Why isn't that true of masks then to a lesser extent?

Pax, Ladislaus.  


Question for you guys.

If one could not find a chapel that did not require proof of c o v i d 19 vaccination, would you consider it a moral imperative to go get jabbed so you could attend mass? Assume for the sake of argument the ναccιnє was not tainted with aborted fetal cells, so it's not straight up immoral, it's just highly dangerous for all the reasons that I think we are all already concerned about it.

Given your stipulation there were a vax that had not been morally tainted, then I would likely get the jab in order to attend Mass and receive the Sacraments.  Of course I would pray about it, since that would entail significant risk to my health and likely reduce my lifespan, but I'd rather impact the health of my body rather than that of my soul.  I'm not one who's capable of thriving spiritually without the Sacraments.  Now, if I had to miss Mass but could somehow receive Holy Communion and have access to Confession, then that might be a different story.

As I've said on other threads, if you take the moral considerations around abortion out of the equation, I would likely accept the jab if I had to in order to continue supporting my family.  I have lots of life insurance.

I don't consider masking to be anywhere near the same category.

Given your stipulation there were a vax that had not been morally tainted, then I would likely get the jab in order to attend Mass and receive the Sacraments.  Of course I would pray about it, since that would entail significant risk to my health and likely reduce my lifespan, but I'd rather impact the health of my body rather than that of my soul.  I'm not one who's capable of thriving spiritually without the Sacraments.  Now, if I had to miss Mass but could somehow receive Holy Communion and have access to Confession, then that might be a different story.

As I've said on other threads, if you take the moral considerations around abortion out of the equation, I would likely accept the jab if I had to in order to continue supporting my family.  I have lots of life insurance.

I don't consider masking to be anywhere near the same category.

Yeah, there's some balance to be had in terms of masking.  So, for instance, if people own a private business they could specify that they don't allow people without masks in there ... and could just as easily specify that they won't serve people without a shirt or shoes, or wearing bikinis ... or even that a suite and tie are required.  It's their business.  If I don't like their restrictions, I won't patronize them.  Issue is more with government ... and then the corporations that blend together with government so that the separation is blurry (Google, Amazon, Walmart, etc.)

Also, there may be an obligation of charity.  Some people are absolutely terrified of CÖVÌD.  I knew one person who refused to leave her home the entire duration of the lσcкdσωn, would have groceries delivered, etc.  If it would cause someone else serious distress, there's not always an issue to wear a mask.  I don't always need to be making political statements.  Perhaps put on the mask and make some comments that would help them think.  Should I terrorize such a person to make some kind of point ... which would be lost on them anyway?  And to others witnessing it, I would just come across as an arrogant selfish jerk.

I've had a few contractors at my home a few times (plumber, HVAC, and other trades).  Each time they showed up wearing masks.  I told them immediately that they didn't have to wear it, but that I'd put one on if it made them uncomfortable for me not to have one on.  Every one of them immediately took off the mask and thanked me, and with a couple I struck up conversation where we both agreed that CÖVÌD was a fraud.  One HVAC guy doing a tune-up/check on my A/C said that one lady forced him to wear a mask outside in 90-degree weather ... while she was inside by herself, looking out the window with a mask on, and that he almost passed out due to wearing the mask in the heat.  So he was extremely relieved and thankful.

I've also seen anti-mask zealots who have gotten into physical altercations with a store employee who, making near minimum wage, was asked by his employer to request that the customers wear masks.  Some of them are just doing it because they are required to by their employers to keep their low-wage job.  So why take it out on the employee?  At least take your grievances to a manager or to the owner of the business.  Even if I have a serious complaint about some service, I make a point of never taking it out on the low-paid employee who's picking up the phone.

Given that there's nothing intrinsically wrong about wearing a mask, I don't feel any obligation to constantly be making political statements.  It's like the principles of prudence around fraternal correction.  One of the chief criteria here is whether you think it'll make a difference.  Let's say that, when masks were required, someone walked into a Walmart without a mask on.  What political statement is he making?  No one knows.  It might be that the person had a medical exemption or that he just forgot to put it on or that he merely objected to the inconvenience of wearing a mask (a selfish motive).  So it's not even as if it's necessarily sending some kind of message.  There's almost like a counter-virtue-signaling attitude from some people who refused to wear masks, that they're doing it to signal their superiority.

How so, "objectively"?

 I am fairly persuaded by the arguments of Peter Kwasinewski and others that wearing a mask at  mass is disrespectful and sacrilegious