COMMENTARY
[Your thoughts are welcome at pthorp.ed@votf.org]
“Cardinal
Scola seems to have forgotten his Canon Law. Canon 213
states: ‘Christ's faithful have the right to be assisted
by their Pastors from the spiritual riches of the Church,
especially by the word of God and the sacraments.’” John
Hynes, Boston, MA [This same canon was noted by Susan
Roll from Ottawa, Canada]
”On
the level of grace, of course, all is gift. However all
are gifts from God, not from the hierarchy or from Cardinal
Scola. Scola did not give them; he cannot refuse them.
The hierarchy did not give them and cannot refuse them.
It is poor theology to claim that God does not want to
pour out his gifts on us. It is better theology to believe
that, since God wants to give us his gifts, we should
reach out and take them.” Don Brophy, New York, NY
The
Eucharist is certainly a gift – but not from the church,
rather from Christ, Himself. Cardinal Scola prefers to
look backward hiding behind archaic traditions rather
than face the need of the rest of us to receive this
salvific gift (we, who are also ‘consecrated into this
royal priesthood’ 1 Peter 2-10) The church is supposed
to be a channel through which grace flows, not a dam.” Philip
V.G. Wallace
“I
want to go on record as one of the many who do not think
that the Eucharist is a gift, a reward, a sign of unity,
but instead it is food for the journey of life! The Eucharist
is not the ‘source and summit of the Christian life’;
faith in Jesus Christ is.” Ed Hoeffer
“I
believe the real presence is a gift from Jesus to true
believers in him. Some come to communion and are not
in communion with the teachings of the Church and receive
Jesus and may not be in a state of grace, thus grace
cannot abound in the person. A person must have an awareness
of the actual presence of Jesus in communion to be one
with Him, it is by faith thru grace not by anything we
do but it is his gift to us!” Deacon Bill Nagle
“The
Holy Eucharist is definitely a gift which must be earned.
It is not a right. When Christ was man he gave the Eucharist
as a gift to those who believe in him and who do his
will.” Paul M. Guyet
“Scola
and Levada have spoken, as those who hold the key that
opens and closes the institution's favors to the world.
It sounds as if they have a solution to the Eucharist
access crisis: Just excommunicate those who advocate
objective sin. Only a clergy bred on canonism and have
never read the prophecies and the Gospels could talk
like that. We in our turn must remember that Christ comes
to those who invoke him not in judgment but in humble
entreaty, standing among the poor whom he favors. Best
wishes for your work closer to the front line, from someone
at the parish level.” Paul Schlachter
“God
already gave the gift. He picked Cardinal Scola to be
one of the people through whom it's distributed. Either
he does his level best to distribute that gift universally
or he isn't living up to the responsibility with which
he's been entrusted.” Doug
And
one of many words of support for all of our members: “It
is edifying to know your organization and that so many
people truly care about what is happening in our Church.
Keep up the good work as it is much needed.” Robert
Carroll
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