tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post4882846856581659421..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The end of beige Catholicism. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58737413134949989392016-09-25T05:19:08.670-05:002016-09-25T05:19:08.670-05:00Actually, Padre, I believe that every convention f...Actually, Padre, I believe that every convention for many years has passed a resolution encouraging a weekly Eucharist and encouraging the congregations to use the liturgy and the hymnal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-10790854565026148292016-09-24T22:46:02.587-05:002016-09-24T22:46:02.587-05:00This post came at a pivotal time for me as I retur...This post came at a pivotal time for me as I returned to my last parish to assist with the funeral of a dear member and friend. It was my first time back since I retired. My successor is a great guy, but one of the new type LCMS pastors who don't wear vestments or use the Divine Service as the basis for the congregational gathering.<br /><br />Out of respect for me we "robed up" (I hate that term) and there was a bit of form, but no Eucharist (that wouldn't have happened in my 10 year tenure). I know "you can never go home" but, WOW! How do we return to faithfulness without being jerks about it? I am a man of irenic temperament, so I am uncomfortable in many of our "Confessional" circles even though I am in agreement with much of the "agenda".<br /><br />What keeps even the "beige Catholics" together and within some bounds is the Mass. The Roman priest can't preside as a "casual service, sans vestments"; it just isn't allowed. Yes, I know "Father Ken" can do his running commentary on the Mass, but at least the Mass exists and the Eucharist is celebrated EVERY time!<br /><br />How about a "Convention Resolution" that every LCMS Sunday morning service be a MASS, Word and Sacrament, presided over by a vested Pastor? Music style is not a deal breaker for me....just keep the MASS the MASS, and always celebrate it. <br /><br />Would that pass unanimously? I know, I know......Padre Dave Poedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033503960196272783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-25387297441215079542016-09-23T17:24:51.867-05:002016-09-23T17:24:51.867-05:00@David Gray: I envy you!@David Gray: I envy you!Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67442162012046898062016-09-23T08:36:05.176-05:002016-09-23T08:36:05.176-05:00I was once a Catholic. I studied in parochial scho...I was once a Catholic. I studied in parochial schools for 9 years under nuns, priests and brothers. I was an altar boy, a member of the choir, and diligently studied Latin and Catholic religious doctrines. Even as a normal child adolescent in elementary school, with no gifts of genius and with average scholarship, I had difficulty accepting some of my former church's teachings. Once I asked a Parrish priest, Father Burke, if we really should be reading the Bible more, like the Protestants. He replied, "No, it is not necessary. We will tell you what you need to know." <br /> Perhaps, he felt I was too young for Bible study. " Just stick to the Catechism," he added. The point here is that if an uninformed and inexperienced adolescent, a youth with little knowkedge of the world, could see that the doctrines and teachings of Catholicism are not just wrong, but contrary to the plain interpretation of the Bible, than why are some seminary trained and educated Lutheran pastors and theologians of today so interested in the trends of the RCC? As for the culture wars, we may have some common ground, but beyond issues of the protection of the unborn, the sanctity of marriage, and the moral decline of our society, we must be diligent in sticking with the teachings of Biblical Christianity. The RCC is still a heretical body and has not changed in a thousand years.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-84074834847928701532016-09-23T07:57:18.263-05:002016-09-23T07:57:18.263-05:00Much of what you have described has already taken ...Much of what you have described has already taken place in many LCMS parishes. Thank you for this enlightening piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-41967992994041136732016-09-23T06:44:19.354-05:002016-09-23T06:44:19.354-05:00Be encouraged.
Our church uses the 1941 hymnal, t...Be encouraged.<br /><br />Our church uses the 1941 hymnal, the King James Bible, and the pastor is highly confessional and not in the compromising frame of mind. And the congregation generally loves it.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.com