Either we are in this thing together or we are not.
The show must go on. Congregations are optional. How easily have the aristocracy and royalty of the Church abandoned their congregations! Without any difficulty have they continue without us! In the age of Covid-19, the peasantry of the Church is acknowledged as superfluous. The aristocracy and royalty have left us behind. The illusion of solidarity among aristocracy, royalty and peasantry is shattered. The aristocracy and royalty have dispensed with the peasantry. They discard us as insouciantly as a used tissue is discarded. We are not in this thing together. The house is divided (Mark 3:25). A house divided against itself cannot stand (Mark 3:25). Those sanctimonious aristocrats and royals of the Church who hold themselves aloof from the peasantry on account of their self-ordained superiority are contributing to the collapse of the Church. The aristocracy and royalty have no respect for the peasantry of the Church. This lack of respect is one of the reasons fewer and fewer of the peasantry go to Mass and none go to Confession.
No Mass for the peasantry of the Church; no Mass for the aristocracy and royalty of the Church. Either we are in this thing together or we are not. Pandemic has exposed the fault lines in the Church!
Christianity is the new exodus that is marching through the Valley of Tears, across the Red Sea of death, and into the promised land, hand-in-hand, arm-in-arm together as one family to the rhythmic beat of the loving heart of our living God! Rejoice and be glad!
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. (Mark 3:25)