Comments on: What’s Latin for ‘irretrievably silly’?

By: inviolet

inviolet — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:32:02 +0000

Believe in Christ the Messiah whose life was a one-time sacrifice that actually

accomplished what the offerings of the priests could not do.

Hebrews 9:11-28

shick on May 29, 2008 at 9:36 AM

I am a Catholic, I do believe in Christ the Messiah, and His life was a one-time sacrifice; Catholics believe as you do regarding that. The Mass is NOT a resacrificing of Jesus (a common misconception). It is a representation of what is eternally going on in Heaven; Jesus who “lives forever to make intercession for us” (Hebrews 7:25) by presenting to His Father the once-for-all sacrifice He made. There is no time in Heaven; Christ’s one sacrifice is eternally “now” and presented to the Father on our behalf.

For further reading on what the Catholic Church actually teaches, if you are interested:
http://www.catholic.com (links to subjects on the left side of page)
and

http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/index.htm

Have a good day.

By: Palm Sundays

Palm Sundays — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:39:27 +0000

When Worship goes Bad…

When I was at St. John’s University (Collegeville MN) studying Liturgy, I observed that the same malaise can afflict worship leaders of many different backgrounds and preferences. That sickness is a self-centered attitude brought into worship. This s….

By: MSGTAS

MSGTAS — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:03:55 +0000

What the Flock?

By: shick

shick — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:36:50 +0000

Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Jesus at the Mass. He deserves more dignity than this. Steve Z on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Is Christ's dignity preserved in any mass where people believe that man made bread and wine can be transformed into His physical body and blood when a priest calls Him down to be worshiped? Exodus 20:4, Isaiah 44:6-23 Read the above Bible passage and ask yourself. What has become of the remaining materials that would have been made into bread and wine before the mass? Were they used like the "rest of the wood" in verse 17? When Jesus spoke of eating His flesh he was equating it to belief. John 6:25-69 Believe in Christ the Messiah whose life was a one-time sacrifice that actually accomplished what the offerings of the priests could not do. Hebrews 9:11-28

By: James

James — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:43:35 +0000

12. Whereupon Saint Sigmund did turn unto his Sea Monsters and say, “Lo, for their wickedness, a mighty wave shall fall upon The Banana Splits and rend them assunder. The Earth shall be cleansed forever of their evil, because they are a little more creepy than we are.”

By: Michael Bates

Michael Bates — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:57:37 +0000

All I could think of when I saw the giant puppet people: "Here we see an enraged pantomime Princess Margaret, she is lying in wait for her breakfast. The unsuspecting breakfast glides ever closer to its doom. The enraged pantomime royal person is poised for the kill. She raises her harpoon and fires. Pang! Right in the toast. A brief struggle and all is over. Poor breakfast!"

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:23:38 +0000

Steve Z on May 28, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Right. Dear Lord, I am mortified by these self-absorbed art losers. right2bright also nailed it – these freaks have made themselves God.

As for the music, they also perverted a pretty cool old hymn: “O to raise my Ebenezer!”

By: After The Handbasket

After The Handbasket — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:01:00 +0000

Flashback……

… the ugly drugy kind.
When I was a kid we had TV. It was the 60’s and 70’s so many of the good people who wrote our shows were on acid, LSD for unhip. Case in point HR PuffnStuff:

Now, my reason for posting that little bit of …

By: Knuckledragger

Knuckledragger — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:30:17 +0000

Looks like there might be some copyright infringement here...

By: Knuckledragger

Knuckledragger — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:28:20 +0000

So that's what Gheorge Muresan is doing these days.

By: DrMagnolias

DrMagnolias — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:54:26 +0000

I recommend reading Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death. He wrote it 20 years ago, yet it is eerily relevant to this nonsense.

By: ronsfi

ronsfi — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:19:44 +0000

Hic stipatores bardus est.

By: PattyJ

PattyJ — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:41:31 +0000

inviolet,
You confirmed my suspicions–they’re a bunch of lefties. The bongos and the puppets gave them away.

What is it with lefties and puppets?! Are they like those fur people, where they get a kick out of it?

Benedict, smite these people!

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:39:29 +0000

Take a closer look at that video, and you will be lucky to see anyone younger than fifty. This is a dying generation of aging children who never grew up. Many of them are in professions within the Catholic infrastructure. But they are losing out to a younger generation, the one without (alleged) “pre-Vatican II” baggage, who flock to the more Traditional Latin Mass (the so-called “Tridentine Mass”). In ten, twenty years maybe, this will all be so over!

Pope Benedict knows this, and has been laying the groundwork for a restoration of Catholic tradition. It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen.

By: Iblis

Iblis — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:38:48 +0000

Like we don’t have enough problems?

If it was about fannies in the seats why don’t they do WCW All Nuns smackdown.

No wonder the Latin rite is gaining in popularity.

By: Socratease

Socratease — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:27:02 +0000

Might as well bring out the Vatican Rag again.

By: aikidoka

aikidoka — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:06:27 +0000

Looked like extreme charismatic silliness to me. I’m protestant and while I like some of the new music I think it’s a serious mistake to toss aside the old music.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:04:24 +0000

I guess this isn't something new.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:56:36 +0000

This is something some liberal would create to make the church look bad. And we would all get angry saying that this is not how the Catholic Church is…and we would gnash our teeth in anguish.

By: inviolet

inviolet — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:53:56 +0000

You guys are right; liturgical dance is NOT allowed in the Catholic Church. Well, it's a Call to Action "liturgy." That explains everything.

By: darclon

darclon — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:51:51 +0000

Fausta says she now avoids the Catholic Mass because of these ridiculous displays. I have to agree that it would be painful to have to sit through this, and it’s not the only outbreak of puppetry in the Liturgy these days, either; this one comes from the Twin Cities.

Yeah, because Catholic doctrine demands giant puppets.

Ed, way to paint all Catholics with a broad brush of insanity. This is obviously a Charismatic Catholic church (on the verge of being excommunicated) that sprung from a radical interpretation of Vatican II. Don’t lump the crazies in with everyone else.

Why not show services from WATER and insinuate that their praying to God as a woman as typical or somehow orthodox among Catholics?

Or why not depict the Sede Vacante as the true bearers of the flame?

This is no different than a Catholic wondering when those wacky Protestants are going to stop this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GMCNv86svA0

This group is in the minority, even if that minority has grown at a worrisome rate in the past 30 years.

By: Squid Shark

Squid Shark — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:20:59 +0000

“Stultissimus”

That is the exact word I was thinking….

Hahah, stupid religions major.

By: Splashman

Splashman — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:14:32 +0000

For some reason, clips from “The View” don’t seem so bad any more.

By: RhymesWithRight

RhymesWithRight — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:13:33 +0000

Back during my seminary days (I left a year short of ordination), I had a wise old professor whose ordination pre-dated Vatican II point out that the major difference between a liturgist and a terrorist was that you can, in fact, negotiate with a terrorist. Here we have proof of the truth of the old man’s words.

By the way, 90% of what we saw in that video violates liturgical norms set by the Vatican.

And let’s not forget what is missing in what we saw — a sense of reverence.

By: kirkill

kirkill — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:11:38 +0000

I'm coming back to the Heart of Worship. And it's all about You, Jesus.