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Bishop Gracida on the Kennedy Funeral

Bishop Rene Gracida

Hattip to the ever vigilant Jay Anderson at Pro Ecclesia, who I really should put on retainer for the number of blogging ideas I steal, that is borrow, from him each month.

Bishop Rene Gracida is the retired bishop of Corpus Christi.  He has a blog called Abyssus Abyssum Invocat.   During World War II he was a tail gunner with the 303rd Hell’s Angels B-17 bomb group.  Why does that come as absolutely no surprise to me?  When it comes to speaking out in regard to the Kennedy funeral, I suppose it requires little courage for a Bishop who faced the skies of WW2 Europe.  The Bishop minces no words:

“WHERE DO I BEGIN

There was so much wrong with the funeral liturgy celebrated in Boston last Saturday for Senator Edward Moore Kennedy that I hardly know where to begin.  Aside from the impropriety of such a grandiose celebration for one of the country’s most notorious dissident Catholics, the ‘celebration’ was filled with liturgical errors and transgressions against the General Instruction of the Roman Missal which governs every celebration of the Church’s liturgy.  I am afraid that if I, a bishop, were to go into the details of the scandal it would only add to the scandal and so I will let the laity speak to it.”

The Bishop then places on his blog critical articles about the funeral from many sources.  Go here to read the articles at his blog and then place the Bishop’s blog under your “Favorites” list.  It is definitely a blog to check in at on a regular basis.

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Thursday, September 10, AD 2009 1:08pm

[…] I:  Bishop Gracida has an opposing statement to Bishop Morlino, for the post click here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Washington in 60 Seconds: Kennedy Funeral Plans, […]

Matt McDonald
Matt McDonald
Thursday, September 10, AD 2009 2:03pm

God Bless Bishop Gracida! He is a hero.

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Thursday, September 10, AD 2009 5:42pm

[…] on his blog, Abyssus Abyssum Invocat,  Bishop Rene Gracida, retired bishop of Corpus Christi, explains why he thinks it is the duty of the laity to speak out […]

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