The WYD Cross visited my parish today, who else is hyped for WYD?
Posted Feb 11, 2016, 11:03 PM UTC
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Amazing! I'm so excited for it. I'll be making the journey all the way from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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That's awesome!
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I wish I was going, but it's too soon after my honeymoon. And before we even set our wedding date, Poland was one of two places I didn't want to go for my honeymoon.
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I don't understand the appeal of WYD. Hasn't everyone seen the sacrilege that occurs at these giant papal events?
As a catechumen who's new to the concept of WYD, could you explain what kind of sacrilege you're talking about?
The Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ being distributed to the masses in plastic cups, with no possible way of being sure that He is being received worthily. Link from Fr. Z's blog about this at the last WYD
This isn't particular to WYD; similar things happened in the Phillipines. Distribution of Holy Communion at papal masses needs to end.
Yes, plastic isn't particularly reverent, but I think that the good done by so many receiving communion would be the most important thing. Some things should be cleaned up, but I'm sure there's a way papal masses could be done properly, with greater reverence and accountability during communion, but that the idea hasn't been thought of yet.
The idea has been thought of. It's not distributing communion to the masses; perhaps only distributing to the concelebrating priests and servers. No amount of good can outweigh the sacrilege done to the Eucharist by mass distribution of communion. And, it's not like these are the only opportunities for people to receive. Go to daily mass in the morning beforehand, go on Sunday to your local church. There's no situation in which it's necessary to receive communion at a papal mass.