Reason 13,489 for why we needed the Motu Proprio

24 Responses to Reason 13,489 for why we needed the Motu Proprio

1. Romulus says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:12 PM

   I’m speechless.
2. Tim Ferguson says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:12 PM

   Mimes should be heard and not seen.
3. RCR says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:13 PM

   I am truly curious to know their rationale behind this.
4. Marcus says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:17 PM

   Our parish recently sprouted a drum kit next to the organ console. I commented, “What’s next, liturgical juggling teams or mimes!?!” I really am trying to be charitable…
5. Tim Ferguson says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:28 PM

   Marcus, one could hope that they are planning on using Papa Haydn’s Paukenmesse during an upcoming celebration of the extraordinary use….
6. Matthew of the Holy Whapping says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:35 PM

   It’s the traditional Silent Low Mass for the feast of St. Marcel Marceau!
7. TNCath says:

   3 August 2007 at 2:48 PM

   Is that a burse and chalice veil I see in the middle of the altar? Oh my!
8. Tony says:

   3 August 2007 at 3:08 PM

   A mime is a terrible thing to waste. (Well… maybe not. :))
9. Jim says:

   3 August 2007 at 3:29 PM

   I think that she is miming, in Latin, the responses for the old Mass. So surely that’s alright?

   It’s certainly extraordinary…..
10. Nick says:

    3 August 2007 at 3:44 PM

    Wasnt it the liberals who keep complaining the TLM was “too quiet”?
11. Kathy says:

    3 August 2007 at 3:55 PM

    Isn’t there a classic philosophical Problem of Other Mimes?
12. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    3 August 2007 at 4:04 PM

    Jim: she is miming, in Latin, the responses for the old Mass.

    ROFL!
13. Joseph says:

    3 August 2007 at 4:16 PM

    I think she’s miming “oh no…it’s the Motu Proprio I hear coming”
14. arkanabar t'verrick ilarsadin says:

    3 August 2007 at 7:00 PM

    I think Lord Vetinary, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, had the right idea. He sentenced all those convicted of pantomime to be suspended upside down in a dungeon full of scorpions, facing a wall that is carved, “LEARN THE WORDS.”
15. TNCath says:

    3 August 2007 at 8:03 PM

    Actually, I think it’s part of the carols before Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. The mime is performing “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
16. steve green says:

    3 August 2007 at 9:13 PM

    A mime is a terrible thing to waste !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17. Paul Stokell says:

    3 August 2007 at 11:46 PM

    There is one solution to this. It involves a silencer.
18. michigancatholic says:

    3 August 2007 at 11:49 PM

    Now all they have to do is teach our “music ministers” mime. That’d be great. I can ignore the hand waving–we get that anyway whether they can screech or not.
19. Bob says:

    3 August 2007 at 11:50 PM

    Hi Father,

    I love your blog. However, I was thinking about something today. The Sacrament of Penance isn’t something that is enthusiastically offered by priests these days. It seems to be most common that it is offered for 45 minutes to an hour on Saturdays only. I was wondering how available this most important sacrament is at your parish. I’m just wondering how you balance frequent posting and sacraments at the same time. I’m not asking to be offensive, I just want to know because the priests at some of the parishes that offer it once a week for an hour or less don’t blog, at least not that I know of. It’s kind of frustrating too. I think it should be available without having to call the receptionist and schedule an appointment. By the way, that never seems to work out. I tried to schedule appointments with the priest at my old parish several times and he never EVER called me back.
20. Giles says:

    4 August 2007 at 9:15 AM

    But, how many times have you wished that the homilist would shut up and quit digging himself into some heretical hole?
21. Bob says:

    4 August 2007 at 9:40 AM

    Giles,

    Several!
22. eft says:

    4 August 2007 at 3:59 PM

    Did the Hebrews do stuff like this during Passover?
    Did Jesus have entertainers at the Last Supper?
    Why is it okay during Mass in our time?
23. NM of NC says:

    4 August 2007 at 7:13 PM

    I’m in communion with……The Ed Sullivan Show. What next? Chimps on bicycles? St. John Vianney said to be a Christian one must pray, do good works, and suffer. So we suffer……
24. RBrown says:

    4 August 2007 at 10:23 PM

    Did the Hebrews do stuff like this during Passover?
    Did Jesus have entertainers at the Last Supper?
    Why is it okay during Mass in our time?
    Comment by eft

    Good points, except that mass is a memorial of the Passion and Death–not the Last Supper.

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