Desecration of my parish church
by Serre Verweij
A video is going viral of a vandal toppling a statue of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in a church in Utrecht. That’s my parish church. A parish of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, led by a pillar of orthodoxy, Cardinal Eijk. An oasis of the true faith in the corrupted and decadent nation that is the modern Netherlands.
It’s a parish where confessions are heard for nearly an hour every evening along with Eucharistic Adoration. One where liturgical abuse is avoided. It is the church where the late Father Elias, co-founder of the EWTN branch for the Low Countries, would hold sermons condemning homosexual acts, abortion, and the push by progressives in the Netherlands to normalize pedophilia.
Nothing seems sacred anymore. Someone acted with impunity. With no other desire than to attack Christ and His Church, apparently. I learned about it online, even though I visit the parish regularly. News of evil travels fast, but especially fast online. Now the bad news is no longer coming from far away, but it is present right here. Here in my parish.
But, this will not break our parish. It will not stop the Church! We also kept celebrating the mass with acolytes and all, during the height of the Covid restrictions during Christmastime, entering by a side door, with less noise and less lights. No official announcement, those who were close to the parish were there. It felt like a secret mass in the catacombs.
We do not fear vandals or desecration. They should fear Christ if they don’t repent. Let us spray for all the ungodly that Christ may turn their hearts. The Church does not have to fear persecution anywhere.
If the faith can grow after tens of thousands have been martyred in Nigeria, then we must never give up!
