In this episode of the John Henry Weston Show, we are going to be discussing a new Navy directive that no religious services can be attended by naval sailors, naval officers, or anyone else. We will be talking with a sailor who is a practicing Catholic, whose family is able to attend Mass, but he himself is not.
00:00:00.240Hello and welcome to this episode of the John Henry Weston Show. We are going to be discussing a new Navy directive that no religious services can be attended by naval sailors, naval officers, anyone.
00:00:14.740We are going to be talking with a sailor who is a Catholic, whose family is able to go to Mass, but he himself is not. Absolutely ridiculous. We're going to be talking to him. Stay tuned.
00:00:30.000Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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00:01:11.380Today I've got to bring you something very disturbing indeed. We have found that there is a naval directive forbidding naval sailors and officers from attending mass, in fact, attending any religious service.
00:01:25.860At the same time, you have the naval allowing for house gatherings of any size. They're able to use public transport. None of it makes any sense.
00:01:35.680The weird part is, they seem to have deemed religious services non-essential, except the commander-in-chief, President Trump, deemed religious services essential services.
00:01:47.400Today I'm identifying houses of worship, churches, synagogues, and mosques as essential places that provide essential services.
00:02:01.760Some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship.
00:02:10.940It's not right. So I'm correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential.
00:02:19.060We're going to talk to, in a few minutes, someone from the Navy itself who is a practicing Catholic, whose family are able to go to mass.
00:02:28.280And he, since, I believe it is June 24th when the order came down, has been unable to do so.
00:02:36.160At LifeSite News, we have a petition going that has nearly 10,000 signatures right now to urge the Navy to reconsider this insanity.
00:02:46.920To listen and obey the commander-in-chief who has deemed religious services essential and revoke this really ridiculous order.
00:02:55.700Let's go right now to our sailor who has contacted us with this news.
00:03:02.740Tell us, in a nutshell, if you could, what exactly is going on in the Navy right now?
00:03:08.580Well, right now our command, Navy-wide, has told us that we cannot go to any religious indoor services because of the uptick in coronavirus and that.
00:03:24.900So right now we just can't go and we can't receive any sacraments.
00:03:56.200And so this issue is obviously very harmful for you, for your family as a Catholic.
00:04:02.920And your family, though, is able to go to Mass, but you yourself are not able to.
00:04:07.160Yeah, that's the main reason why I think myself have felt that this was unlawful, because they could still technically, in the fears of the Navy, contract corona and bring it back.
00:04:21.640So it didn't seem like this was really helping the situation any.
00:04:25.340It seemed like this was just putting a Band-Aid over a problem, or a problem that they believed was there.
00:04:34.220And perhaps even worse than that, the Navy has still said people can have house parties of any size.
00:04:44.300Yes, and that, and using transportation, mass transportation and that.
00:04:49.860But it's limited that they're supposed to be using, but still, this is essential for us Catholics.
00:04:58.840We grew up that way, knowing that the mass was essential.
00:05:02.560So to have someone else tell us that it's not, it doesn't go along with what we've been taught in our lives.
00:05:09.080Yeah, and well, that's actually what's most incredible to me and to many of us, is that the commander-in-chief, who, as I understand it, still is commander-in-chief over the Navy as well, has called religious services essential services.
00:05:23.300He made such an order, and yet it seems to be being ignored completely.
00:05:28.040Yes, so I don't know where this seemed to come out of left field.
00:05:31.540We weren't expecting this at all, especially with the states opening up, opening up the churches, even if it was for limited capacity.
00:05:42.000Just knowing that we were finally able to go to mass again was good for us, I think, psychologically and spiritually.
00:05:51.740And finally, all of a sudden, get a curveball come at us.
00:05:58.500One of the comments that you made on the story was that, you know, this is really harmful because it deprives the sailors and really the ones out there to protect their countries from the graces they need to do so, even from confession while going into perhaps into peril.
00:06:18.320Yes, and right now, too, even, you know, I've heard from governors and some higher ups that, you know, we are in a war against Corona.
00:06:31.100Well, if that's the case, then what more reason to have the sacraments for us so that we can do this battle that our nation is asking us to be on the front lines with?
00:06:44.120And so not having that, it can be, I definitely believe it will be detrimental to the Navy and to the other services, too, if they follow suit.
00:06:56.760Now, how has your faith played into your service to your country?
00:07:02.300Well, I've always looked to my faith to guide me, and my faith has always taught me that God comes first, our nation, and then our family.
00:07:16.600So, when that's out of order, and we're putting our nation before God and saying that he's not essential, then something's wrong.
00:07:26.400And, you know, we fight for everybody in the United States to have these freedoms.
00:07:32.340So, us, ourselves, not having them, it shows that there's a little bit of a backwards thinking within our nation, unfortunately, and that we need to put things back in order, starting with God first.
00:07:48.640If you had a message for your superiors in the Navy, what would that be?
00:07:52.940You know, just to rethink this, definitely talk to the Archbishop of the Diocese of the Military and get his take on it.
00:08:08.500Hopefully, he, too, will step up and defend us in this time that we need.
00:08:13.860And he's got a large following or flock, if you will.
00:08:20.000But we need him, too, to step up and talk to these commanders and let them know that, hey, this is paramount for the sailors and for the mission.
00:08:33.120And if he can do that, I think we could get a change in what these commanders have implemented.
00:08:39.500There are about 10,000 people or so who have signed on to a petition to support you and all sailors in the Navy to rights to their religious services.
00:08:54.840Just to keep praying, especially the rosary.
00:08:57.780I think we all need to get on our knees and be praying, doing reparations for our sins and praying to God that he will help us during this time.