Agreed. It’ll be interesting to see if that happens.
Also, though, I wonder if the article’s author knows that a Mass said in Latin is not necessarily a Tridentine Mass. I haven’t yet attended a “Latin” Mass that wasn’t a simple Latin translation of the post-Vat II Mass. And, of course, with modern church-design, it’s getting more and more difficult for the celebrant NOT to face the congregation.
I didn’t search to find out which church he attended but I suspected. I look forward to laughing with him for eternity.
Antonin Scalia
Bump
Not that I've observed.
I’ve been there. It’s a breathtakingly beautiful building and most appropriate for the services. It’s associated with the Catholic University rather than a parish, so I expect that Mrs. Scalia can have whoever she wants to perform the funeral service.
I hope the Requiem Mass will be televised. The world could see a beautiful rite celebrated, as opposed to the prevalence of the modernist hoe-down style funerals performed in so many places.
What an absolutely beautiful space.
Sadly, according to some freepers, that mere fact alone means that Scalia "wasn't a Christian".
According to them, the only people who "count" as "Christians" are those "who can tell you the exact moment they were saved". Someone like Scalia, who was baptized as a baby, would be exempt from their definition of "Christian". It doesn't matter how pious Scalia was in his life, the fact he fervently prayed to Christ before every Supreme Court session, or worshiped daily at church each morning using traditional latin language prayers, or even that he raised his nine children as Christians and inspired his son, Rev. Paul Scalia, to become an ordained minister. Scalia wouldn't be able to name the "exact day" he went to a tent revival meeting and "accepted Christ" and got "saved" (because such an event never happened in his life), so therefore he "never became a Christian", according to them.
Not only would EVERY single Catholic in the world be excluded from being recognized as "Christian" under this definition, but so would every single Orthodox Christian, and a huge amount of protestant Christians who practice infant baptism (Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, etc.) Not only was Scalia "not a Christian", neither was his fellow justice William H. Rehnquist (as a Lutheran, he was baptized as a baby), or Justices Alito and Thomas. Nor was George Washington, Ronald Reagan, etc. Famous figures who devoted their lives to Christ, like Joan of Arc and Mother Teresa, would likewise be labeled "non-Christians" since they had accepted Christ since they were old enough to understand the concept, and thus, wouldn't be able to tell you "the exact moment they got saved"
Ironically, the Catholic sacrament of Confirmation means that every single practicing Catholic would be able to cite their confirmation as an exact time where they made a public, voluntarily profession in front of a community of fellow believers that they accepted Christ and would live their adult lives as a Christian. But this doesn't "count" towards "becoming a Christian" in the eyes of those naysayers, since confirmed Catholics like Scalia don't cite their confirmation as the moment they got "saved". They believe salvation is a lifelong process, not an instant moment in time.
I'd hope the life of people like Justice Scalia might cause people to rethink their narrow definition of "Christian" so they don't exclude 90% of their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and see them as "non-Christians". Unfortunately, I don't think reflecting on Scalia's faith will cause them to rethink their worldview.
I hope it will be televised. It may be on EWTN.
Obama will not attend...Thank God! I would not like to see that beautiful structure collapse upon the appearance of the Son of Satan.