tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post6553608691443245798..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: "A funny thing happened to me on the way to Church today".....Richard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-33775234634865414952011-07-24T14:57:23.476+01:002011-07-24T14:57:23.476+01:00What strange Priests you have in Wales. Come to th...What strange Priests you have in Wales. Come to the North of England where we have priests who say the Mass (OF and probably EF) with reverence.<br />You make two suggestions as to where this flippant approach comes from. The first one is spot on – politeness. Where the extremes you describe do occur a short respectful word is appropriate. However the idea that a lack of reverence is the general rule at OF masses is incorrect at least where I live. Similarly with masses in our Catholic schools, where in my experience priests make an extra effort to be reverent. If any priest asked the cricket score during the consecration in my school, our Head would make sure the priest was never invited to say Mass again and that the Bishop knew why.Part-time Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183889477468203531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-68437141039783822972011-07-24T08:57:00.708+01:002011-07-24T08:57:00.708+01:00I don't know about ying and yang. It seems mor...I don't know about ying and yang. It seems more a case of ying-tong-tiddle-eye-po.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-76628454732770969582011-07-23T10:28:22.697+01:002011-07-23T10:28:22.697+01:00Gareth - I agree
Victor - thank you I am sure no c...Gareth - I agree<br />Victor - thank you I am sure no confession is necessary!<br />Patricius - You have a good way with words<br />TLW - I agree alsoRichard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-68667189259222286582011-07-23T10:26:25.956+01:002011-07-23T10:26:25.956+01:00Genty - Aaaaagh! You have upset my ying and my yan...Genty - Aaaaagh! You have upset my ying and my yang!<br />Re your Papa, at our parish eons ago we used to have a Franciscan priest once a year to lead a parish retreat.<br />His first sermon always began - "All of you sitting there today are damned to spend all eternity in the fires of Hell"<br />A few souls would faint in the congregation (not really but there would be a few white faces). He would then state:........"unless you repent and do penance" Audible sigh of relief!Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-90872501875206535532011-07-23T09:56:16.873+01:002011-07-23T09:56:16.873+01:00Bear with me while I set the scene: a low-ceilinge...Bear with me while I set the scene: a low-ceilinged asymmetric church built in the 1960s, tabernacle off-centre, large, garish "naive" paintings of scenes from Christ's life (though difficult to tell what some of them are supposed to be) dominating the walls, miniscule Stations, bling altar overrun with candles and flowers on, behind, above, around, and an elderly priest who likes to announce he could never understand Latin, a devotee of the clapping Gloria which gives him the chance to jig around the aisles. Father favours a relaxed kinda Mass with him as MC. No, don't go there; well, not to the Sunday morning Mass. <br />Unfortunately, it's the one nearest me.<br />On a Sunday of ferociously bad weather, decide to go to the 6.30 evening Low Mass. Can't do much to that. Wrong. After an extended mini-homily at the start, no Confiteor, and copious additions to the Kyrie, a flip of a switch underneath the altar table and out blasts the backing for, yep, the clapping Gloria. Father then forgets to switch off and out blasts the backing for "I Wish You a Merry Christmas". <br />Father chooses the short version of the Gospel which allows him extended time to be the star of his own waffle, followed by the Apostles Creed. Then the Offertory and a flip of the switch to some poppy faux "spiritual" music which drones on through the Canon and the Consecration to the Our Father. <br />Immediately after the Consecration of the Host, Father instructs the congregation to respond audibly - something like "We ask for your forgiveness". Ditto immediately after the Consecration of the wine. At the Sign of Peace Father leaves the sanctuary to shake hands with all present.<br />You'd have had a heart of stone not to laugh. Me? I fled at the distribution. Whether I fulfilled my Sunday duty, only God knows.<br /><br />Incidentally, my old Dad used to tell of a Jesuit at Farm Street in the 1930s whose sermons consisted entirely of hellfire and damnation directed at the entire congregation of rotten sinners. Not much humour there and no problem with dwindling attendance. His Masses were packed; standing room only.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-376612405484113082011-07-22T12:01:44.458+01:002011-07-22T12:01:44.458+01:00You speak much sense, Mr Collins.
Sadly, many pri...You speak much sense, Mr Collins.<br /><br />Sadly, many priests, (all denominations), these days see their job as being popular; rather than attend to what their vocation.<br /><br />Their main responsibilities, I suspect, are keeping bums on seats and the collection plate full!<br /><br />Oops ... sacrilege! Must go to Confession and hear the latest wise-crack from the priest.Victor S E Moubarakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04280638667651857296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-6146888609351958522011-07-21T22:15:00.710+01:002011-07-21T22:15:00.710+01:00Some of the funniest, most amusing priests I have ...Some of the funniest, most amusing priests I have known (in their personal lives) celebrated the most solemn Masses.<br /><br />There is a time and a place.Gareth Hurley Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463558987479607171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-59747819652439915982011-07-21T22:11:02.067+01:002011-07-21T22:11:02.067+01:001970 translation:
The Lord be with you.
And also w...1970 translation:<br />The Lord be with you.<br />And also with you.<br />Good morning, everybody!<br />Good morning, Father.<br />Nice to see you; to see you<br />Nice!<br /> <br />(Important rubric GRI Para 27 no.2: The celebrant now introduces the theme of the mass by reference to the football score, the unseasonal weather, the latest episode of Ballykissangel etc.)Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-41230514237813885272011-07-21T21:24:10.037+01:002011-07-21T21:24:10.037+01:00Chelliah - that's alright, up to a point in a ...Chelliah - that's alright, up to a point in a sermon, but not during the Mass, thanks for your comment.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-40687546750627035282011-07-21T19:29:25.275+01:002011-07-21T19:29:25.275+01:00Well, I've been wearing this phrase into the g...Well, I've been wearing this phrase into the ground, but I'll use it again: Mass was never meant to be Sunday Morning at the Improv. The abuses I see happen mostly at weekday Masses outside of my own parish, where we have interjections of humor (where they clearly do not belong), opinion and the total rewording of the Mass. I don't mind a bit of a sense of humor during the homily, but at no other point. I look forward to the day when I can either attend an orthodox weekday version of the Novus Ordo or, have the joy of a TLM to go to every day of the week.TLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699746979019393620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-25583533213246921672011-07-21T17:58:31.110+01:002011-07-21T17:58:31.110+01:00By coincidence there was a Rowan Atkinsons movie o...By coincidence there was a Rowan Atkinsons movie on last night called 'Keeping Mum' in which he plays a boring vicar. Later he introduces jokes into his sermons and talks and suddenly becomes more popular. I know popularity isn't the reason for being a vicar but it does help, I think, to draw the crowds in.Chelliah Laityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357380981465547579noreply@blogger.com