This will cure all of the Catholic Church's ills.

[hockeybeat]

Still no word if sexually assualting children is a sin or not, though.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13350553/

 

[buckweaver]

Minor changes to the wording of many portions of the Mass will be obvious to Catholics. The repeated exchanges “The Lord be with you” / “And also with you” between a priest and his congregation, for example, become “The Lord be with you” / “And with your spirit” in the updated version.

The prayer said before Communion would become “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,” instead of “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you.”

Regardless of the fact that, like Congress, they spend 80% of their energy on issues that aren't worth 20% of their time, those are some stupid changes. Those passages are fine the way they are. ... And I'm not even Catholic anymore. But still. No reason to "update" this particular part of the Mass. What a waste of somebody's time.

 

[slappy4428]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

 

[farmerjerome]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. Holding hands?

 

[Chi City 81]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. Holding hands?

He's talking about the "Peace be with you, and also with you" part.

 

[slappy4428]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. Holding hands?

Yeah, during the Our Father, everyone is supposed to hold hands and raise them about shoulder level...

 

[Chi City 81]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. Holding hands?

Yeah, during the Our Father, everyone is supposed to hold hands and raise them about shoulder level...

Hmmm ... never seen that in the Chicago Archdiocese. Interesting.

 

[slappy4428]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. Holding hands?

Yeah, during the Our Father, everyone is supposed to hold hands and raise them about shoulder level...

Hmmm ... never seen that in the Chicago Archdiocese. Interesting.

I've seen it here in the south (Bama, Georgia), Detroit and Minneapolis....

 

[farmerjerome]

I still won't hold hands during the mass-trehugging-kumbya portion of the Mass that was insituted 20 yrs ago... like I'm going to do this?
I'm too busy hoping my condescending windbag of a parish priest can break a 90-minute Mass (yeah, yeah. I know. I';m going to hell for this.)

I'm sorry, I must have missed this. Holding hands?

Yeah, during the Our Father, everyone is supposed to hold hands and raise them about shoulder level...

Hmmm ... never seen that in the Chicago Archdiocese. Interesting.

Ditto Central New York.

 

[buckweaver]

Ditto ditto the South. We did it in Georgia, also done it in Kentucky and at St. Patricks in NYC. It's actually during the "Our Father" where you hold hands, not the "Peace be with you" afterwards (that's where you shake hands, not hold hands.) Damn, all these memories -- I haven't forgotten as much as I thought.

 

[hockeybeat]

It's practiced in New York City and Long Island. I had a family wedding about a month ago and a complete stranger tried to grabmy hand during the Our Father.

 

[slappy4428]

It's practiced in New York City and Long Island. I had a family wedding about a month ago and a complete stranger tried to grabmy hand during the Our Father.

After you recoiled in horror, did you slug him?

 

[hockeybeat]

It's practiced in New York City and Long Island. I had a family wedding about a month ago and a complete stranger tried to grab my hand during the Our Father.

After you recoiled in horror, did you slug him?

I told him I suffered from leprosy. He recoiled in horror.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Heck, if you're going to church, it would seem kind of against message to have a problem with holding someone's hand in fellowship.

 

[slappy4428]

It's practiced in New York City and Long Island. I had a family wedding about a month ago and a complete stranger tried to grab my hand during the Our Father.

After you recoiled in horror, did you slug him?

I told him I suffered from leprosy. He recoiled in horror.

Should have given him a hand...

 

[slappy4428]

Heck, if you're going to church, it would seem kind of against message to have a problem with holding someone's hand in fellowship.

It's a personal space issue... let me offer it, dont just grab it...

 

[slappy4428]

Heck, if you're going to church, it would seem kind of against message to have a problem with holding someone's hand in fellowship.

Hypocrisy never stopped any other church-goers. ;D

yeah. Look at the Southern Baptists.... (ducking)

 

[Chi City 81]

Heck, if you're going to church, it would seem kind of against message to have a problem with holding someone's hand in fellowship.

Hypocrisy never stopped any other church-goers. ;D

yeah. Look at the Southern Baptists.... (ducking)

I cast thee into Hell-uh!

 

[hockeybeat]

Heck, if you're going to church, it would seem kind of against message to have a problem with holding someone's hand in fellowship.

A) It was a family wedding. In the last eight years, I've been to mass four times: three weddings and a funeral.

B) The church has bigger problems than fellowship and not holding hands during the "Our Father." An overall decline in the number of young church-goers nationally and the church's protection of child-molesting priests are two that come to mind.

 

[slappy4428]

Heck, if you're going to church, it would seem kind of against message to have a problem with holding someone's hand in fellowship.

Hypocrisy never stopped any other church-goers. ;D

yeah. Look at the Southern Baptists.... (ducking)

I cast thee into Hell-uh!

been there. Done that.