[Fishtalk]

This morning we had a baptism at mass.

The baby was evidently Spanish because...well a)the parents looked Spanish and b)-the priest did the whole thing...IN SPANISH!

I asked myself...WHY?

The entire congregation speaks English, go with me on this.

The baby...well darn, IT’S A BABY!

I suppose the parents speak Spanish but my hunch is that they speak enough English to handle a simple baptism in English. My hunch is that these people speak English just fine but I don’t know them and this is just a hunch. There is a large Spanish-speaking population here in the swamps of Delaware but there’s another Catholic church where they mostly go to so again, this is just a hunch.

SO WHY DO THE THING IN SPANISH?

The godparents...hey, they looked as American as me.

So the congregation has to listen to this thing in Spanish which is no big deal I don’t suppose as a baptism isn’t real long or anything.

Still. The church stopped using Latin for everything due to complaints that the words were not understood.

So now we must do in Spanish?

I’m jes’ sayin’.

[chiller]

Hadn't you heard....we're now officially a spanish speaking country. that was confirmed yesterday when I received my first Verizon bill...written totally in spanish !

I kept turning the pages over looking for a few words of English....none to be found. I'm paying in pesos.

[spokeshave]

The church stopped using Latin for everything due to complaints that the words were not understood.

So now we must do in Spanish?

I’m jes’ sayin’.

Ask your Pastor to include "Onward Christian Soldiers" in the hymnal...(in English).

[ROCKLOBSTER]

So now we must do in Spanish?

Demand the priest deliver it in Piglatin. Eh?

[Bernard]

About the Spanish baptism in your English-speaking church; I remember when the parish my wife an I attended installed a horse trough to replace the baptismal font and I thereafter called that church, Our Lady of Mr. Ed, my wife did not appreciate that. They have since upscaled to a hot tub.

The point is the only possible reason for this kind of behavior is the mis-guided good intentions of people who think that they have to think outside the box to appear closer to God. I don't know if they will get a special seating section on Judgment Day, but I'm pretty sure they will be using acoustic guitars to accompany their singing.