hands.
• The faithful must use disinfects before receiving Communion.
• The state suggests that “Communion could be placed in individual disposable cups or containers and left separated on a tray or table for collection.”
• Communion must be "distributed into the hands and NOT onto the tongue.”
Not surprisingly, the government is following the example of the Novus Ordo Church and treating Holy Communion like a snack.
The government also asks to suspend concelebration - while Francis, who styles himself as an unrelenting Covid fighter has imposed it in Saint Peter's.
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The current Irish government is composed of agnostic socialists who have a deep hatred of the Catholic Church. The vile, homosexual behavior of the Catholic hierarchy and some clergy turned off much of the previously faithful Irish population and had no small part in electing the current government.
A a kid, many decades ago, I already knew the priest’s hands were filthy germy things. Mouth after mouth. No thanks.
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