I participated in that conference and found it very helpful in understanding the whats, whys and wherefores of the new translation of the Roman Missal.
In spite of the fact that I am lukewarm in regards to the need for a new translation, I know it is coming. My thing is that I hope the people in the parishes get well catechized in regard to the changes so that confusion can be kept at a minimum. I think what happened during the changeover to the vernacular and more people participation after Vatican II, many many people did not understand why things were being changed. Thus it took a long time before people became comfortable with the new Liturgy, etc. and some simply dropped out... And that, of course, gave rise to the breakaway Latin Mass communities.
I'm looking forward to helping with the transition - I don't want the same confusion again in spite of my own personal desires for things to remain pretty much the same...
What say you folks? Did any of you attend the conference? If so, what did you think?
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Finally!
I think he got it...!
"In terms of what we today can discover in this message, attacks against the pope or the church don’t come just from outside the church. The suffering of the church also comes from within the church, because sin exists in the church. This too has always been known, but today we see it in a really terrifying way.
The greatest persecution of the church doesn’t come from enemies on the outside, but is born in sin within the church. The church thus has a deep need to re-learn penance, to accept purification, to learn on one hand forgiveness but also the necessity of justice. Forgiveness does not exclude justice.
We have to re-learn the essentials: conversion, prayer, penance, and the theological virtues."
~ Pope Benedict XVI (On the plane to Portugal, 5/11/10) ~
"In terms of what we today can discover in this message, attacks against the pope or the church don’t come just from outside the church. The suffering of the church also comes from within the church, because sin exists in the church. This too has always been known, but today we see it in a really terrifying way.
The greatest persecution of the church doesn’t come from enemies on the outside, but is born in sin within the church. The church thus has a deep need to re-learn penance, to accept purification, to learn on one hand forgiveness but also the necessity of justice. Forgiveness does not exclude justice.
We have to re-learn the essentials: conversion, prayer, penance, and the theological virtues."
~ Pope Benedict XVI (On the plane to Portugal, 5/11/10) ~
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Strange Clergy Assignments
I saw a couple of odd clergy assignments listed in this week's Catholic Virginian (May 3, 2010).
1. The parochial vicar of St. John, Dinwiddie named sacramental minister at St. Mary of the Annunciation, Ladysmith.
2. The pastor of Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs, Richmond named parochial vicar of St. John's, Dinwiddie.
To the questioning mind, one might say:
Hmmmm...
But then, there are probably logical reasons for these assignments.... Just caught my eye...
1. The parochial vicar of St. John, Dinwiddie named sacramental minister at St. Mary of the Annunciation, Ladysmith.
2. The pastor of Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs, Richmond named parochial vicar of St. John's, Dinwiddie.
To the questioning mind, one might say:
Hmmmm...
But then, there are probably logical reasons for these assignments.... Just caught my eye...
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