From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:
Citing CDC warnings that people stay six feet apart to reduce chances of catching or transmitting Covid-19, sources from the city of God revealed this morning that God Almighty planned to announce stronger measures to help curb the spread of the disease.
“I think it’s pretty clear that God is planning to act so as to lessen transmissions,” St. Peter told those gathered near the pearly gates as he provided statistics showing that the spread of the virus from one penitent to another via angels and saints has drastically risen. “What this shows is that an angel or saint standing or floating, what have you, beside someone praying on earth, may catch the virus and pass it on to the next person praying that they don’t catch it. Quite ironic, isn’t it? Anyhow, the Lord will also be making it mandatory for angels and saints to stay six feet apart when worshipping him. This is clearly not an easy decision for our Lord, and he understands how difficult it will be for everyone, but it is for the best.”
Officials from the heavenly Jerusalem went on to encourage people to also consider wearing masks before kissing statues, crucifixes, or relics, and to wash their hands for at least the length of one sung Our Father (or two said Our Fathers for those who cannot carry a tune) afterward.
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Hard to believe St Peter fell for the hoax. But wonders never cease when it comes to THE VIRUS.
Wow, this information may be just enough to cause those lukewarm sheep to consider seeking an alternative to going to heaven.
I suspect Pelosi has funding for it hiding in her latest stimulus bill.
Much of MN is opening up on Monday, but Churches were specifically and arbitrarily excluded from the reopening. The Governor has said that Churches might be allowed to resume services on June 1st, but then again maybe not. Our bishops and priests have unsurprisingly went along with this without raising any sort of protest, but they have made sure to tell us that when things reopen they will definitely impose limits to the number of people who can attend mass and throw you out if too many people attend.
“But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Our bishops and priests have unsurprisingly went along with this without raising any sort of protest, but they have made sure to tell us that when things reopen they will definitely impose limits to the number of people who can attend mass and throw you out if too many people attend.
In the age of Francis the higher clergy, most of them, have our back, the better to shoot the target painted there.
To put this into perspective, let’s look at the Diocese of Crookston. The “hotspot” of the diocese is Clay county, which adjoins Fargo. There have been 279 cases there and 18 deaths. The next worst county is Polk, with 55 cases and 2 deaths, then Becker, with 31 cases and no deaths, then Norman with 11 cases and no deaths. No other county in the diocese has more than 10 cases, and two of them have 0 cases.
For this they cancelled masses for over two months and they will continue with harsh restrictions at masses for God knows how long.
And this isn’t limited to upstate Minnesota. There are plenty of counties across Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, etc. I was able to count 22 counties in the diocese of of Grand Island (in Nebraska) with 0 cases. Nevertheless in all these places people have been barred from the sacraments for at least a month.
Diocese of Sioux Falls resumed Masses this weekend. Which is way overdue everywhere in the diocese except Minnehaha county, and perhaps Brown and Lincoln, and maybe, Union, if you’re the anxious type.
Social distancing and reception of the Eucharist “in the hand” are the order of the day everywhere, naturally.
Proud of my youngest, who snarked, “if we have to sit in the gym, we might as well stay home and watch on tv.” Couldn’t have said it better myself.
I had the rather bitterly cynical thought today that I now know how I’m going to die if we get hit by a real Wrath of an Angry God type plague (something as contagious as the Red Flu with the lethality of Ebola, say): alone.
Maybe my priest will Zoom with me, if I’m not too delirious with fever.
Well Mass this morning in my Parish in Nc. Out dooors of course and in your car and listen to Fm radio or bring a chair , wear a mask and 6 feet apart. Gosh I can not wait to talk to a priest and “shame” him for what is going on