tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post6128979938741474334..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Capitulation and the Anglican ChurchByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-80569621051195352832014-12-05T17:24:27.413-06:002014-12-05T17:24:27.413-06:00I would like to learn more about the Atonement of ...I would like to learn more about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how it affects me today. I want to find some church services in my area so I can learn more about why I am here and what my mission is as a human on this earth. I read the Bible as a kid, but I still have a lot of questions regarding Christianity. The sooner I can find a church to learn more, the happier I will be. <br /><a href="http://www.clsf.us/#/who-we-are" rel="nofollow"> http://www.clsf.us/#/who-we-are</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355227663573583661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-71021666275657422892014-11-26T02:38:00.881-06:002014-11-26T02:38:00.881-06:00It was so very inconvenient for Jesus Christ, havi...It was so very inconvenient for Jesus Christ, having to be nailed up on that cross for a whole Friday afternoon, while everyone else was busy preparing for the special weekend.Triggstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207102854621511529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-26077478227279289712014-11-25T17:10:23.478-06:002014-11-25T17:10:23.478-06:00Apologies if you misunderstood. I have the bad ha...Apologies if you misunderstood. I have the bad habit of coming off cantankerous. Understanding the context of my perspective might be of some help.<br /><br />I grew up in the $$PX where a stale Low Mass in bad Latin was the norm. I moved in my teen years to the FSSP where things were much better. I found the Greek Catholics as an adult and found, for the first time, what it was to love being at the liturgy and looking forward to it every week.Ecclesial Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070187926547373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-23418882838463320022014-11-25T14:32:00.835-06:002014-11-25T14:32:00.835-06:00Better than not going, Bollocks. I confess I some...Better than not going, Bollocks. I confess I sometimes go only because I have to; then I am very glad to be there. I don't know about your caricature of the way mass was before as I was only there once or twice as a child with my grandparents as a small child. I had the impression of something mysterious going on, though. I had to be restrained from going up to communion with other kids my age (since I was not baptized, and my parents were not raising me Catholic-or anything.) Something about it must have called to me.<br />Certainly low mass in the EF now is not like that. But then it is a self selected group. <br />For me it is the NO which I go to only for the bare bones reason that it is the mass, it is the sacrifice which makes Christ present in the world. I go to it when I don't get up early enough to go to Divine Liturgy or the EF. But I go. I go. Sometimes only because of the obligation, and then something takes my breath away, even in that setting, and I remember what it is. I really think it shows poor understanding of human nature to put down the mass obligation. eulogoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307036781446427993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-35907365785821172592014-11-25T13:30:05.718-06:002014-11-25T13:30:05.718-06:00This is just pathetic. The Roman Catholic Church ...This is just pathetic. The Roman Catholic Church did some things akin to this but never on this level.<br /><br />1. The Low Mass. Originally only used for private masses and ferial weekday masses, this somehow caught on by the 17th Century as the Mass of Sunday. By the mid-twentieth century, there were millions of (mostly American and Irish) Catholics who had no idea what a "High Mass" was as they sat quiet in the pews, flipping through their missals while the priest mumbled on the altar in butchered Latin.<br />2. The Saturday Night Vigil and its abuse. Having a Mass on Saturday night was a good way initially for nurses and some with demanding jobs to still make it to Mass. However, many people used it who didn't need it in order to have a "free" Sunday. As if anything could be more free than giving yourself to God in Liturgy/Mass!<br /><br />Plus, the whole "obligation" penalty - while it had good intentions - meant that Roman Catholics went on Sunday just because they had to, not because they wanted to. Combine all this and you get the 30 minute quick Low Mas of the 1940's and 50's. Ecclesial Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070187926547373245noreply@blogger.com