tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post5860576123430112322..comments2024-03-14T09:31:24.792-04:00Comments on TORONTO CATHOLIC WITNESS: Churches and cabarets: They don't mix !!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-37437157910568631942013-07-18T17:46:34.099-04:002013-07-18T17:46:34.099-04:00Disrespect towards the Blessed Sacrament can never...Disrespect towards the Blessed Sacrament can never be played down. The Local Ordinary is not an independent agent: he is a bishop bounds by universal law, canon law, and Cardinal Ambrozic's Policy (unless he revokes the latter). <br /><br />Further, if a watchman does not cry "fire" when one exists; the citizen should do so. Now, we would be entering into the bizarre if we waited Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-31358760295580659622013-07-18T15:58:23.537-04:002013-07-18T15:58:23.537-04:00What exactly do you think "in the judgement o...What exactly do you think "in the judgement of the local ordinary" means? He gets to decide whether a church has been desecrated, not you. Using apocalyptic language to refer to a foolish, poorly catechized girl performing an inappropriate jazz piece in a church might be a little over the top.Freyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706221683777453812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-84079157133876747692013-07-18T12:20:28.582-04:002013-07-18T12:20:28.582-04:00Actually, the Church has already made the call - t...Actually, the Church has already made the call - the Local Ordinary is to enforce it. That is the problem. We seem to have a law for every bishop. The Church has explicit laws for the use of a church within the context of performance of music (even within the liturgy). We do not have to wait for the local Ordinary to make a "call" when we see grave scandal taking place in a church. We Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-6839562283037429382013-07-18T08:49:01.394-04:002013-07-18T08:49:01.394-04:00You are referring to the "abomination that ma...You are referring to the "abomination that makes desolate" of Daniel. The archetype is the statue of Zeus set up in the temple by Antiochus IV. According to Canon 1211 <br /><i>Sacred places are desecrated by acts done in them which are gravely injurious and give scandal to the faithful when, in the judgement of the local Ordinary, these acts are so serious and so contrary to the sacredFreyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706221683777453812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-44506402924271430842013-07-18T06:56:00.736-04:002013-07-18T06:56:00.736-04:00Desolation in a spiritual sense as the result of t...Desolation in a spiritual sense as the result of the abomination that took place. Ironically there was Someone there - but, He was treated as if He were not. Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9024178972531580240.post-66302886121703068812013-07-17T16:01:34.506-04:002013-07-17T16:01:34.506-04:00The sanctuary could not have been desolated for th...The sanctuary could not have been desolated for that would mean there was no one there... it may have been desecrated, defiled, dishonoured or disrespected.Freyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706221683777453812noreply@blogger.com