Thursday, July 25, 2024

The anomaly of burying bishops in crypts

Over the last few days the late Bishop Eamonn Casey is back in the news. He featured in RTE Investigates programme on Monday evening. 

As a result of the newly discovered information on him, people have been upset to hear that his remains lie in the crypt of the cathedral in Galway.

What has the message/the mission statement of Jesus got to do with burying bishops in crypts?

In many ways it all sounds preposterous. The church talks about priesthood being a service. Are certain behaviours of the hierarchical church not anomalous to everything for which Jesus stood?

The world, our lives are one big mystery and in that mix the churches are deeply embedded.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

arent you part of the same hierarchical church and well able to lord it over others yourself.

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