tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post5337335229166594151..comments2024-03-28T12:59:52.914-04:00Comments on southern orders: CONFESSION OF A PARISH PRIEST MOVING ONFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18288117058707358692016-06-04T20:33:08.584-04:002016-06-04T20:33:08.584-04:00Yes, well as a homeschooler, I could use some lepr...Yes, well as a homeschooler, I could use some leprauchans & pixie dust since I don't have an orthodox school available. LOL. MANY schools available, mind you, just all so tainted. Instead, we use blood, sweat, and tears here. May God fill the gaps & cover all my shortcomimgs with His mercy & grace.<br /><br />As a cradle Catholic I don't know much scripture by verse and citation, but I do know God says something rather explicitly about FIRST FRUITS. But now that 2 generations have been completely indoctrinated with socialism, we are all equal in standing around waiting for "someone else" to make sacrifices to get the work done. I just pray my kids see more of my joy in exercising the lost virtues of religion and justice than my frustration with the lack thereof in this ever-declining culture. Stabat Materhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902040301536061987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-3616887514757797882016-06-04T19:23:31.102-04:002016-06-04T19:23:31.102-04:00Stabat - You have revealed the exceptional weaknes...Stabat - You have revealed the exceptional weaknesses of Fr. McDonald's "confession." He reveals his own bugaboos, not any problems or issues with involved or very involved laity.<br /><br />Thank you for your service and that of your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-38922866655827839372016-06-04T18:09:55.499-04:002016-06-04T18:09:55.499-04:00I attend a parish in which there is little-to-no l...I attend a parish in which there is little-to-no lay-involvement. TLM & ad orientem Novus. Men only allowed at the altar. At Novus there is one lector, one deacon, & Father. Typically only laymen administer Communion at the altar rail for daily Mass. While I totally get the elitist mentality of the few mentioned, I don't think that all lay involvement suffers from clerical power-tripping.<br /><br />That being said, there are many needs of our parish, a few paid employees, and very few people doing anything to help the parish. Because it is a "wealthy" parish, people literally assume someone will be paid to cater events & clean up after them. We cannot get the families who eat breakfast there EVERY Sunday to take a turn bringing breakfast. And these people vacation, so there is no financial crisis.<br /><br />In my humble opinion, I thought parish life was supposed to be an extension of our family life??? My grandparents were always assisting the church and hosting family events at their parish, even preV2. My great-grandmother crocheted linens, walked several miles to Mass daily, and she & her friends cleaned the church & rectory. I think paying staff/out-sourcing every bit of maintenance & responsibility is protestant. Oh, and organists & singers were parishioners, too, not paid-- that has certainly come from protestants. Should we not be fostering a Catholic culture and family-centered environment within our parishes instead of only pew sitting & just coasting through a worldly existence surrounded by pagans? <br /><br />At one point in history our churches were lavishly ornate for the glory of God. Now most individual homes are more expensive, intricately decorated, and well-tended with TWO perfectly quoifed children. People once earned money & tithed generously for the church to be beautiful & flourish. Now they work to buy themselves more stuff & better vacations. <br /><br />I guess I am power-tripping by having my kids at church in choir, at the altar, cleaning, working so often while everyone else enjoys Disney World. Perhaps I should check my self-centeredness when I tell them to tend to Father's needs. And I should probably hand over the extra $60 a week spent in gas to travel to this beautiful parish some 40+ minutes away because every church in between is filled with altar girls and horrible music from the 70's. Yeah, I can see how I am the one contributing to all the problems in the church by NOT just showing up to pray, go about my own life, and assume that everything the church has/needs magically appears via leprechauns & pixie dust. <br /><br /><br />Stabat Materhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902040301536061987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21608398444668703962016-06-04T08:31:44.399-04:002016-06-04T08:31:44.399-04:00This is a difficult lesson in leadership for anyon...This is a difficult lesson in leadership for anyone to learn. In the case of parish it is especially tricky because there is no succession that leads on of the lieutenants to eventually become the priest. This happens in some Protestant churches where the congregation hires a minister to lead them as they want or gets fired. The priest must lead and accurately and dose out spiritual medicine according to the needs of the parish. The faux crisis of decreasing clergy was the spark that ignited the rise of the lay-cleric and the situation discribed in the post. Priests abdicated responsibility rather than sought help; and failed to prioritize or even discriminate between what was essential and merely an enhancement. <br /><br />This is very interesting to consider in light of the liturgical war and how the different factions launch Christian life from the central act of worship and obedience. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661998350597126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9664379780282012672016-06-04T07:16:49.721-04:002016-06-04T07:16:49.721-04:00Talent
[156.] This function is to be understood st...Talent<br />[156.] This function is to be understood strictly according to the name by which it is known, that is to say, that of extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, and not “special minister of Holy Communion” nor “extraordinary minister of the Eucharist” nor “special minister of the Eucharist”, by which names the meaning of this function is unnecessarily and improperly broadened."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com