Archbp. Cordilone recites the Exorcism where a statue of St. Junipero Serra was torn down. OORAH!

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mary15 said:
Is defending this statue worth it, or is what is inside of our hearts more important?
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mary15 said:
Should we not be cultivating that relationship instead of worrying about these statues?
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IMHO, and in all charity, (no tomatoes) there is no reason why we can’t do both, cultivate our relationship with Christ and defend the statue. Perhaps defending the statue works to cultivate our relationship with Christ. I like to make “pilgrimages” to Catholic monuments.

The thing about the statue of a saint is that it represents someone who had a relationship with God and what we are all called to be, saints. Saint Junipero Serra represents the Catholic church, our beliefs in the communion of the saints, what God can do in one’s life and that we are all called to be saints and choose God rather than this world.

That statue is also a monument to God and His Church. It was probably blessed when it was set up and needs treated with respect.
 
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@MagdalenaRita thank you…good points to ponder in my heart and prayers. I did not know that the statue was blessed.

Would tearing it down then be some sort of desecration of what is now holy due to the blessing by a priest?

(thank you 🌹)
 
mary15 said:
Would tearing it down then be some sort of desecration of what is now holy due to the blessing by a priest?
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I wonder that myself. I am not sure if it would be kind of considered a sacramental. That could be why they did the exorcism.
 
a brown scapular would be an example of a similar sacremental? so the statue is a sacremental in that its a blessing to us to look upon and to pray over?
 
The tearing down of the St. Junipero Serra statue, as well as the Ulysses S. Grant and Frederick Douglas statues (both were instrumental in defeating slavery) proves that the hooligans are just looking for things to destroy for no good reason.
 
Accprding to this article by David Clayton. there is a logic to the destruction:

"The current pattern of iconoclasm makes perfect sense to me as one who used to consider himself a Marxist. Here’s why:

Marxism pushes a narrative which is an interpretation of history that predicts a utopian future for mankind. This earthbound, quasi-heaven is an alluring vision, but there is a catch. This future state will only be ushered in when today’s society is utterly destroyed. And they mean destroyed, as in annihilated."

Source
 
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So, obvious question for those of you who are secularists:

Does the beheading/defacing/toppling/burning of statues, qualify as a liturgical act? Are you folks really that religious? Is it a cult, or what? what’s goin on there with all this mumbo jumbo…
 
goout said:
So, obvious question for those of you who are secularists:

Does the beheading/defacing/toppling/burning of statues, qualify as a liturgical act? Are you folks really that religious? Is it a cult, or what? what’s goin on there with all this mumbo jumbo…
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Joshua’s conquest of Jericho is distinctly liturgical in character.
 
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