tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156010004467129157.post118368044386409472..comments2023-04-17T05:59:18.247-05:00Comments on The Unprofitable Servant: Dear Reverend Fathers: Please Say Something to the Mass TinkerersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156010004467129157.post-22807247892784629682012-01-23T17:20:39.330-06:002012-01-23T17:20:39.330-06:00Thank you Lydia, I appreciate your response and yo...Thank you Lydia, I appreciate your response and you have given me more food for thought. God Bless you. JoyceTLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699746979019393620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156010004467129157.post-8276316879560869952012-01-22T23:28:25.050-06:002012-01-22T23:28:25.050-06:00Since I started attending the Extraordinary Form, ...Since I started attending the Extraordinary Form, I have almost stopped going to Mass during the week. Not because I believe the Ordinary Form is invalid but because my eyes have been opened to the vast variety of abuses that occur, such as sitting during the consecration (I have always avoided this), and standing around the altar and passing the chalice from one person to the next. I never really felt comfortable with these practices in the past but went along with them, naively thinking that if the priest sanctioned it, it must be ok. But I have stopped thinking like that because I realise that there are too many priests and lay people who are happy to do as they please, whether it pleases God or not. Better to go to Mass once a week and know that I am not contributing to the perpetuation of liturgical abuse than to go every day and commit sacrilege.<br />LydiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7156010004467129157.post-81754842647839512462012-01-21T22:31:37.441-06:002012-01-21T22:31:37.441-06:00Joyce, I completely understand your frustration. ...Joyce, I completely understand your frustration. But I am praying that you will let nothing come between your union with Jesus in Holy Communion, for surely His Heart would break then. He understands how you feel, and is longing to help you find peace with these annoyances. As Peter said, "Lord, to whom else shall we go....?"Patriciahttp://theholyfaceofjesus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com