For over a year, Catholics have been "dispensed" from the "obligation" to attend Sunday Mass. The Eucharist is supposed to be super sacred, but if bishops can "dispense" with it anytine they want by publishing a Tweet, are they being serious?
And now that we can go to church again, do I really want to? Why should I?
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Cardinal Joseph Tobin of the Archdiocese of Newark - formerly of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis - has written a very good letter about these and other questions. He sees going to church as an opportunity, a moment of grace, a wonderful gift from God. He talks about how hard it was not to visit his mother during the pandemic, and how he wanted to cry when he could hug here again. The Eucharist is like that. How we missed it!
Who knows? Maybe absence really does make the heart grow fonder and many people will appreciate communion even more after having been denied for so long.
I learned a lot from this inspiring letter, available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Click on the button below to go to the website of the Archdiocese of Newark to download a free copy. Blessings on this Feast of Corpus Christi!
See you in church!
Friar Bob
Who knows? Maybe absence really does make the heart grow fonder and many people will appreciate communion even more after having been denied for so long.
I learned a lot from this inspiring letter, available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Click on the button below to go to the website of the Archdiocese of Newark to download a free copy. Blessings on this Feast of Corpus Christi!
See you in church!
Friar Bob
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