tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post634113365358231139..comments2023-06-18T05:01:03.708-05:00Comments on Popin' Ain't Easy: So A Guy Walks Into A Mass . . .Throwbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-53869968531833096242009-12-27T14:11:14.866-06:002009-12-27T14:11:14.866-06:00hi--first time commenter...
I read Fr Ryan's ...hi--first time commenter...<br /><br />I read Fr Ryan's opinion piece. I wanted to gag. And then I read the comments. <br /><br />To those who think that the Church is a democracy, get a grip. It never has been, it never will be. AND THAT IS A GOOD THING.<br /><br />For those who feel that the young will feel "disenfranchised", or won't 'get it'. Hm. So now you are telling us we are incapable of understanding change, and you know better than we do, as to what we know/can learn?<br /><br />Hm. Frankly...and this is not a very Christian attitude to have, I suppose...I will be grateful, when this crowd of reformists have gone on to their eternal reward. I pray, of course, that they will consider the tack they have been taking in regards to the Church over the past several decades...and repent of it. <br /><br />But I doubt it.<br /><br />As a mid-30s aged convert, I'd rather see more formalized, demanding language in the Mass. Shoot, I'd rather have the Latin and Gregorian chant, get rid of the plethora of Extraordinary Ministers...the hand holding...ugh.<br /><br />So whose opinion should "rule"? Mine, and those like me, or those who think the exact opposite? Who is "right"? If they don't want to leave themselves open to a massive horde of folks like me, who'd rather see a ramped up increase in formalized, reverent, Masses in this world, then they'd be best not leaving it open to debate.<br /><br />May God's will be done, and may He come soon!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104786303721290423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-58654901705183024922009-12-07T02:10:54.157-06:002009-12-07T02:10:54.157-06:00I know one priest who has already said he will ref...I know one priest who has already said he will refuse to use the new translation. He doesn't "like it," he says. I'll leave it to you and your readers to guess his age.Chants a Lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518418713994381645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-11686285963639831362009-12-06T09:51:36.186-06:002009-12-06T09:51:36.186-06:00The sixties are over, et antiquum documentum novo ...The sixties are over, <i>et antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui</i>.Turgonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631382534572993042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-40966642686016841532009-12-05T22:42:36.178-06:002009-12-05T22:42:36.178-06:00Good question. I think you're correct in basi...Good question. I think you're correct in basically asking that, if a Catholic is willing to separate himself or herself from the most important thing there is, the Eucharist, then perhaps he or she may want to reconsider membership in the Catholic Church. <br /><br />The church that I was formerly a parishoner of in Chicago went nuts when they heard this was going to happen, about two years ago. And they were a much older generation. It was such a strange situation, to be 25 and more orthodox and traditional than the 70 year olds.Aileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747726548047410492noreply@blogger.com