I did not condemn but commend Archbishop Albert Malcolm!
Mar 30, 2008
EDITOR—I wish to respond to the letters under the headline, “Did Jesus feed his disciples?†by Paget Kintu and an anonymous writer on March 26. Contrary to the anonymous writer, I did not ‘condemn’ but rather commended Vatican Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith for wishing to abandon the pr
EDITOR—I wish to respond to the letters under the headline, “Did Jesus feed his disciples?†by Paget Kintu and an anonymous writer on March 26. Contrary to the anonymous writer, I did not ‘condemn’ but rather commended Vatican Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith for wishing to abandon the practice of receiving Holy Communion in the hand.
While it is true that the priest is “just another human being†it is also true that he is the mediator between God and men. This was already established in the Old Testament through the Levite Priesthood.
While the Catholic church continued this tradition in the newness of Christ, some other Christian denominations like Protestantism did not. This was a grave mistake for it represented a retreat from the Bible. Contrary to Paget Kintu, only the priest may touch that which is sacred. At the Last Supper, Jesus broke the bread and gave it to his disciples.
These disciples were the first priests of the priesthood of Christ. Through them i.e through Apostolic Succession, one comes to know the one true church which is the Catholic Church. The Sacred Host is literally the true Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ and he is fully contained in each particle.
We know this because Jesus himself said, “This is my body... this is my blood.†He did not say this “represents†my body and blood as Protestants believe but rather this “is†my body and blood.
Therefore every minuscule particle of the sacred host is Jesus Christ fully contained. This is why it is so important that not even a crumb be lost when it is transferred from the priest to the communicant.
Paul Kokoski
Ontario, Canada
While it is true that the priest is “just another human being†it is also true that he is the mediator between God and men. This was already established in the Old Testament through the Levite Priesthood.
While the Catholic church continued this tradition in the newness of Christ, some other Christian denominations like Protestantism did not. This was a grave mistake for it represented a retreat from the Bible. Contrary to Paget Kintu, only the priest may touch that which is sacred. At the Last Supper, Jesus broke the bread and gave it to his disciples.
These disciples were the first priests of the priesthood of Christ. Through them i.e through Apostolic Succession, one comes to know the one true church which is the Catholic Church. The Sacred Host is literally the true Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ and he is fully contained in each particle.
We know this because Jesus himself said, “This is my body... this is my blood.†He did not say this “represents†my body and blood as Protestants believe but rather this “is†my body and blood.
Therefore every minuscule particle of the sacred host is Jesus Christ fully contained. This is why it is so important that not even a crumb be lost when it is transferred from the priest to the communicant.
Paul Kokoski
Ontario, Canada