tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post4428097385875698239..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: "Thee" and "vouchsafe"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-30166760552222393332014-08-19T11:24:48.247-04:002014-08-19T11:24:48.247-04:00The entire emphasis since Vatican II has been away...The entire emphasis since Vatican II has been away from any conception of God as anything but Our Friend. That's why the idea of sacrifice, so uncomfortably situated at the center of revelation, is unavoidably de-emphasized. It really doesn't "fit" with modern Catholic theology. Not does any suggestion of God as "King." If the whole point is Man, the Fall doesn't quite make sense, since it makes man a problem, not simply the object of God's unadulterated Hallmark card affection. "Thee" and "Thou" makes God "Other," whereas our leaders are busy making God as convenient as Distance Ed: you can be Catholic without really disrupting your life or changing your own plans, since he will go out of His way to make Himself accessible to everyone, no matter what!JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06684142528414196410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-45243314932405459732014-08-18T12:52:41.894-04:002014-08-18T12:52:41.894-04:00It's very simple. Is prayer an ordinary or a ...It's very simple. Is prayer an ordinary or a elevated form of language? Is talking to God the same thing as talking to your father-in-law, or to Joe the Bartender? <br /><br />No? Then should not the language used reflect that difference, that elevation?<br /><br />Yes? Then its all good. Talk your talk with the Big Homey. Ralph Roister-Doisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-34527617045509685102014-08-18T07:53:04.693-04:002014-08-18T07:53:04.693-04:00PG, I'm well acquainted with that claim. True...PG, I'm well acquainted with that claim. True or not, it's not how the terms are used now. Peace, PP.Pertinacious Papisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213911570586726075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-90474904955763756532014-08-17T22:30:21.163-04:002014-08-17T22:30:21.163-04:00I always cringe (at least internally) when I hear ...I always cringe (at least internally) when I hear or read those words at Mass or in prayers.<br /><br />Tradicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03025190176125743817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-87868218191374201932014-08-17T19:35:43.925-04:002014-08-17T19:35:43.925-04:00I have heard that in earlier English, "thee&q...I have heard that in earlier English, "thee" and "thy" were actually the familiar forms of "you", the formal form being "you", "ye", etc.PGnoreply@blogger.com