Michael Hichborn Follow Michael Sacrilegious homosexual dance performed in historic Montreal Catholic church catholic, christian lepine, hallelujah, homosexuality, montreal, st. peter the apostle catholic church WARNING: This article contains videos or links to videos that show a sacrilegious, homoerotic event inside a Catholic church and a graphic homosexual dance. MONTREAL, August 7, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – An historic Catholic church in Montreal is at the center of a major controversy regarding the use of its sacred space for a profane and sinful act performed in the sanctuary. LGBT artist and activist Matthew Richardson released his most recent production titled, “Hallelujah” on May 1 of this year. The video was set in the sanctuary of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and was produced in order to promote a message of “tolerance” by juxtaposing messages of “hate,” religious images, and homoerotic choreography. And while Richardson claims to have hoped “not to say something bad about religion,” the fact remains that the production of his performance within the church may have constituted acts of sacrilege and desecration. Hallelujah” opens with a semi-nude man standing in the sanctuary of the church, facing the tabernacle and high altar. After images of violence and protests are contrasted with religious art, another semi-nude man walks up the aisle to the sanctuary, where both men embrace and dance in a manner suggestive of homosexual intercourse. All of this takes place to an adaptation of Leonard Cohen’s song, “Hallelujah.” At the end of the video, the two men caress and smear each other with colored chalk dust and gyrate together as they produce a banner with a rainbow-colored heart and the words, “Choose Love,” and the banner is raised in the sanctuary where they had been dancing. According to the Code of Canon Law, this performance could very well have constituted acts of both desecration and sacrilege. Canon 1210 says that “anything out of harmony with the holiness of the place is forbidden,” and Canon 1211 says that if the acts done are “gravely injurious and give scandal to the faithful,” and “are so serious and so contrary to the sacred character of the place,” the local bishop may judge that the space has been desecrated and cannot be used for worship until “the harm is repaired by means of the penitential rite.” Can. 1210 In a sacred place only those things are to be permitted which serve to exercise or promote worship, piety and religion. Anything out of harmony with the holiness of the place is forbidden. The Ordinary may however, for individual cases, permit other uses, provided they are not contrary to the sacred character of the place. Can. 1211 Sacred places are desecrated by acts done in them which are gravely injurious and give scandal to the faithful when, in the judgement of the local Ordinary, these acts are so serious and so contrary to the sacred character of the place that worship may not be held there until the harm is repaired by means of the penitential rite which is prescribed in the liturgical books. If the performance does not constitute an act of desecration in the eyes of the bishop, at the very least, it constitutes an act of sacrilege. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines sacrilege as follows: 2120 Sacrilege consists in profaning or treating unworthily the sacraments and other liturgical actions, as well as persons, things, or places consecrated to God. Sacrilege is a grave sin especially when committed against the Eucharist, for in this sacrament the true Body of Christ is made substantially present for us. Many Catholics have been left to wonder how such a thing could happen in a Catholic church. In an interview with the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Richardson explained how he had received formal permission from the parish for his performance. “I honestly just went into the church, asked who I could speak to about the idea, and then proposed what I had in mind,” Richardson said. “They welcomed me, my message, and our creation with open arms.” YouTube screenshot
Poor Quebec. They were the first to fall from grace. So far so fast. Right after maybe before VII. So many saints and so much devotion turned almost overnight into blatant worldliness. Gorgeous Old stone churches testify to a faith now gone. So so so sad. This horror in Montreal leaves me speechless.
Canadian Catholicism was undermined by rebellion from within by the bishops over Humanae Vitae in the Winnepeg statement - confusing the faithful over contraception. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_Statement The Church in Canada was dealt a fatal blow by this Judas betrayal and has not recovered.
You are right. There is a strong faithful remnant in Canada as witnessed by Michael Obrien and Mark Mallett and Janet Klasson and others but Quebec's utter spiritual devastation is a tragedy.
St Paul talked about the, 'Mystery of Iniquity', he was so right. It really is a mystery. Why do bad people do bad things? https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/11/30/saint-paul-the-apocalypse-and-the-mystery-of-evil/ 2 Thessalonians 2 The Man of Lawlessness 2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessnessa]">[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
I had a funny conversation one time with a priest. I said to him, 'We are all sinners' He got very angry at this and said, 'Speak for yourself!' This caused me to burst out laughing and he got even more angry and I had to leave his company in a hurry. I thought he was joking at first, that's why I laughed. But he most certainly wasn't joking.
The leading article in this weeks , 'Catholic Standard', is all about this. Apparently Catholic Churches all over the world are being attacked and Desecrated and the media is staying silent. There is something truly of the devil in all this. St Faustina said every Church has its own Guardian Angel. The angel would of course warn the people who Desecrate Churches of the consequences of their actions. If they continue on there must be demons involved. Attacking a Church, Desecrating it, is a very,very serious sin indeed. It must make even the demons tremble.
