tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post6475040621268740147..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: THE ONLY REMEDYFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-82954650727222028092007-05-11T05:12:00.000-07:002007-05-11T05:12:00.000-07:00Rob - Particularly insightful. I am going to stea...Rob - <BR/><BR/>Particularly insightful. I am going to steal your thought and take full credit for it so that people will think that I am clever. ;-)Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-65389988303742013782007-05-10T03:08:00.000-07:002007-05-10T03:08:00.000-07:00-I don’t see what the big to-do is over the choir ...-I don’t see what the big to-do is over the choir standing in front of the altar to sing a song. What are you getting so upset over?”-<BR/><BR/>This is a symptom of modern thinking. The question is always "why not?" and "what's wrong?" instead of "why?" and "what's right?". <BR/><BR/>Indeed, what is wrong with everyone standing on the altar? What's wrong with bringing our pets? What's wrong with me kissing my wife on the altar? What's wrong with me parking my motorcycle on the altar?<BR/><BR/>With "what's wrong?", we are unable to draw a line between sacred and profane, appropriate and inappropriate. Ask someone, who thinks the choir on the altar is acceptable, if it would be okay to do a number of acts, neutral or even benevolent in and of themselves, on the altar. If they say no to your suggestion (perhaps to kissing your wife on the altar at mass), ask them "why is that wrong? What's wrong with me kissing my wife?" They will have no answer. <BR/><BR/>They will have no answer because they do not know how to ask "why?", only "why not?" <BR/><BR/>Once you begin to ask "why?", you will be able to determine what is appropriate. Believe me, there is a "why" for everything that is SUPPOSED to be done at mass.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028190531437571201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-46050310171803475692007-05-09T22:17:00.000-07:002007-05-09T22:17:00.000-07:00Fr. V... Here is a link to Bridge's MTV thing...ht...Fr. V... <BR/><BR/>Here is a link to Bridge's MTV thing...<BR/><BR/>http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=news&id=1559081&vid=147851<BR/><BR/>AlysseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-4609266585655109272007-05-09T15:30:00.000-07:002007-05-09T15:30:00.000-07:00This past weekend I wasn't at the Mass in which th...This past weekend I wasn't at the Mass in which the kids received their First Communion, but Father told us in his homily that when asked, all of them knew that it was the Body and Blood of our Lord. Father sounded like a very proud papa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-24251777271543062992007-05-09T10:22:00.000-07:002007-05-09T10:22:00.000-07:00There's also been a big push with young people (sp...There's also been a big push with young people (specifically jr.high and high school age) to have "mass as entertainment". The intention is to get them more interested in the mass. What happens then as they grow older and they have not been taught the real meaning of the Eucharist? We don't teach them their academic subjects as "fun". Why do we think we should do this with something as sacred as the Eucharist. They need to be taught and modeled by adults the reverence and sanctity of what the mass is actually about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-9378271917683746502007-05-09T08:46:00.000-07:002007-05-09T08:46:00.000-07:00Beautiful explanation. I have been going to Adora...Beautiful explanation. I have been going to Adoration Chapel approximately once a week for 10 years. This is not to "toot" my own horn, but to agree totally with your post. When I first began going, I tended to fall asleep, not *getting* the full meaning of my being there. It was often a brief respite of having small children. However, over time, I've grown and I know by just that one hour a week, I can let myself be transformed by the grace of God...however badly I may have messed up that particular week. And to be totally honest, there are times I've forgotten to go to my designated hour due to my preoccupation with whatever was happening in my life. I always feel a tug when I forget and I am so happy to return the following week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-78014397218314250642007-05-09T08:10:00.000-07:002007-05-09T08:10:00.000-07:00Sometimes in America, in mid-morn on a sunny day, ...Sometimes in America, in mid-morn on a sunny day, a tear slips down a cheek as one sits before a monitor, reading a love of God.. and the tear bears nothing of sadness at all, but is made of Joy, escaped from that spot where a deep desire for reparation/adoration gasps and sputters and cannot speak. I praise God for unconfirmed rumors of greater Acknowledgment. I praise God for priests (and Religious). And I learned long ago to pray for Bishops..and sometimes, it is from that same agonized spot. I praise God for our living in the time of JP II, and in this Benedict XVI time. Indeed, as always, the only remedy (which will <I>work</I>), is humble example. <BR/><BR/>I hope seminarians are reading this 'blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com