Letter: Princess of Wales didn’t thank God for her better health - but what exactly does it mean?
A letter from Rev Fr John McCallion:
The recent Instagram message from the Princess of Wales expressing gratitude for her health is problematic in several ways.
In her statement, one comes away with a near pagan, holistic view that, in some way, ‘Mother Earth’ was the healer, with a clear non-reference to God.
The biblical view is clear: God is the One who heals and uplifts, cf Jeremiah 17:14; Isaiah 53:5, etc.
Does this show either another demonstration of wokeism or is it, more worrisome, an adoption of the recently stated views of her husband that he is practically an agnostic concerning theological matters?
The American apologist Peter Kreeft once stated that we can say that ‘I did not deserve this’, but if one says this while looking at a crucifix, there is a whole new, more truthful, resonance to the soul.
After all, in his 1967 hit ‘Can't Take My Eyes Off You’, Frankie Valli sang, "And I thank God I'm alive.” It is unfortunate that HRH could not have done likewise.
Rev Fr John McCallion, M.Phil, cc, Coalisland