When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another. And, a while afterward, He said: “When ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, stand in the Holy Place, whoso readeth, let him understand, then let them which be in Judaea flee unto the mountains; let him which is on the house-top not come down to take anything out of his house; neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.”
-St. Athanasius
The stupidity of the Pharisees and Scribes is something extraordinary. They rebuke the Son of God because He doth not observe the traditions and commandments of men for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. It behoveth us to cleanse, not the hands of the body, but the hands of the soul, namely, our works, that we may do the commandments of God. But He answered and said unto them Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? He meeteth here their false accusation by a true. “How,” saith He, “do ye, who pass over the commandments of God, in order to keep to the traditions of men, hold that My disciples are to be rebuked, because they deem the tradition of the elders of little moment in comparison with the doing of what they know to be the Laws of God?”
- St. Jerome
Even were this the worst plague mankind has ever known, cancelling Mass is a terrible decision that shows a lack of faith in the Holy Sacrifice and Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
2 comments:
Amen! Amen! Amen! The message I'm getting is, "You're on your own - Good luck!" So much for not fearing "The pestilence that creeps in darkness/Or the plague that lays waste at noon."
I...don't think I agree. I miss mass dreadfully, but I also get the rationale behind cancelling a gathering that's often made up of elderly and vulnerable people, especially with an illness that's so contagious before it becomes symptomatic.
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