They miss Mass, terribly, painfully. Sunday, November 22, on the forecourt of Saint-Hilaire church, at the top of the Brèche, they came to say it loud and clear. Mass is vital for Christians. And yet we made the choice to put it on the same level as consumption or sport. I say no
, rebels Bénédicte, coming from Prahecq to participate in the gathering organized by the Source and Summit of Christian Life collective. Around her, a hundred believers, people of a certain age and families, are also at the rendezvous.
“Among us, no one denies the disease and the fact that it can be serious”
Under a heavenly blue sky, microphone in hand, Pierre Bombail does not intend, on behalf of the collective behind the demonstration, to demonize the debate, to overturn the table. But no question, either, of straining the left cheek or of putting water in his wine. Catholics cannot sacrifice the Mass. May the State stop violating our conscience, restricting our freedom of worship. Give us back mass and let us live
, chants the person in front of the faithful already conquered. But by the way, and the Covid-19 in all this? Doesn’t he risk inviting himself discreetly, slyly, at mass time?
Our approach is not in any way individualism and communitarianism. Among us, no one denies the disease and the fact that it can be serious, especially for the most fragile. But who will we make believe that we are more contaminating or more contaminable at mass in line at the checkout of a supermarket?
, answers Pierre Bombail.
Aware of the risks, we call for the re-establishment of public masses, with the same sanitary conditions as before the confinement because, as the scientific council reminded us, the masses are not places where the virus is spread.
, continues the latter. And add: It may be a bit difficult to understand, but for us mass is essential, just as much as eating. By depriving us of the Eucharist, we are deprived of the essential
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Around the flowerbeds of chrysanthemums for All Saints’ Day, the protesting parishioners will have, on this Sunday without mass, sung with the same voice: We want Mass to never stop …
. Christmas is approaching, the tension is mounting. The re-containment took place on October 29 with a ban on masses until an unknown date. The cults still benefiting from preferential treatment, today we have no certainty on the lifting of this ban on 1is December
, deplores Pierre Bombail.
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