Mr. Slavek,

I have asked my pastor why he continues to leave the Tabernacle door opened during the distribution of Holy Communion. I have made it clear to him that I feel very deeply about this, and at least to me, I find that doing this is a sign of disrespect to our Lord because I consider the Tabernacle to be a most sacred place in which our Lord lives, dwells, abides, and is always present, in other words, without the Tabernacle where the Blessed Sacrament is housed, there would, of course, be no Catholic Church.

My Pastor has given me this answer. The Tabernacle door can remain opened because it is empty during this time of Communion.

My answer to him was this: I told him according to Liturgical Law, the door of the Tabernacle door must remain closed, unless, of course, there is a veil in place to prevent, let us say, a fly, or mosquito, or any type of insect or bug that could or would enter the Sacred Tabernacle un-noticed.

Mr. Slavek, I need your help in this matter. There must be some documentation in our Catholic Liturgical Library that can protect our Lord while He rests in His Sacred Tabernacle from such a tragic careless act, a result, the lack of pure consideration on the part of those who simply refuse to think that something like this could happen.

John R