A priest who doesn’t say Mass, if only for himself, on every day except Good Friday, unless health makes it impossible, is a contradiction in terms. Priests have been amazingly ingenious when imprisoned in POW camps, in scrounging wine and bread to say Mass. In Penal Times in Ireland, with the churches being seized by Protestants, hedge priests earned the name by saying Mass in concealed places out of door, risking death to bring Christ to the Faithful. Priests have endured death rather than cease saying the Mass. Being a priest for a good priest isn’t a job; it is a calling from God to have the great privilege and duty of offering the Sacrifice of the Mass.
Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Does the Pope believe what Jesus said in John 6:22-59? I think we know the answer to that question.
Two thoughts:
Pray for Pope Francis that he will exhibit heroic charity even in the face of possibly extreme physical difficulties. It could be such an incredible witness of faith and hope and the ability of God’s grace to be sufficient in weakness.
Are we sure this Raho twitter account isn’t engaging in some sort of slow-burn trolling? Because that last line is one of the most brutal indictments of the NO, and the deadpan delivery is exceptional. After all, why should one think that the act of the priest celebrating the sacrifice of the mass makes him the “center of attention?”
That last line is rich with irony.
If he didn’t want to be the center of attention, why the constant yammering to the press and audiences with everybody and their apostate uncle?
Jackie Gleason on Francis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHZmP15rs0
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So Pope Francis says Mass in order to be the centre of attention? 🙄 if it’s all too much, he can always resign from the role and hand over the reigns. We don’t mind. Really.