This sounds hopeful:
The White House has consulted four Catholic bishops who have reinstated public Masses, as the Trump administration considers issuing guidelines on the safe reopening of churches and religious services during the coronavirus pandemic.
Multiple sources confirmed to CNA that officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council and the Centers for Disease Control conducted a series of conference calls with bishops from three states on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The bishops of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Lubbock, Texas, and Billings-Great Falls and Helena, Montana, spoke to administration officials who asked for feedback on the dioceses’ resumption of public ministry in line with state public health orders.
The initiative for the discussions came from the White House, sources familiar with the talks told CNA.
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More helpful than the Vicar of Christ on the issue.
Masses were set to reopen, but our Governor extended the lockdown. Our Bishops haven’t made any announcements yet but I would be shocked if they didn’t extend the cancellations in response.
I just hope that they will at least reopen the chapels for perpetual adoration of the Eucharist. I still don’t understand the rationale behind closing them in the first place.
RH, applying Occam’s Razor leads me to the conclusion that the great majority of the “shepherds” making these bizarre decisions, totally closing churches, even to individuals and small groups, do not themselves have faith in the supernatural graces of the sacraments and prayer. Instead they value this life over any sense of preparation for the next, which makes them perfect secular Modernists. But lousy bishops. Just saying.
Palms were delivered to the church building but were not handed out even outside due to social distancing per the bishop. What a load of …….
Easter was a bust. No outdoor vehicle Mass or Adoration. No ringing of church bells. Nada. Nothing on the most important feast of the liturgical year. The next town over the Baptists had an outdoor services in their church parking lot.
Easter Sunday I streamed a high Mass from St. John Cathedral in Lafayette LA. Beautiful, inspiring service. Lovely music and awesome flowers. So now I stream St John Cathedral Sunday and daily Masses. I will continue to send checks down there for the Sunday collections. While my husband mails a checks to our Mission.
My perception is that our diocese is too close to DC….. always worried about law suits instead of souls.