No, Donna. I like you just fine (if it's me you're talking about, and not romishgraffiti). It's just that my pertinacious sense of humor gets me into trouble with those who aren't amused.
if it's me you're talking about, and not romishgraffiti
It's probably not me only because the Empty Coke Bottle gag is pretty obscure. (But for enlightenment: Ask Empty Coke Bottle.
As far as the proper reaction to dreadful liturgy, sadness and prayer for correction is certainly appropriate, but I think there is room for comedic ridicule, but what do I know?
When I first became aware, after my conversion, of just how completely awful some liturgies could be, my rationalization was that when Jesus was born, laying in a manger in the stable, He had to put up with a lot of foul-smelling manure and the braying of asses and such. Likewise today, I said to myself, Jesus in the Tabernacle has to put up with a lot of foul-smelling stuff in these abusive liturgies and hideous music not much better than the braying of asses. So why shouldn't I be willing to put up with it too?
I have concluded, however, that this attitude amounts to a misplaced humility. True, Jesus did and does put up with a lot of less-than-lovely stuff. But that's no reason to rest content with the status quo. He deserves better. He deserves our best. He deserves honor, respect, and reverence. And if parishioners can afford to drive expensive cars, they can certainly afford to give Jesus more than a mediocre church building with a mediocre liturgy. They can afford to give Him their best. How else did the feudal ages produce magnificent cathedrals like Chartres?
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Heh. Reminds me of Chris Johnson and his Bishop Empty Coke Bottle.
I don't think that you are going to like me very well. I don't think that that is funny. Sorry, I almost always agree with you, but not this time.
Donna
No, Donna. I like you just fine (if it's me you're talking about, and not romishgraffiti). It's just that my pertinacious sense of humor gets me into trouble with those who aren't amused.
if it's me you're talking about, and not romishgraffiti
It's probably not me only because the Empty Coke Bottle gag is pretty obscure. (But for enlightenment: Ask Empty Coke Bottle.
As far as the proper reaction to dreadful liturgy, sadness and prayer for correction is certainly appropriate, but I think there is room for comedic ridicule, but what do I know?
Scott W.
Romishgraffiti,
Is this the link you had in mind? http://themcj.com/?m=200812 Yours didn't work, for some reason.
That's the one. I must have done something wrong with the tags. Thanks.
Scott W.
When I first became aware, after my conversion, of just how completely awful some liturgies could be, my rationalization was that when Jesus was born, laying in a manger in the stable, He had to put up with a lot of foul-smelling manure and the braying of asses and such. Likewise today, I said to myself, Jesus in the Tabernacle has to put up with a lot of foul-smelling stuff in these abusive liturgies and hideous music not much better than the braying of asses. So why shouldn't I be willing to put up with it too?
I have concluded, however, that this attitude amounts to a misplaced humility. True, Jesus did and does put up with a lot of less-than-lovely stuff. But that's no reason to rest content with the status quo. He deserves better. He deserves our best. He deserves honor, respect, and reverence. And if parishioners can afford to drive expensive cars, they can certainly afford to give Jesus more than a mediocre church building with a mediocre liturgy. They can afford to give Him their best. How else did the feudal ages produce magnificent cathedrals like Chartres?
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