Posted on 07/31/2002 9:27:40 AM PDT by Polycarp
And rightfully so. Altar servers then, actually worked at the mass. It was a tremendous responsibility. They had to remember so much! I had forgotten just how much until I attended the Tridentine mass a few months ago. These young boys had mastered the extensive Latin passages. Genuflect? Arrogant, you surely must remember how many times the altar boy genuflected at the mass. He genuflected each time he passed the Tabernacle. Given that they had to move the Lectionary from one side of the altar to the other, they genuflected copious times. Altar boys often had to kneel on the hard, cold marble stairs in sweltering heat (no a/c in those days).
When I watch the young kids who are "called" to serve at the altar today, they are for the most part, bored. There is little to do and even less to remember. One family in my paris has 3 young boys (7 - 11?). The oldest one is a husky lad with, rosy cherubic cheeks. They are the perfect candidates for the Tridentine mass.
AB
Great story.
Ask, Seek, Knock. God's timing is not always our timing.
SEEK YE FIRST
Chorus:
Seek ye first
The kingdom of God
And His righteousness,
And all these things
Shall be added unto you
Allelu, Alleluia
Man shall not live
By bread alone,
But by evry word
That proceeds
From the mouth of God.
Allelu, Alleluia
Ask,
and it shall be given unto you
Seek,
and ye shall find
Knock,
and the door
shall be opened unto you
Allelu, Alleluia
Truly said. They are in my prayers daily. My wife is a convert after being raised a Congregationalist. That PROVES anything is possible :)
My very own thoughts.
"My wife is a convert after being raised a Congregationalist."
I'd been meaning to ask you about this...
It is certainly one of the furthest roads traveled that I've heard of.
sitetest
Tears in my eyes as I read it. What a touching story. God bless you for all the good you do in your diocese.
And you are so right, sometimes we do not understand God's reasons until much later.
... and yet there are "traditional" websites that cite we have increased the Sriptural readings in the Pauline Mass as evidence the Mass has been "protestantised."
Thanks.
sitetest
I just read the bible for myself and did not let other MEN influence me. Something that we NEVER did in 12 yrs of catholic education. What we studied in school was non-inspired stuff like the catechism. Yes I know you are going to say men do influence me because of bible translation, history, etc. But you know we have to have faith in God completly about some things. I have faith that what the bible tells me is exactly what God wants me to know, and that He has the power to keep it exactly the way he wants it.
Becky
... when one of the kids dropped the incensor ...Back when, that would have read, "... when the thurifer dropped the thurible ..." : )
"and yet there are 'traditional' websites that cite we have increased the Sriptural readings in the Pauline Mass as evidence the Mass has been 'protestantised.'"
Yeah, I noticed that on the link you gave last night.
What little I know of non-sacramental Protestant churches is that usually, the amount of Scripture at a service is somewhat modest. The featured event of the service is the sermon, given by the minister, explicating on the Scripture.
sitetest
I'd been meaning to ask you about this...
It is certainly one of the furthest roads traveled that I've heard of.
Green Scapular
That is the real reason for the conversion. There is a lot more to it but those two words summarise what happened. It happened via prayer. It certainly wasn't anything I did. I mean, can you imagine being my wife? Our current pastor calls her my "poor lady-wife" when he is conducting some parish scriptual classes and I begin running my mouth...."There's brother Larry and his poor lady-wife" as he shakes his head...
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