Where is Bp Zarama in the face of this blasphemous disobedience? The hatred these modernists bear toward Our Blessed Lord in the Holy Eucharist is such that they FORBID reverent reception!
(I had made a mistake in the Diocese and originally assumed that Bishop Koenig of Wilmington, Delaware was the Ordinary. Wilmington, NC is in the Diocese of Raleigh and its Bishop is Luis Rafael Zarama.)
By Guy McClung, PhD, JD
During a recent Sunday Mass at the Basilica Shrine of Saint Mary in Wilmington, North Carolina, a young woman was denied Holy Communion by Father Alberto Ortega, Associate Pastor.
This young woman is not known for promoting intrinsic evil as does Nancy Pelosi. Nor is she famous for advocating for the murder of millions of babies still in their mamas’ wombs like Joe Biden and a plethora of other democrats. No bishop or cardinal has prohibited her from receiving Holy Communion as, e.g., has the Archbishop of San Francisco regarding Ms. Pelosi, and as have the bishops of Colorado in publicly telling those democrat office holders who have promoted laws that will result in Roe’s baby-killing mandate becoming law there that they commit public sacrilege if they receive Holy Communion.
Based on what happened, it was not possible to tell if the young woman had ever committed a mortal sin by voting for a democrat; nor that she had publicly espoused and promoted heresy as have so many of the ordained clergy in America, including priests, pastors, bishops, archbishops, and cardinals. Nor has she paid out billion$s of the faithful’s money to settle criminal sexual predator claims against the clergy at all levels of the U.S. hierarchy.
She knelt reverently for Holy Communion to receive Our Lord on the tongue. This conversation took place when she realized Father Alberto Ortega was refusing her Holy Communion:
Fr. Ortega: “Put out your hands.”
Young Woman: “I can’t put Jesus on my hands.” She then stuck out her tongue again.
Fr. Ortega: “Here we receive on the hand. That’s the rule.”
Young Woman: “Are you denying me communion, father?”
Father Ortega: “Yes.”
After kneeling, and staring at Father Ortega for a few moments, the young woman then said:
I cannot put Our Lord on my hands.
Father Ortega did not respond to this. The young woman stood up and walked away. She returned to her pew and wept.
It appears that the “rule” to which Father Ortega referred is not the parish rule, the diocesan rule, or the church rule. It could only be his own “Ortega Rule,” proclaimed, implemented, and enforced solely by him.
The Rule for the Basilica of St. Mary and the Diocese of Raleigh
DIOCESE OF RALEIGH, NORMS FOR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION, AT THE EUCHARISTIC LITURGY (THE MASS). 4.9 The norm established for the Dioceses of the United States of America is that Holy Communion is to be received standing, unless an individual member of the faithful wishes to receive Communion while kneeling (Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum, 25 March 2004, 91; GIRM, 160). When receiving Holy Communion, the communicant bows his or her head before the Sacrament as gesture of reverence and receives the Body of the Lord from the minister. The consecrated host may be received either in the hand or on the tongue, at the discretion of each communicant. When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also is also made before receiving the Precious Blood (GIRM, 160)(emphasis added).
The Rule of the Catholic Church: Canon Law
Canon 843. § 1: Sacred ministers cannot deny the sacraments to those who seek them at appropriate times, are properly disposed, Canon and are not prohibited by law from receiving them . . . . Canon 912: Any baptized person not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion…
There is no exception to these sections of the Code of Canon Law; nor do they authorize any priest to ignore, disobey, repudiate, or reject them and replace them with his personal law.
The “GIRM,” the The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM)—in the Latin original, Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (IGMR)—is church document governing the celebration of Mass. Every priest must follow its rubrics and rules.
In his apostolic exhortation Sacramentum caritatis, Pope Benedict XVI stressed the importance of proper knowledge of the General Instruction by priests:
The eucharistic celebration is enhanced when priests and liturgical leaders are committed to making known the current liturgical texts and norms, making available the great riches found in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the Order of Readings for Mass. Perhaps we take it for granted that our ecclesial communities already know and appreciate these resources, but this is not always the case. These texts contain riches which have preserved and expressed the faith and experience of the People of God over its two-thousand-year history.
The General Instruction of the Roman Missal also says:
Nevertheless, the priest must remember that he is the servant of the Sacred Liturgy and that he himself is not permitted, on his own initiative, to add, to remove, or to change anything in the celebration of Mass. [GIRM§ 24](emphasis added).
The GIRM is here paraphrasing the Vatican II Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, 22.3:
Therefore no other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the Liturgy on his own authority.
Contact Information for Church and Diocese
Basilica of St. Mary, 412 Ann St., Wilmington, NC 28401
Site: https://www.saintmarybasilica.org/
Pastor: Very Rev. Thomas Davis Phone: 910-762-5491
Diocese of Raleigh, The Catholic Center, 7200 Stonehenge Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613
Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama
Site: https://dioceseofraleigh.org/ Phones: 984-900-3200 984-900-3402
Pray for Fr. Alberto Ortega & For All Priests
Cursory internet searching reveals nothing about this priest or his history – or if he has ever validly refused any sacrament to any other person; but we do know we are to pray for him and for all priests. In today’s world – and this includes this earthly material world, earthly institutions of the church, and those with power in the church – it is incredibly difficult for any man to be a faithful, obedient, God-fearing, Alter Christus (other Christ), who acts uniquely in the person of Christ Himself to bring us His sacraments and serve as the conduit for His sanctifying grace to flow to us. We must thank God for them and pray often for them.
Prayer For Priests
Gracious and loving God, we thank you for the gift of our priests.
Through them, we experience your presence in the sacraments.
Help our priests to be strong in their vocation.
Set their souls on fire with love for your people.
Grant them the wisdom, understanding, and strength they need
to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
Inspire them with the vision of your Kingdom.
Give them the words they need to spread the Gospel.
Allow them to experience joy in their ministry.
Help them to become instruments of your divine grace.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns as our
Eternal Priest. Amen.
[©2022 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]
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