[NYer]

George Weigel’s column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Denver.

[NYer]

Ping!

[Donkey Odious]

I thought this was going to be a thread about Heisenberg....

[netmilsmom]

Is this it?
Where is the Handholding? How about the Orans position of the laity? How about all responses by the duet in the front without letting the congregation answer at all? Or Using “God” instead of “Father” to avoid gender? How about the Game Show music that stands in for the responses? How about needing to use “Jesus” like we’re on a first name basis (i.e. Jesus, Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world)? And while we’re at it, how about we ditch singing ANY showtunes. NONE allowed!!!

[Salvation]

I attended a private Mass for our Serra Club this morning said by our chaplain. We responded and he said the Mass with the new translation.....which has been approved by the Archbishop in our Archdiocese.

It was beautiful!

[redhead]

"3. Fully aware that I shall be accused by some of crankiness bordering on misanthropy, let me repeat a point made in this space before: the exchange of peace is not meant to be the occasion for a chat with the neighbors, but for the greetings of those closest to us in church with a simple, evangelical salutation: “the peace of the Lord be with you;” “peace be with you;” “the peace of Christ.” The longer conversations can be saved for the narthex or vestibule (not “gathering space”)."

In Minnesota, we had a pastor (Oh, how I MISS him!) who said, "Before we prepare to celebrate the Sacred Mysteries, let us offer each other a sign of peace." The greeting would proceed, and during the prayers around the Consecration, there was no disruptive hand-shaking, chitchat, or other distraction AFTER the Words of Institution had been recited. It was VERY reverent, and much more appropriate than what we have today.