I'm sorry I've been so negative lately! The weather has been lovely here in Athens, and I should be grateful for that. The one thing that would really make things more unpleasant is rotten, rainy weather.
Whenever I get in these kinds of slightly nasty moods, which is more often than I have good excuse to, I seem to always be able to calm myself by remembering Our Lord's Gift to us, and how very beautiful and extraordinary it is that He should be so humble as to hide His majesty under the appearances of bread and wine - just so that He can come to us and console us!
that is 1 of the worst (i hope its not traditional!) pics of holding the sacred Host i've ever seen.. bleh
ReplyDeleteUnser Papst is ein Ketzer.
Our pope is a heretic
lol jk
newyz i have my exams 2 so i cant believe im sayin this- solidarity sister!
What's wrong with the picture??
ReplyDeleteTraditionalists sometimes get extremely Pharisee-like about small things; for instance, the Host isn't being held "perfectly," or a priest isn't wearing fiddleback vestments, or he accidentally forgets to say the word "blessed" before Mary's name in the penitential rite, at the 7:30 AM Mass :)
ReplyDeleteIt is very good for them to be concerned about doing things correctly, but the problem is that when there is actual liturgical abuse (like holding the Host with a pair of tongs, or delibrately wearing the wrong color vestments, or consistantly ommitting or altering prayers) it makes the cry of "abuse! abuse!" that much less potent. Cuz people think, "Oh, it's just those people who think it's horrible that we didn't have a baldacchino in the Eucharistic procession."
Not that I think you're a Pharisee, Brendon :)
Incidentally, the picture came from this website: Boston Catholic Journal
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty traditional; one of the first things you see if you scroll down is an image of the Latin Mass.