Sometimes it is about ensuring that we take whatever action necessary to ensure that all, even those with disabilites fulfill their role within the church. I am positive that progress could be made on this matter, if the church showed willing, it would be far easier for all parties involved.
I wonder if Catholics being sustained through a feeding tube can have a drop of consecrated wine added to the mix???
The church is willing, its the family that is insisting on allowing him to continue to take communion in this fashion. Read the entire article and you will see that the Diocese is clearly making a valid attempt to help this boy and his family.
Yes they could but it probably wouldn’t work in the normal Communion line and would probably have to be a part of a home visit. In this boys example, it sounds like he can eat some things, but do to the texture of the host, he spits it out. I have a daughter with Down Syndrome, and yes there are issues with both sensory and certain textures for DS kids and Autistic kids. Regarding one drop, the father states that the boy even spits out the wine thay have tried. This is probably something that will eventually work itself out as the boy gets older.
The Church IS trying to help him, but the parents are wanting to continue putting the host in his mouth then removing it and consuming it themselves becuase he’ll just spit it back out, this is silly and it gives the poor boy the idea that he is receiving when he isn’t. the Church is trying to work with the family to use suitable methods but it sounds like the family is being stubborn.
Amazing isn’t it? The Bishop upholds the teaching of the church and he gets attacked. What is this world coming to?
If you read the entire article you will see that according to the father the boy spits the wine out as well. I have a child with mild sensory issues, and you would be surprised at how fast she can spit even the tiniest thing out of her mouth.
And what I was proposing above is even less than a drop. But it is no less the Complete Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity than the contents of the entire tabernacle.
And therefore those who say he is denied communion are liars. This is just another version of an anti-Catholic urban rumor.
If they cannot take it, then how are they receiving it? I suppose one could use a spoon and give a drop of the precious blood, but if he spits it out? We need to use God given reason here and not be overtaken by our emotions.
Its the excessive emotionalism of people today. That’s what this world is coming to. That is also why you don’t hear any sermons on the fires of hell either, because that’s just mean and God ain’t no meanie
I remember that story. The mother objected to the child receiving the precious blood because it was “wine” and children shouldn’t have alcohol. What a dingbat.
Teaching or no…sometimes bishops can just come across a little less than pastoral in these situations.
Let me share with you an observation. I say this as one who is a University professor. It seems to me that our culture has an excessive concern with the possibility of “hurting feelings.” It is as if the only virtue is to avoid causing others emotional pain. The result is, of course, that we are habituating people (not just men) to become sissies. I had a friend who once said that “niceness” is an overrated virtue. I think he’s right. In fact, I would say that it is not a virtue at all. Of course we should try to be pleasant as possible, but that doesn’t mean that pleasantness in itself is some kind of virtue that must always be fostered. Sometimes pain is a good thing. Much of our obsession with being “nonjudgmental” “sweet” “nice” etc. really amounts to our cultural belief that we have a right to feel good as much as possible and people who get in the way of that are just meanies.