Posted on 08/01/2007 11:19:04 AM PDT by Salvation
I was hoping someone would remark on extending the right arm (reminds me of a salute) during Mass. I saw this a month ago when the priest was giving a blessing during the first half of a Mass. Prior to that I had only seen it in photos, but in a discussion with a deacon (at another parish), he seemed to think it not unusual, rather routine.
We have discussed this before. Mother, “Die Hitler-Jugend” clean-up in aisle 4!
How did this creep into N.O. Masses?
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This priest was the Chaplain at an all male Catholic High School. He was also a very holy and even-tempered human who was incredibly cultured and well read.
I think the safety pins indicate that some previous testosterone-driven “troglodyte” had done this to him before and he was a man who came to serve God prepared for any and all eventualities. He may well have had a first aid kit secreted away in his vestments.
We have no millipedes in Ireland, Mrs. Tax. We do have Furies, however, and abundant Leprechauns who steal things like cowboy boots.
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>>How did this creep into N.O. Masses?<<
I was just told that this is a “Blessing” by the parishioners. However, laity is not allowed to bless.
In LA it’s to help the Cardinal with the consecration.
Yikes!
How does that work, if the boots are snakeskin?
I hate the jokes and the light banter, too. It lessens the dignity of the Mass. I also really do not like the announcements right before the end. They break the form. I also do not like a recessional hymn. The mass has just ended, the priest said so, and we’ve been blessed. The End.
Bump.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have always felt very uncomfortable with this and generally refuse the practice, which at times can make me feel self-consciously guilty for not going with the flow. This articulates what I have felt and will allow me to explain it to others. Great post. Thanks again.
I have always thought that words could not be changed.
No, that is not “permitted” for goodness sakes! (Although obviously all sorts of things are being “permitted” by our bishops, since this goes on unabated.) It is nice to hear some reverence being given to Mary for a change, but that is not the place to do it. Not ONE word of the rite should be altered.
Just a few moments ago I opened a letter from my Mom, she went to a “Women in Scripture” day at a Catholic retreat center, and the speaker was a protestant who informed them that Mary is NOT the Mother of God, and that having to go through a priest to “reach God” is “so old testament.”
I bet you don’t let your kids go to the bathroom during Mass, let alone during the Consecration. This is something that ruffles my feathers. I want to stare at them.
You’re welcome, thank you so much for telling me that!
Check out the other thread I posted today for the really important abuses that aren’t even spoken of here.
Liturgical Abuses search should bring it up.
LOL! I have often done the same, but only if I was going to be a EMHC.
I commented to a parishioner that the priest is a subversive traditionalist, and he said that ever since a Catholic radio station began broadcasting here last fall, this priest has been reinforced and empowered to do these things, in an extremely liberal diocese. Oh.....and his daily masses at 6:45 a.m. are packed with 50 people every day, which to me is incredible.
So support your local Cath. radio station. It has incredible benefits, not only for laity, but for clergy too.
Now...when he eliminates the Schutz, Haas, Haagen music I will register as a parishioner.
Actually, this may be a good argument against Communion in the hand, albeit not a theological one. We shake hands with all these people, getting our own hands full of germs, and then we dishonor the Body of Christ by receiving him with these now-dirty hands.
Works for me.
Salvation, hi, to find your other thread I did a search on “liturgical abuses” as you suggested. First, I’m saving that, it has so much good information, thank you!
Second, the search brought up a post of NYer’s from several months ago that includes the “Barney video”. Of course I’ve heard of this, and I even know people in that diocese who’ve told me about the other abominations...but actually seeing it, and worse yet hearing that “homily,” has put me in a state of shock! I thought I was pretty well-informed, but to really hear this “priest” and his mocking, egotistcal tone, and see people soaking it up in ignorance...a video is really worth a thousand words.
That is VERY interesting! Also, it seems the “priest shortage” is possibly being solved in an unexpected way in recent years by these men who find “late” vocations. Thanks for the comment about Catholic radio, I never thought of that. Same is true for EWTN I would guess.
Liturgical Abuses: Summarized from Redemptionis Sacramentum
This has a lot of background and canon law information in it, does it? I thought it was fabulous and would be great to post after this thread.
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