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I was suprised when I returned to the US and found parishes with a "worship space."

The New Oxford Review in one of their famously entertaining ads gave a sample list of the "old" terminology translated into the newspeak:

• the House of God => worship space
• St. Mary's Catholic Church => St. Mary's Catholic Community
• hymn => song
• Holy Sacrifice of the Mass => liturgical festivities
• sacred Host => bread
• precious Blood => wine
• Transubstantiation => [huh?]
• priest => presider
• Bishop Smith => Bishop Bob
• The Holy Father => the bishop in Rome
• Kingdom of God => Realm of God
• Our Father in Heaven => Our Parent in Heaven
• "...God and His love" => "...God and God's love"
• Son of God => Child of God
• Our Lord Jesus Christ => the Christ figure
• A.D. (Anno Domini) => C.E. (Common Era)
• Our Lady of Guadalupe => Our Woman of Guadalupe
• husband and wife => partners
• shack-ups => partners
• orthodoxy => fundamentalism
• dissent, heresy => creative fildelity
• sin => alternative lifestyles
• Hell => [shhh!]
• May God Bless you. => Have a nice day.

[ventana]

Saving this list. V's wife.