Thursday, October 4, 2007

Two quick points about the Eucharist

The transmutation does not take place if the priest is not in full orthodoxy of sanctity in the Catholic Church. So "women priests" and other outsiders can do it all they want; they might as well be eating and serving a Ritz cracker with cracker barrel cheese.

Those who are not suitable to receive and who do so anyway are basically putting themselves at risk. It is like if the ancient Israelites sneaked into the temple and ate the offerings to God. I'd not recommend that. So people like Archbishop Burke are trying to protect politicians and others who are too stupid to realize what they are doing when they insist on the Holy Eucharist even if they are unjustified, due to leading a segment of the Catholic population away from their faith by flouting disagreement with God's law.