Wednesday, December 12, 2018

RIP …

… RORATE CAELI: Professor Robert Spaemann, Philosopher and Advocate of the Traditional Mass, Dies at 91. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Spaemann was a profoundly faithful Catholic who used his brilliant intellect to defend the Faith, rather than to explain it away. He always had a deep respect for the simple faith of children. In an interview posted by Rorate in 2016, he said the following:
I once assisted at a Corpus Christi procession in the diocese of Feldkirch in Austria, presided over by the bishop, who is a member of Opus Dei. At the station altars, the bishop turned his back on the monstrance while reciting the prayers. I said to myself that if a child saw that, he could no longer believe that the Lord is present in the Sacred Host, because the little one knows very well that when you are talking to someone, you don’t turn your back on him. Things like that are very important. There is no point in the child studying his catechism if what he learns is contradicted before his eyes.

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