{"id":756,"date":"2015-03-19T18:45:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=756"},"modified":"2015-03-19T18:48:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:48:28","slug":"756","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Sacrilegious Communion: Pope Francis Won\u2019t Get Any More Clear Than This"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_763\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pope-francis-and-eucharist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-763\" class=\" wp-image-763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pope-francis-and-eucharist.jpg?resize=550%2C406\" alt=\"How long must I keep doing this!\" width=\"550\" height=\"406\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How long must I keep doing this!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fr. Z links to a video from the Pope&#8217;s recent <a href=\"http:\/\/wdtprs.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/pope-francis-and-doctors-of-the-law\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wdtprs%2FDhFa+%28Fr.+Z%27s+Blog+-+What+Does+The+Prayer+Really+Say%3F%29\" target=\"_blank\">homily<\/a>. In it Pope Francis laments couples who want to return to the Church and go to Mass but , due to their &#8216;mistakes&#8217;, must &#8216;stay right there&#8217; and not go anywhere.\u00a0 The Pope blames the rule-makers, the &#8216;doctors of the law&#8217; who destroy.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to me the Pope is, characteristically, speaking both figuratively and directly at the same time.\u00a0 (He seems to do this so that everyone understands him except for those who don&#8217;t want to.)\u00a0 If I interpret him correctly, this is the first time he&#8217;s made it so clear that he thinks people in open mortal sin should go to Holy Communion, quite a frightening thing for a Pope to indicate.\u00a0 Fr. Z seems to agree:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hmmm\u2026 it seems to me that there is something missing. \u00a0Of course these are only off-the-cuff remarks that have no magisterial weight whatsoever and no preacher can be expected in a short time to hit every possible point. \u00a0 But it seems to me that he has set up a straw man: who the heck are these \u201cdoctors of the law\u201d whom he has been disparaging with some frequency? \u00a0I think he means those who argue that people who are divorced and civilly remarried should not be admitted to Holy Communion because they are objectively living in a state that is inconsistent with our understanding of the Eucharist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to stop pretending the situation isn&#8217;t stark.\u00a0 Cardinal Burke seems to have gotten the message a while ago.\u00a0 Catholics must be prepared to resist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Z links to a video from the Pope&#8217;s recent homily. In it Pope Francis laments couples who want to return to the Church and go to Mass but , due to their &#8216;mistakes&#8217;, must &#8216;stay right there&#8217; and not go anywhere.\u00a0 The Pope blames the rule-makers, the &#8216;doctors of the law&#8217; who destroy. 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