Giuliani
He hates giving to Planned Parenthood. As seen at the Dawn Patrol.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
My new parish
and the things that trouble me
As mentioned before, I recently moved, and there is a Catholic church a block away from where I live. I've attended Mass twice there, and have noted some odd things about the liturgy, and about the church itself.
1. There is no corpus on the cross above the altar.
2. There don't appear to be any confessionals in the church.
(There are kneelers! There is holy water. And lovely old stained glass, esp. the window depicting the four Evangelists.)
As for the Mass itself:
3. There is no penitential rite: no Confiteor, no Kyrie. Instead, what the priest would have us do is come forward and bless ourselves with the baptismal water.
4. We do not say the Nicene Creed. Instead, we are to turn to the person nearest us, introduce ourself, and ask the person to pray for one of our intentions. (No harm in having someone pray for one of your intentions, but ... what's wrong with the Creed?)
5. A small thing, this, but perhaps most bothersome to me. At the epiclesis (that part of the Eucharistic Prayer where the priest says words such as, "Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ"), the priest does not make the sign of the Cross over the gifts as he says these words.
6. The chalice used at Mass is made of glass.
Now, none of these things, as far as I know, invalidate the Mass, but they do represent significant departures from the norm. No penitential rite? Do none of us have sins?
I like having a church a block away from where I live. But I think I may begin walking the mile-plus back to my old parish, where none of these problems arise.
and the things that trouble me
As mentioned before, I recently moved, and there is a Catholic church a block away from where I live. I've attended Mass twice there, and have noted some odd things about the liturgy, and about the church itself.
1. There is no corpus on the cross above the altar.
2. There don't appear to be any confessionals in the church.
(There are kneelers! There is holy water. And lovely old stained glass, esp. the window depicting the four Evangelists.)
As for the Mass itself:
3. There is no penitential rite: no Confiteor, no Kyrie. Instead, what the priest would have us do is come forward and bless ourselves with the baptismal water.
4. We do not say the Nicene Creed. Instead, we are to turn to the person nearest us, introduce ourself, and ask the person to pray for one of our intentions. (No harm in having someone pray for one of your intentions, but ... what's wrong with the Creed?)
5. A small thing, this, but perhaps most bothersome to me. At the epiclesis (that part of the Eucharistic Prayer where the priest says words such as, "Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ"), the priest does not make the sign of the Cross over the gifts as he says these words.
6. The chalice used at Mass is made of glass.
Now, none of these things, as far as I know, invalidate the Mass, but they do represent significant departures from the norm. No penitential rite? Do none of us have sins?
I like having a church a block away from where I live. But I think I may begin walking the mile-plus back to my old parish, where none of these problems arise.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Haloscan isn't publishing
my comments (yet), so here's a post to respond to recent visitors.
alias clio: you're welcome!
Jeff, thanks for dropping by! Depressing or not, I might have to blog about my new parish, if only to get the opinion of other bloggers as to whether I should keep going there. I've been there twice, and have noted some discouraging phenomena. Nothing that invalidates the Mass, as far as I know, but still, things that make one wonder why.
my comments (yet), so here's a post to respond to recent visitors.
alias clio: you're welcome!
Jeff, thanks for dropping by! Depressing or not, I might have to blog about my new parish, if only to get the opinion of other bloggers as to whether I should keep going there. I've been there twice, and have noted some discouraging phenomena. Nothing that invalidates the Mass, as far as I know, but still, things that make one wonder why.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Another Magnificat meditation
blogged here previously
From the March 2002 issue: Blessed Charles de Foucauld, against discouragement.
blogged here previously
From the March 2002 issue: Blessed Charles de Foucauld, against discouragement.
To blog or not to blog?
I'm wondering whether I should post about my new parish. I recently moved from one part of Chelsea to another, about a half-mile down the road, and so I have a new geographical parish (one block away) -- that is, if I don't decide to start going back to the old parish (one mile away), where the Mass is said with fewer liturgical irregularities and eccentricities.
It's a depressing topic -- so I don't know if I should blog about it.
I'm wondering whether I should post about my new parish. I recently moved from one part of Chelsea to another, about a half-mile down the road, and so I have a new geographical parish (one block away) -- that is, if I don't decide to start going back to the old parish (one mile away), where the Mass is said with fewer liturgical irregularities and eccentricities.
It's a depressing topic -- so I don't know if I should blog about it.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Poetry
at The Other World, alias clio gives us a poem by Emily Brontë, and Roy Campbell's splendid translation of Saint John of the Cross's En una noche oscura.
at The Other World, alias clio gives us a poem by Emily Brontë, and Roy Campbell's splendid translation of Saint John of the Cross's En una noche oscura.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
hey blogger
Where are the archives?
Addendum 4/27: There's also something strange going on with the permalinks to each post ... the "serial number" (I don't know the real name for it) at the end of each permalink has been doubled, so, for instance, instead of #578964213, you see #578964213#578964213.
How to make right? Any ideas?
Where are the archives?
Addendum 4/27: There's also something strange going on with the permalinks to each post ... the "serial number" (I don't know the real name for it) at the end of each permalink has been doubled, so, for instance, instead of #578964213, you see #578964213#578964213.
How to make right? Any ideas?
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