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[franky]

The GIRM says for the laity to contact our Bishops. I took the liberty to start sending the following email. Note the fine response from Father.

Let us make our feelings heard. Bishops Web pages to review: http://www.usccb.org/bishops.htm

You can copy and paste to an email.

Bishop Sheridan hits the mark. Something must be done as the Church is losing souls to hell. And who will be judged the harshest?

Frank Reedsville, PA

"Of course not. But this is how my letter has been misrepresented. In hearing from some Catholics I learned that there is a certain way of thinking that suggests that the Eucharist has little or no relationship to the way we live our lives in the world. It seemed beyond comprehension to them that anything should ever separate them from the Eucharist. This way of thinking comes as no surprise if we simply take note of the fact that everyone receives Holy Communion on Sunday and almost no one goes to confession.

Turning to Sacred Scripture once again, we recall St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians in which the apostle expresses his concern that some in the Corinthian community were receiving the Eucharist unworthily. He had heard of behavior in the community that was so contrary to Christian teaching that he told the Corinthians to examine their consciences well. He did not hesitate to write that “whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup unworthily sins against the body and blood of the Lord” (1 Cor. 11:27). The Church has always held that a Catholic must approach Holy Communion in the state of grace. Anything less is a sacrilege."

Response:

Thank you, Frank, for sending this quote just prior to Corpus Christi.

Matthew 7:13-14 is quite relevant here.

God bless you,

Father Frank McGrath