Subject: Sad that Catholics no longer reverence HIS Sanctuary & it is the same cause as the decline of family values.
Greetings Bishop Muench,
My husband & I are very saddened that we cannot find a Catholic Parish in Louisiana where people both dress appropriately and do not cackle in HIS Sanctuary both before & after Holy Mass no different than in their living room at home which by their behavior in church is no different than in bar rooms, saloons, whorehouses or places for orgies & prostitution.
Lack of reverence, volume of loud talk and even the language used and the vulgar dress both the spray painted on look such as vulgar tight blue jeans & knit tops revealing the sexual shapes of both women & men showing off the size of their manhood in Catholic Sanctuaries through out the many Dioceses including the Diocese of Baton Rouge such as at St Joseph of Ponchatoula, Holy Ghost in Hammond, and several others in Baton Rouge proper that we visited but chose to never return because the vulgar dress of even servers of the Mass cause conflict in our consciences particularly my husband's.
A tall men with pure hearts cannot walk approach a Eucharistic Minister to receive from her without feeling a struggle over whether he is sinning because she is flashing her bare bosom in his face as he receives.
He is not in bar rooms nor reading playboy!
While some jealous angry divorced, widowed or single female tries to claw both of us when she administers the cup of precious blood...one actually purposely scratched me when administering the Precious Blood in the past.
I had one female during Holy Mass in front of all of her children stand and yell at her children and claw holes in my shoulder at the same time!
The girls were giggling but no way near as disruptive as adults wearing only shoe laces and a small cloth on their upper bodies and discussing bar room topics during Mass.
The girls were horrified covered their mouths in both shock and fear as I stated it was done on purpose & my husband & I moved still again.
I imagine these girls were in need of some major counseling after witnessing their mother draw blood out of five places where each finger & her thumb purposely dug into me...and possibly still haunted by what they witnessed.
Their mother by the way was wearing vulgar tight jeans that showed every fat roll of her entire shape.
Just as those who tried to push Jesus off the cliff because HIS purity made them uncomfortable...in our presence they are uncomfortable because they can see their own sin...their flesh hurts.
Some would like to start living and dressing as we do...as Jesus was stripped of HIS garments for sins against purity...
They have not begun dressing appropriately because they fear those who will tease them about their change.
When I received Holy Communion God healed these wounds and I soaked my blouse at home to remove the blood.
It was not the first time either me or my husband have had blood drawn in Mass like this...more often it was by females kneeling behind us....I have had to wash blood out of more of both my husband's & my shirts & blouses than I can count...a few I had to weave the threads back in with a fine crochet hook. And certainly we do not see it coming ahead of time from behind...so I will never have a photo of that to put online as I have other things on blogs...and letters to Popes in past.
As long as my husband and other husbands who try to live purely cannot look up at the altar while someone is reading because either she is wearing tight knit shirt with tight blue jeans revealing her exact shape or a swanky sweater & sexy skirt to teach RCIA or read readings for Holy Mass or lead the choir...
It is also impossible to have a Holy Priesthood and it is impossible to turn the declining purity of family values.
In several Baton Rouge Diocese Churches my husband & I have both been brutally attacked during Holy Mass by Catholic Parishioners.
Once at Saint Albert by unmarried, single, St Albert female employees who have met us before & know we never hold any one's hands but each others...nor ever physically give hugs, kisses or hand shakes to anyone in Holy Mass because they spoke at a seminar Fr David Seid OP had at Saint Joseph before he and others transferred on July 1, 2013....grabbed both of us from behind...we were seated up front. I corrected them also saying "You grab at others in holy Mass including others spouses & expect HIM(pointing to Lord on crucifix & Blessed Sacrament to answer your prayer!"
Interestingly enough this was in early August when a Jesuit had Masses that weekend before he did a series of discussions or teachings...and I went to him for confession before the start of Holy Mass and told him about how my husband & I are not able to attend Holy Mass without being attacked physically & injured during Mass!
I find it interesting in the St Albert bulletin that day and most weekends since Fr Randy wrote something to the young men to come discern about what life they are being called to: priesthood or to be a holy husband.
Fr Randy actually has written in most bulletins about "Melchizedek Project" to not bother coming unless they see themselves potentially being either be either a Holy Priest or a good husband and father of a family.
I wanted to write Fr Randy & congratulate him for being so bold & that the young men who he is seeking to have on these retreats cannot be just what he wrote if he cannot even control his female staff from grabbing at others particularly others husbands.
I know that several of these who grabbed at my husband & I who I corrected are divorced.
No good holy husband will remain in a marriage with a promiscuous woman.
But in embracing my personal circumstances putting my husband & his health before writing these necessary letters...I have not yet written Fr Randy even once.
Where I did correct Fr Cayet and Fr Paul I discussed once when he first arrived in the confessional...the fact Saint Joseph parishioners have tried to kill our bodies trying to drive over us in parking lot with venom. And two males of parish in leadership one Francis Martino his partner in crimes reads for Daily Mass sometimes several times a week.Francis the last two morning Masses before Christmas Eve filled the only male toilets with stool & did not flush it as a testimony that they did not want "Homeless people in their church"
We did a lot of camping in 2012 to keep our marriage pure...we had males entering with keys seeking me sexually & in one place it was a divorced female seeking my husband...and another a Catholic couple trying to force us to SWAP WITH THEM! Swinging sexual spouses...it is a fad as prevalent as wearing tight clothes or almost no clothes to Mass and even to serve in Mass!
The murder of a young Ponchatoula mother earlier this year in Ponchatoula would not have happened had not her teenage killer, her teenage daughter's boyfriend and stalker had not been inundated since tiny childhood by women in such vulgar clothing worn by his own mother and teachers, the girls in his classes, neighborhood and family.
Boys are going through puberty much younger than ever before because of how women girls and females dress. They are actually sometimes very sexually needy at the age of 11 or 12 long before they care capable of relationships.
Saddens us that even Catholic School teachers wear form fitting clothing...and the only way to change styles is to create new ones.
In my heart I know that what I suggest will work for not only does it make sense..
I believe I could not come up with this on my own...the Holy Spirit planted in my heart.
The letters such as the one you wrote a few months back addressing dress code to Holy Mass though was written with accurate truths...such letters are totally ignored not even heard by those whose dress needs modification.
To be effectively bring these kinds of changes in the Catholic Community not only in Louisiana but everywhere...it cannot be done with just talk.
All bishops including yourself must give not just authority but responsibility to your priests to relieve lectors Eucharistic Ministers or Ushers from service who comes to the church wearing jeans, swanky elastic knit tops or sweaters, low cut clothing...short pants or cut-offs..and replace them with someone who is modestly dressed.
Priest simply says to such a person: " Jane" or "Sue don't need your service today I have servers thank you." And make it his responsibility to choose his lectors Eucharistic Ministers & Ushers from among those men & women whose clothing is modest...covering everything that needs covering while not the spray-painted on look neither!
And if they really want to serve, they will eventually get the message & dress differently
At the same time in Catholic Youth groups teach teenagers particularly girls to sew wrap around skirts with their own unique free-motion or hand embroidery so each ones skirt is very different...they will want to wear their creations.
Teach also sewing of strait shirt blouses that are just that full blouses that do not reveal nor accentuate their feminine sexual shapes.
Their mothers will out of embarrassment start dressing like their daughters.
Already most youth at the youth Masses already behave far better than their parents or grand parents...or anyone our age....though in some youth Masses both at Holy Ghost, St Joseph of Ponchatoula, and into New Orleans Diocese at St Anselm, Most Holy Trinity and many other churches...we have seen youth carry up the gifts with their rear ends hanging out of their short shorts..their buttocks not covered.
And some men serving Mass also show off the shape of their manhood as if they are desiring sexual intercourse during Holy Mass.
Your priests turn their eyes the other direction without correction.
As you have sadly a list of accused priests on your website...these priests very well may have never committed such sexual crimes & sins if priests & protestant pastors & leaders had never stopped preaching the same as Jesus did "Woe to you who" and held everyone including themselves accountable...instead of preaching the "Do as you please...feely good gospel"...Cafeteria style.
Today I was at 8:30 Holy Mass at St Joseph of Ponchatoula and was happy to see at least one prayer of mine answered in regards to the Daily Mass Chapel.
It turned out today's Holy Mass was the first Mass after they re-arranged the chapel.
We have grieved many years over how so many Catholic Churches we have been a part of since Katrina displaced us and we returned to Louisiana...where the Eucharist, HIS Tabernacle is not in the center.
For example one church in Minnesota has His Holy Tabernacle in a closet...and no corpus...body on the cross. They actually put in writing that they want their protestant brothers and sisters comfortable in their church!
At Saint Joseph before today, the Tabernacle was in the corner.
Father Paul moved the Tabernacle closer to the Altar however because of where the stained glass windows are it was impossible to align The crucifix, the Tabernacle & altar there.
Now they have turned everything have chairs too in opposite direction than was.
And now the crucifix on what was the side wall where a picture of Mary Most Holy Virgin & Mother was with Tabernacle under it with altar just in front beneath.
Sadly though Fr Paul instead of allowing this change to bring deeper reverence...
He while standing at entry way of chapel just before starting Holy Mass calls loudly into the chapel: "Hey Reggie you have a surprise for everyone??"
I thought possibly Reggie would state he would be donating that sewing equipment to the St Joseph Youth Group.
And then all of a sudden any reverence our quietness that was there in anticipation of Holy Mass beginning turned into boisterous laughter, sarcastic cackling....and jesting.
Father Paul says "See what Reggie has done! ?" Reggie: "All I did was come to pray a Rosary & found myself moving chairs around!" Father said: "Yesterday was my day off so I wasn't even here!" And during prayers of the Faithful Fr Paul says yall better pray for Reggie because no telling what he will do next!" and everyone loudly rumbling just before Holy Mass....and even during Holy Mass.
And after Holy Mass most folks cackled loud enough to be heard blocks away...while only a small few struggled to not lose their focus on Jesus after only seconds before haven received Holy Communion.
It was like thieves fighting for their positions in a cock fight.
Once before on the Feast of St John Chrysostom September 13, 2013 Fr Paul gave homily about this saint and how he spoke out and corrected when he saw that which needed correcting and stood firmly.
I cried out loud telling them that they were stealing God's best from themselves..... that day after Holy Mass when they did then what they did today.
I was told by Eucharistic Minister to "Pipe down"
Bishop Muench, I know you know that it is biblical that harsh storms come to rid the land of sin people refuse to turn from.
we have been members of Catholic Parishes in other places where God has burnt down, and or flooded their churches because: "THEY PAY ME ONLY LIP SERVICE...AND LEAVE ME ALONE!"
And other churches that flooded when priest did not correct much of what I write about is happening at your churches in Tickfaw, Hammond, and Ponchatoula.
We were attacked on our first time to Pompeii a while back and decided not worth trying to return.
Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav and Isaac were all God's wrath...and this storm Karen that stayed on the coast was just another warning.
A storm more deadly than these together will come and come sooner than anyone wants to think if such things I suggested are not done and people particularly Catholics start reverencing sanctuary as once in all Catholic Churches and respecting others.
My husband & I request and expect a response from you sir Bishop Muench...and to see your response not just to us but in action.
Pope Francis has already had much to say about many of these things...and we are hopeful & confident you agree & will act. Amen!
Respectively,
Mr & Mrs William Gustavson
PO Box 1144
Ponchatoula LA 70454
We would like to know where we can go to Holy Mass where there is reverence always.
