It's been a while since I've blogged. Been busy and uninspired. But I had to post this as I'm outraged and terribly offended. Living in a Muslim country which has had it's secular identity, as enshrined in the constitution by it's founding fathers, slowly eroded over the years and a strong, concerted and conscious effort in imposing Islamic culture, beliefs and teachings on us in school and in our public life, we are used to being offended and having our religion discriminated against.
Body snatchings are common. Someone is claimed to have been converted to Islam and then upon death, their mortal remains are corpsenapped and taken away for Islamic funeral rites. Even First Holy Communions are not exempt as the kids huddle in Church for their first taste of the Lord as
Muslim mobs surround their Church. This we know.
But this is a new level as this is sacrilege of the highest degree.
Muslim spies attended Mass, on some far fetched pretext of ferreting out Muslims who had converted to Christianity. These zealous Muslims often try to convert Christians in the universities. Converts to Islam have monetary rewards. But those who do things in the dark are often afraid of things being done to them.
So, they are afraid them Muslims have converted and are attending Mass. What a load of crock. That's a far fetched idea seeing that the hierarchy in Malaysia do not seem to act out the teaching of the Church that the Lord Jesus is the only Way to Salvation which cannot be found in any other Name as taught by the Councils of the Church including Vatican II and the magisterium of the Popes and re-emphasized in
Dominus Iesus. They do not actively seek the salvation of these lost souls by seeking and praying for their conversion to the True Faith. No, our pastors are not zealous evangelizers.
The cover picture, with rood screen, looks Anglican.They went to the Church of St. Anthony, near the Puduraya Bus terminal. This Church is the favourite of the many Malay speaking migrant workers from Indonesia as well as Indigenous Malaysian Malay speaking Christians from Sabah and Sarawak. During the Mass,
the Muslim undercover spies took Holy Communion, then spat it out and splashed photographs of it in an expose in their magazine Al-Islam.
This is serious blasphemy against the Sacred Host, the Body of Christ, the Lord Jesus Himself, Really, Truly and Substantially Present, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity under the species of Bread.
The idiots put a picture of a Mormon Temple in their story. Moroni can be seen on the top spire. The Sacred Host, torn and looking spat out is featured in the article.We need to perform Acts of Reparation for this grievous sacrilege.
In the encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor Pope Pius XI called acts of reparation a duty for Catholics:
We are holden to the duty of reparation and expiation by a certain more valid title of justice and of love, of justice indeed, in order that the offense offered to God by our sins may be expiated
The pontiff further emphasized, "Moreover this duty of expiation is laid upon the whole race of men"
So, then, let us offer up this Act of Reparation in atonement.
Act of Reparation to the Most Blessed Sacrament
With that most profound respect
which divine Faith inspires,
O my God and Saviour Jesus Christ,
true God and true man,
I adore Thee,
and with my whole heart I love Thee,
hidden in the most august Sacrament of the Altar,
in reparation of all the irreverences,
profanations, and sacrileges, that I,
to my shame, may have until now committed,
as also for all those
that have been committed against Thee,
or that may be ever committed for the time to come.
I offer to Thee,
therefore, O my God,
my humble adoration, not indeed,
such as Thou art worthy of,
nor such as I owe Thee,
but such, at least,
as I am capable of offerings;
and I wish that I could love Thee
with the most perfect love
of which rational creatures are capable.
In the meantime,
I desire to adore Thee now and always,
not only for those Catholics
who do not adore or love Thee,
but also so supply the defect,
and for the conversion of all heretics,
schismatics, libertines,
atheists, blasphemers,
sorcerers, Mahomedans,
Jews, and idolaters.
Ah! yes, my Jesus,
mayest Thou be known,
adored, and loved by all
and may thanks be continually given to Thee
in the most holy and august Sacrament!
For those who do not speak Malay, I'll endeavour to translate the article in the coming days.
Police reports were lodged. I've no confidence in the police force that anything will come of this.
PRESS RELEASE
8th July 2009
Muslim Men Spying in Catholic Churches
We are deeply concerned that two Muslim men acting on false information that the Catholic Church was converting Muslims into Christians had recently entered a Catholic Church service for the purpose of gathering information as to whether this was occurring. They were also investigating whether the word 'Allah' was being used in church services. These men participated in the church service and even took part in the rituals that are strictly for Catholics and in doing so violated the sanctity of what Catholics hold very sacred. These men later wrote about their experience in an article entitled "Tinjaun Al Islam Dalam Gereja:Mencari Kesahihan Remaja Murtad" which was published in the May 2009 issue or the Al Islam magazine.
The men had consumed the 'communion' which is a white wafer which is blessed by the Priest in a Catholic ritual that dates back 2000 years. Via this ritual the 'white wafer' is supernaturally transformed into what Catholics believe to be Jesus Christ and when consumed allows Catholics to experience life after death. The 'communion' is held with great reverence and cannot in any way be mishandled or with a lack of respect. Even Catholics are not allowed to take home the 'communion' but are instructed to consume it immediately during the service. Catholics go through an elaborate process of preparing themselves to receive this 'communion' worthily and those who have not done so are advised to refrain from receiving it.
As such we are outraged that these Muslim men consumed it only to spit it out later, have it photographed and have its image published in the Al-Islam magazine. The total disrespect shown to what Catholics hold in closest to their hearts and believe to be most Holy strikes deep into our hearts and invokes much anger. While we are resolved not to allow anger to guide our actions and instead pray that these ignorant will be forgiven by the Allah, we want to know what has become of this most holy 'communion' and demand its immediate return to the church authorities.
We are further outraged that these Muslim men have violated our sense of privacy to freely worship. Would these men tolerate non-Muslims entering the mosque and violating the sanctity and holiness of their worship? We believe that all places of worship and the form of worship practiced in these places must be respected with the greatest sensitivity and reverence be they the church, mosque, temple or gurdwaras. Entering these premises with the intention to spy and worse to violate the sanctity of the worship only serves to incite anger and hatred that could lead to potentially dangerous consequences that would tear this country apart.
As such, as concerned Catholics, we have made a police report at the Patani Road Police station on 8th July 2009 and thereafter held a press conference at the same place. We requested that the police investigate this matter with great urgency and bring to books those responsible for acting to incite hate and resentment among the Catholic Community. We also call on the police to investigate both the Al-Islam magazine and the writers of the article.
What you can do: