tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post1293688076777586133..comments2024-03-28T18:02:12.286-04:00Comments on southern orders: WHEN I WAS ORDAINED IN 1980 AND READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS BELOW, I WOULD HAVE STUCK A CROWN OF TORNS ON HIS HEAD, A REED IN HIS HAND AND MOCKED HIM AS A PRE-VATICAN II THROWBACK, THE ECCLESIAL VERSION OF THE "N" WORD!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-24064775401221140602017-04-14T14:06:26.544-04:002017-04-14T14:06:26.544-04:00Anonymous at 11:34 am -- Sometimes . . . . But the...Anonymous at 11:34 am -- Sometimes . . . . But the question is not what they needed then, but we and the Church need NOW. To pull us out of the currently widespread loss of faith and belief, the disintegration of both private devotion and public liturgy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-58675021733436037062017-04-14T13:17:23.650-04:002017-04-14T13:17:23.650-04:00Anonymous,
Christians of the early Patristic Age...Anonymous, <br /><br />Christians of the early Patristic Age were persecuted, and so there was no need to develop special methods to promote reverence. At any rate, I don't think there was ever a tradition of Communion in the hand in the Roman Church. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-26397823166675273292017-04-14T11:34:35.306-04:002017-04-14T11:34:35.306-04:00Well, according to the book "The Orthodox Chu...Well, according to the book "The Orthodox Church: 455 Questions and Answers', in the earliest days of the one undivided church, the laity received communion in both the hand and from the common cup. These days, Orthodox receive communion via a spoon, but the point is that administration of communion has taken various forms over the centuries---a matter of discipline, not doctrine. Sometimes we have received both elements, but often just one; sometimes we have knelt and other times we have stood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-81976840004163322362017-04-13T21:59:11.020-04:002017-04-13T21:59:11.020-04:00It would be wonderful if we could be offered the s...It would be wonderful if we could be offered the same encouragement from the bishop of our diocese. I'm praying for a miracle.<br /><br />BTW Father, your 'crown of torns' gave me a serious case of the giggles!<br /><br />Hope you have a blessed Good Friday and a Happy Easter!Carol H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02475843499648488542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-50365085438537658972017-04-13T20:41:16.058-04:002017-04-13T20:41:16.058-04:00This is the same bishop who defends Speaker Ryan f...This is the same bishop who defends Speaker Ryan for his adherence to Catholic teaching . . .<br /><br />LARGE grain of salt, anyone? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com