Q: Could you elaborate on Canon 1752, and whether it can legitimately be used to argue that “what is illicit in ordinary times, can in a time of crisis be a good and holy act”? I ask because of what is going on in the Archdiocese of San Antonio [Texas, USA] with the Mission of Divine Mercy. Members of the Mission are claiming to receive locutions from Our Lord and Our Lady. Although the Archbishop has forbidden them from sharing these messages, they began to publish them…
In response, the Archbishop … removed the Mission’s status as a Catholic apostolate of the Archdiocese. Despite this, the Mission remains open … the Mission’s response to the question of obedience to the Archbishop is to claim that Canon 1752 permits their illicit Mass, and the faithful should rest assured that because of the crisis of the times, attending mass at the Mission can be a “good and holy act.”
… The Mission is causing confusion, I have family members who have been ensnared by the confusion and I am looking for ways to pull them out of it. –Cathryn Continue reading →
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