The Catholic "Jesus" - Endangered by High Commodity Prices
Thieves recently broke into Detroit’s Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and stole, “The tabernacle, chalices and ciboriums, candlesticks and votive candle holders, processional crosses, light fixtures, an ice cream cart, and even the corpus of a crucified Christ that was removed from the cross it was on.” This was reported in the Sept 12 issue of The Michigan Catholic, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Detroit, in an article titled, “Tabernacle, Other Sacred Items Stolen from Historic Corktown Church.”
The article said:
"The theft is yet another incident of thieves stealing copper, bronze and other metal items from area churches, as high scrap metal prices have increased the vulnerability of older buildings, especially churches."
Parish priest Father Russ Kohler made light of the fact that the Catholic “Jesus” - inanimate wafers locked up inside the tabernacle - was stolen:
“This won’t be the first time Jesus has been between two thieves. I’d like them to be appreciative of His presence, but we’d like Him back.”
Comment – only in the Catholic Church could “Jesus” be stolen along with light fixtures and an ice cream cart!
What’s the Catholic Church to do? With commodity prices going higher and higher, storing “Jesus” in metal containers may be dangerous! Maybe they should put “Him” in cardboard boxes or paper bags – but just be sure all the wafers are gone before recycling!
Every once in a while we are reminded of the utter foolishness that results from the thinking that Jesus turns Himself into wafers at the command of a Catholic priest. No such thing happens.
Pray that God gives Catholics the grace to see through the wickedness of wafer-worship; that they repent of the sin of Catholicism, and receive Christ by faith ALONE for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no Catholic priests or wafers needed!
The article said:
"The theft is yet another incident of thieves stealing copper, bronze and other metal items from area churches, as high scrap metal prices have increased the vulnerability of older buildings, especially churches."
Parish priest Father Russ Kohler made light of the fact that the Catholic “Jesus” - inanimate wafers locked up inside the tabernacle - was stolen:
“This won’t be the first time Jesus has been between two thieves. I’d like them to be appreciative of His presence, but we’d like Him back.”
Comment – only in the Catholic Church could “Jesus” be stolen along with light fixtures and an ice cream cart!
What’s the Catholic Church to do? With commodity prices going higher and higher, storing “Jesus” in metal containers may be dangerous! Maybe they should put “Him” in cardboard boxes or paper bags – but just be sure all the wafers are gone before recycling!
Every once in a while we are reminded of the utter foolishness that results from the thinking that Jesus turns Himself into wafers at the command of a Catholic priest. No such thing happens.
Pray that God gives Catholics the grace to see through the wickedness of wafer-worship; that they repent of the sin of Catholicism, and receive Christ by faith ALONE for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no Catholic priests or wafers needed!
posted by Robt. B. at 8:01 AM
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