tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post5649522394023091968..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: GUEST BLOGGER: MERCY!Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-30787228716593571352010-04-28T04:32:37.407-07:002010-04-28T04:32:37.407-07:00lex orandi, lex credendi.
How do we go about maki...lex orandi, lex credendi.<br /><br />How do we go about making our parish school a "unique school where authentic catechesis had survived"?<br /><br />Thank you Father for making St. Sebastian a Church that isn't afraid to be Catholic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-35208200750025068832010-04-22T23:57:09.182-07:002010-04-22T23:57:09.182-07:00I don't think there's a pagan out there wh...I don't think there's a pagan out there who doesn't love candles and incense. <br /><br />This recently-ex-pagan, received into the Church this Easter, thinks we longed for a real liturgy and the real sacrifice. <br /><br />I'm still thrilled by the beauty of the Gloria, the Sanctus, all of that. It's familiar but eternal and it's what we were groping for in our imprecations to the Goddess.Statiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521790402991743075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-65839545943731636092010-04-22T13:29:19.496-07:002010-04-22T13:29:19.496-07:00"When I made my confession, our new priest ab..."When I made my confession, our new priest absolved me in Latin and I was struck by how mystical the words sounded and felt – the kind of feeling I imagine young people are looking for when they buy a “spell book” full of strange incantations." <br /><br />As the Church, after Vatican II, began to eliminate Latin in her liturgy and hymns, as well as incense, rituals, beautiful vestments, and solemn devotions, is it a coincidence that rock concerts began to have smoke and "fire," flashing lights, even stranger lyrics (e.g., Inna Godda Davida), and strangely costumed performers? The youth really "ate it all up"--perhaps they hungered for what had been taken away from them in the Church.Cracked Potnoreply@blogger.com