Author Archives: Brother Don Bell

New Church For Me…

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Back at the end of October of 2020, I moved to a new Dioceses and a new Church.  Bought a house to live in for the rest of my life, barring any changes in that area.

There is a Catholic Church 9/10ths of a mile from my house!  The Pastor there is new to the Church, having been there for about a year, coming from Miami after several years working in the pre-seminary and seminary.

He is a very good Homilist, and looks to be a good overall Priest, actually a Monsignor.

During this Covid mess, he has kept his Church doors open, granted with distancing and recommending masks but doesn’t require masks (at least since I’ve been there) if you have medical reasons to not wear one.  (Some places require it regardless of your health status.)

This was a VERY positive move for me in many ways.  I am back, to almost daily Mass, doing my 7 hours of praying most days, and things are getting back in line!

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Suspension of the Sacraments of the Church…

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At the end of March, the Dioceses of Saint Augustine Florida Bishop stopped all Masses, and all forms of the Sacraments of the Church to the lay people.  Churches where closed and locked down and the Priest were no longer to hold Mass, offer up the Host, hear confessions, etc.  Prior to this, in violation of Canon and Tradition, he stopped the ability to receive Communion by mouth.

These actions are very much in violation of God’s orders on His faithful, the Canon of the Church, and the Traditions of the Church.  In fact, in times past, when health or other issues and hard times came up the Priest of the Church INCREASED the availability of Mass and the Sacraments.  Priest historically have gone out of their way to provide to their “flock” and keep them in communion with the Church and God.

It saddens and sickens me that we have fallen to this level of giving up on God and not following His commands.  From the highest levels of the Church down.  And no one, at least local to me, seems to want to do anything about it.  This is VERY disheartening and not good for the People of God.

Much prayer is need by and for the Priest to get back on track and re-open the Churches and back to providing the Sacraments of the Church!

Take an example, for once, of the non-Catholic churches in California, they are opening up without permission and counter to the orders of their Governor..

In Christ

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Receiving the Host in the hand…

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My current Church in Gainesville FL posted a notice in the weekly bulletin this week that to receive the host in the hand was valid and preferred way to receive the host.  I am not sure I agree with this at all.

Too many of our Saints (as sanctioned by the Church) have stated that we should be receiving ONLY by the mouth, preferably by ONLY a Priest or Deacon should be administering the Communion and rarely by Acolyte (which should be male as well).  There have been many stories by our Saints and Visionaries stating that doing so otherwise was bad for us, and counted against us in the end, in not showing proper respect to God.

We were also told that we should not be kneeling, but standing and “bowing our head” and receiving by hand.

I think it is time to bring back the kneeling rails and going back to the old way of receiving, on our knees (for those that do not have health issues stopping them from kneeling) and by mouth.  By the Priest and Deacons and the rare Acolyte…

Your thoughts?

 

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