For Consultor of the Pope, the Celebration of the Eucharist is “Magical, Not Religious”

July 20, 2015

Cardinal Ravasi who participates in the festivities of the New Age cult, is Fr. Pablo d’Ors’ “boss” in the Pontifical Council of Culture. Fr. Pablo d’Ors is himself a New Age priest (see my above referred report).

The Pachamama Cult

His appointment has already caused amazement. 

Now Msgr. Jose Rico Paves, the auxiliary bishop of Getafe in Madrid, has accused Pablo d’Ors who wrote an essay in an article published on June 26 of a “Wealth of Doctrinal Heresies”. 

June 26, 2015

The “Consultant” maintains therein that the actions in the Eucharistic celebration are “fundamentally magical and not religious.” 

Pablo d’Ors: “The sacraments of the Church mean nothing to the vast majority, to those who belong to it, as good as nothing. A character whose meaning they do not understand, it’s not a sign, but magic. The Christian rites and symbols have degenerated to, for the majority of believers, pure magic.” Words and gestures to “be carried out automatically and in an irrational manner, do not connect with the transcendent,” said the Spaniard, whom Pope Francis has made ​​a consultant.

“Our Masses Remind Me of the Absurd Theater of Beckett”

He continued: “I maintain that much is fundamentally magical and non-religious from the behavior of the priests and the laity during the Eucharistic celebration. Can you imagine that the apostles knelt before the bread or picked up crumbs after Jesus?”

Therefore, “Our Masses remind me of the absurd theater of Beckett,” said d’Ors. “For example, take the Eucharist, whose symbols are the bread and wine. The bread is of course commonplace, soft and nutritious. That the bread is a symbol of God means that God is an everyday occurrence, that God is soft and that God is nutritious. If the symbol of bread is broken, distributed and consumed as a sign or sacrament, that means not only giving, consciousness of other bread, but to make himself the food for the needs of others. The same applies to the wine […] But why should we use it to keep the Eucharist in a tabernacle? Have we not said that it is the true sign and to share it? The proof that our mentality is magical, if we think that God is more in a box than outside. But this is … is absurd! ”

Statements by Pablo d’Ors “Full Doctrinal Heresies”

Pablo d’Ors was a priest, who “does not believe in the real presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist and makes fun of the worship and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and His constant presence in the tabernacle of the Church”.

We cannot begin with the question of whether it is permitted or forbidden! We must ask what it means, and how far it is Eucharistic. Certainly it can be generous, vulnerable, tender, mutual and non-violent. So in many ways, I would think that it can be expressive of Christ’s self-gift.

This is not to denigrate committed love of people of the same sex. This too should be cherished and supported, which is why church leaders are slowly coming to support same-sex civil unions. The God of love can be present in every true love.

We must accompany them as they discern what this means, letting our images be stretched open. This means watching “Brokeback Mountain,” reading gay novels, living with our gay friends and listening with them as they listen to the Lord. … We are not a sign of God’s freedom until we can dare to belong to each other across every theological boundary.

I have no doubt that God does call homosexuals to the priesthood, and they are among the most dedicated and impressive priests I have met. … And we may presume that God will continue to call both homosexuals and heterosexuals to the priesthood because the Church needs the gifts of both.

I would conclude with two profound hopes. That a way will be found to welcome divorced and remarried people back to communion. And, most important, that women will be given real authority and voice in the church. [The Pope] believes that the ordination of women to the ministerial priesthood is not possible, but decision-making in the church has become ever more closely linked to ordination in recent years. Can that bond be loosened? Let us hope that women may be ordained to the diaconate and so have a place in preaching at the Eucharist. 

The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is the branch of the Roman Curia devoted to social justice and human rights. It works with various international organizations and ecumenical religious groups in carrying out its mission

It employs about 40 Members and Consultors, appointed by the Pope, who serve for a term of five years. They’re chosen for their expertise, and regularly offer input with regard to activities planned by the Council. 

Radcliffe currently serves as Director of the Las Casas Institute of Blackfriars in Oxford, England.

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