I have been told a priest in a state of sin can still validly consecrate the host. At my NO mass @ St Typicals, I have learned, much to my chagrin, that a certain new EM is a cafeteria Catholic. We met over coffee, and he began to tell me how he liked "pope Francis", he's fine w birth control, he didn't know what IVF is and he didn't know what TLM stood for. I told him that I loaned my copy of "The Moral Wisdom of the Catholic Church" by Fr Robt Spitzer to a customer of mine who is considering becoming Catholic, but that I would cheerfully loan it to him on its return to me. I said Spitzer is a "good" Jesuit. He promptly told me he likes James Martin. This old man told me he spent 8 yrs in seminary. He is still married living in Assisted living. He has a "franciscan" spiritual director, and he gave me a copy of Mendicant to read edited by R Rahner OFM. This man didn't ever hear of the 'poor" Clares! He is older than the Boomers, and very content to be so Low Information. Is the consecrated host safe in these hands?..................Thanks and Blessings!
"In 1950 Pope Pius XII approved Opus Dei as a secular institute, a new canonical category for groups combining lay and clerical vocations. This status allowed Opus Dei to operate under Vatican oversight." @sdwright what exactly happened here? Did the Pope approve of the group himself or was it approved by other Vatican representatives?
The Time is now! Blessings!
I have been told a priest in a state of sin can still validly consecrate the host. At my NO mass @ St Typicals, I have learned, much to my chagrin, that a certain new EM is a cafeteria Catholic. We met over coffee, and he began to tell me how he liked "pope Francis", he's fine w birth control, he didn't know what IVF is and he didn't know what TLM stood for. I told him that I loaned my copy of "The Moral Wisdom of the Catholic Church" by Fr Robt Spitzer to a customer of mine who is considering becoming Catholic, but that I would cheerfully loan it to him on its return to me. I said Spitzer is a "good" Jesuit. He promptly told me he likes James Martin. This old man told me he spent 8 yrs in seminary. He is still married living in Assisted living. He has a "franciscan" spiritual director, and he gave me a copy of Mendicant to read edited by R Rahner OFM. This man didn't ever hear of the 'poor" Clares! He is older than the Boomers, and very content to be so Low Information. Is the consecrated host safe in these hands?..................Thanks and Blessings!
The Host is not safe at the Novus Ordo, if it is indeed consecrated. I strongly advise that you extricate yourself from that environment.
But why did Pope Pius XII give recognition to the Opus Dei?
"In 1950 Pope Pius XII approved Opus Dei as a secular institute, a new canonical category for groups combining lay and clerical vocations. This status allowed Opus Dei to operate under Vatican oversight." @sdwright what exactly happened here? Did the Pope approve of the group himself or was it approved by other Vatican representatives?
I don't know anything about this topic.