Reparation for a “Pride Mass”: An Insider’s Look

At this point in the history of the Church, some of us might feel numb to the idea of homosexuality inside the Church. It seems like every other day we have some gay seminarian, priest, or bishop come out of the closet with glitter and makeup on their faces. To say that these are “concerning times” is an understatement. What is going on? What should faithful Catholics do? How do we speak about this to others?  A friend and I decided to put into practice the advice of Our Lady of Fatima to pray a Rosary in reparation for the sins of the world. On Sunday, June 23, we decided to drive out to Hoboken, New Jersey, to the parish of Our Lady of Grace Church, where a “Pride Mass” would be taking place. We felt moved to offer some kind of public witness against this “pride sacrilege.” We arrived 30 minutes early to the Mass in order to take a look around. Sure enough, there were rainbow banners on the columns of the church, and on the altar were placed flowers of different colors to form a rainbow. Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament must have felt suffocated by...