Quo Vadis? To hell in a handcart 2
Sunday 7th June 2020 – 4pm I wonder if the Church has any idea of how the people of the land are feeling at the moment? It should. Ministering to them in their homes they should be able to say exactly. Their finger should be on the pulse. But they can't because that hasn't happened. The missionary tradition of the Church is nearly dead in our western cities. Those of us of a certain age were brought up to venerate the Holy Martyrs, who were sent to this ungoldly protestant country to say Mass covertly for the remaining Catholics and administer the sacraments. If they were caught, as they usually were, they were killed publicly. A legal, govenmental killing involving being hanged, drawn and quartered. The tradition of veneration of martyrdom has, of course, disappeared. And there are aspects of it which we are all glad to see abandoned. Martyrdom was never something to encourage. And, of course, the historic picture of 'glorious' martyrdom is badly scarred by worse s...