The Archdiocese of Atlanta was made aware that the satanic temple of Atlanta has scheduled a so-called Black Mass for Friday, October 25, at “MJQ Concourse / The Drunken Unicorn” on 736 Ponce De Leon Avenue NE in Atlanta.
Even though tickets are being sold for this event as if it were merely some sort of dark entertainment, this satanic ritual is a serious sacrilege. It is a blasphemous and obscene inversion of the Catholic Mass. Using a consecrated host they claim they obtained illicitly from a Catholic church and desecrating it in the vilest ways imaginable, the practitioners offer it in sacrifice to Satan.
This terrible sacrilege is a deliberate attack on the Catholic Mass as well as the foundational beliefs of all Christians. It mocks our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we Catholics believe is truly present under the form of bread and wine in the Holy Eucharist when it has been consecrated by a validly ordained priest.
In response to this grave offense, the Archbishop has called for prayer, fasting and reparation. Therefore, we will offer our Wednesday Evening Mass on October 23rd, followed by a Holy Hour and Benediction, as an act of prayerful reparation. Please plan to join us.
We commend our efforts to the Lord through the loving intercession of Mary, the Mother of God.