Posted on 09/02/2009 11:15:42 AM PDT by GonzoII
Reflections on the Kennedy Funeral Mass |
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The Mass celebrated on August 29 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Roxbury, Mass. in memory of Senator Edward Moore Kennedy is rightly causing scandal among Catholics, who see it as a posthumous glorification of the deceased Massachusetts politician, as well as a resounding approval of his pro-abortion and pro-homosexual endeavors.
The Scandal of a Public Mass
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Catholic ping!
What else can one surmise from the funeral and mass, but that the priests and bishops who attended, and all priests and bishops who agree with them, indeed favor abortion, homosexuality, Marxism, erasure of national borders, and capitulation to Communism and Islam, because when they praise Kennedy’s life, they endorse those things which his life stood for.
My priest friend also pointed out that 1) Cardinal O'Malley did not permit the funeral to be at the Cathedral; 2) did not participate at all in the liturgy (only three, shall we say liberal, priests concelebrated the mass). Cardinal O'Malley sat to the side and by such actions demonstrated his discomfort with the ceremony due to the deceased's life choices; 3) as the senior prelate in the diocese, Cardinal O'Malley felt compelled to attend due to the attendance of the President (and past Presidents) of the U.S. and 4) there were no other bishops present (presumably with the direction of Cardinal O'Malley).
IMHO, Cardinal O'Malley merely performed the function of a good host in his diocese.
Granted, but you have to consider the weak and the young in these highly public Church Funerals of politicians who have not lived up to their Faith. IMHO.
Cardinal O’Malley would have had the full authority to rule that the Kennedy funeral Mass Mass be celebrated in a chapel seating 60 max, with no press and no eulogy. Instead, what he “hosted” was a honorific extravaganza that looked and sounded like a splendid, if spurious, canonization.
The “Prayer of the Faithful” was constructed rhetorically so that it indicated Ted Kennedy as exemplary for those who promote “peace, justice, equality,” etc. This is at the least scandalous and distracting, and — with all due respect for necessary complexities of context -— a lie.
And the Church, praying for a merciful judgment and the repose of the soul of Ted Kennedy, should provide no platform for a lie.
I DISAGREE WITH THE PRIEST AND YOU.THE MASS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC.TO ME IT WAS A BROUHAHA AND CARDINAL O’MALLEY ALLOWED IT.I READ SOME OF THE CARDINAL’S WRITINGS AND HE MAY NOT AGREE TO ABORTION BUT DOES ACCEPT ALL THE SOCIALISTIC IDEALS PUSHED BY TEDDY. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS BUILT ON SOCIALISM AND MONEY TALKS. AL CAPONE WAS DENIED A CHURCH SERVICE AND HE WASN’T RESPONSIBLE FOR AS MANY DEATHS AS OLD TEDDY.YES,I’M A PRACTICING CATHOLIC WITH 16+ YEARS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION.
Pope Benedict's latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, or Charity in Truth, has a very full and solid section on subsidiarity, which is the principle that social responsibilities are always to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. Pope Benedict goes on to say this:
Subsidiarity is the most effective antidote against any form of all encompassing welfare state In order not to produce a dangerous universal power of a tyrannical nature, the governance of globalization must be marked by subsidiarity, articulated into several layers and involving different levels that can work together.
Globalization certainly requires authority, insofar as it poses the problem of a global common good that needs to be pursued. This authority, however, must be organized in a subsidiary and stratified way, if it is not to infringe upon freedom and if it is to yield effective results in practice.
Statism, the core of socialism, is the problem; and Subsidiarity is the solution.
Maybe I'm just a contrarian, but I didn't consider it to be either of those things. It was Massachusetts and national Democrats slobbering all over him, it just happened to be during a Funeral Mass. Of course, I didn't watch the thing; I had better things to do with my time, like cruise the Internet. ;o)
Thanks for the information about the Cardinal’s role. It’s much more clear to me just how little his part was in the proceedings.
O’Mallet obviously strarlled the fence, and IMHO, tore his beeches.
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I was not especially happy about the Kennedy funeral, but I’m inclined to agree with you. Cardinal O’Malley kept as low a profile as was possible without openly insulting the family and all those prominent guests. As I’ve said on earlier threads, it’s a no-win proposition trying to attack someone’s bad example at their funeral.
I would contrast this occasion with the fiasco at Notre Dame, which deserved every criticism and protest it received. For that, there was absolutely no excuse, and the more protests, the better.
Bishops should not neglect opportunities for teaching moments. But a funeral is not really such an opportunity, I’m afraid. As it is, I don’t think the Dems got as much mileage out of Kennedy’s funeral as they hoped. It was a big event in Massachusetts, but there were far fewer viewers for Kennedy’s funeral than there were for Michael Jackson’s. The news blitz basically failed.
Very true. Sadly, IMHO, the Kennedys and other political CINOs no longer correctly understand the term "scandal."
I didn't watch the funeral. From everything I'm hearing/reading, I made a wise choice. (eg--the audio of the young Kennedy scion during the Prayers of the Faithful)
Thanks for posting, GonzoII.
You’re welcome.
Thanks for the insights, Servant. Not having watched the funeral, I didn't realize that the Cardinal sat to the side.
Well, absolute ignorance of any given subject hasn't stopped me from posting before, why should I let it stop me now?
IMO, if you put all of the U.S. cardinals and bishops on a spectrum from most conservative to most liberal, Cardinal O'Malley is clearly in the conservative camp like Chaput and not even close to the Mahoney's. He is one of the good guys who had to walk a tightrope with this funeral.
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION. 80+ YEARS IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND YEARS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION I STAND BY MY STATEMENT.
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