Many thanks to Diane of Te Deum Laudamus for posting this inspiring short video of the Mass & Burial of Aborted Babies at the Assumption Grotto in Detroit. In the video, Fr Frank Pavone of Priests for Life speaks movingly of our responsibility for these children.
Many more videos at the Fr Frank Pavone YouTube channel as well as the channel for Priests For Life TV
3 comments:
Isn't a bit presumptuous to have a mass and burial of aborted babies (something that could never be done according to the old rules) when we don't know what is the fate of these unfortunate souls.
It seems all these things inadvertently subvert the traditional held belief of limbo.
Fr. Pavone's eulogy was indeed powerful. He is a very gifted speaker and so full of zeal.
You should have heard Bishop John M. Quinn's homily. Wow! It is so great to hear our bishops speak so fervently about the prophetic nature of Humanae Vitae. Unfortunately, it is not available for playing at will, even though it was recorded.
However, this Saturday at 6:30pm Detroit time, Ave Maria Radio out of Ann Arbor, MI is rebroadcasting the entire segment - sermon, eulogy and some pre-Mass interviews with those responsible for enabling the babies to be buried by finding them.
Also, this was Bishop Quinn's second funeral for aborted babies, having done his first in April of this year at another site, and now this one. He talked about how difficult it was to see the tiny coffin, especially for the first time.
A most interesting sidenote is that Detroit Aux Bishop Daniel Flores had agreed to do the Mass, but had a death in the family. His last minute cancellation prompted Monica Miller of Citizens for a Pro-life Society to contact Bishop Quinn, also an auxiliary here in Detroit, who promptly agreed. (Those are my pics on their website).
Deo gratias!
Ottaviani - I don't agree that this is presumptuous. The fundamental intent of this celebration was not a kind of "requiem" for aborted babies (as has been pointed out earlier) but prayers for the sanctity of human life. This was accompanied by the corporal work of mercy; burying the dead. Abortion on the scale that we have seen was not contemplated in earlier centuries - if it had been, I think that something along these lines would have developed naturally.
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