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Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
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I literally just forwarded that to 15 priest friends. No joke.
I wonder if they will listen? Maybe, if they pull the planks from their ears, they might….LOL!!!!
How I would love to send a copy of this article to my pastor!
At Ash Wednesday mass this morning (the usual depressing mess of careless ceremonial and bad music), there was a telling moment.
The celebrant was preaching from the lectern (the pulpit has been demolished). He was talking about “turning to God” and how far people have turned their backs on him. As he spoke, he demonstrated “facing God” by turning to look at the tabernacle on the old high altar. As soon as he did so, the congregation sat up and paid attention, not only because his voice was fainter but also because he had changed his relationship with them.
When a celebrant leads the people to God, they instinctively follow. When he lectures to, or performs for, an audience, they mostly slump into passive resistance.
“Doing the red” should include adopting the ad orientem posture implicit in the novus ordo rubrics.
I haven’t been to a OF service in years, but I went to an “ash service” this morning at a local OF parish because I wanted to “fly the flag” and wear my ashes all day. There wasn’t a priest in sight. A deacon blessed the ashes and gave a little sermon about figuring out what lenten observances will “mean the most to you” and “make a difference in your lives.” Not a thought anywhere that God is the offended party and He might have better ideas of what kind of lenten observances might clean up my soul! I received ashes; AND I received something else… a hard stomach ache that happened EVERY TIME I started stewing about how bad it was, and how much better OURS would have been. It lasted about an hour, until I realized the connection. I think I got more ashes than I counted on, blessed be God forever.
Andy Milam, are they all in Iowa–lol?
@ Supertradmum….
90 percent of them. LOL!!!!
I love “STB/DTR” & your idea. It inspired me to visit your swag store, where I found, alas, the slogan is only available on beverage containers, which would be inappropriate to hold up in Mass. Now if you put “SayTheRed,DoTheBlack” on SHIRTS….imagine a priest facing rows of his congregation wearing such Tshirts, polos, hoodies….I’d wear mine to Mass until it happened!
@oakdiocesegirl: I’m sure you meant to say, ‘Say The Black, Do The Red’…..but the shirts idea sounds really cool….not to mention, ‘visible’!
Makes me think of fans at sporting events like hockey and basketball when they all wear the same color!
If I am not mistaken, reading the black and doing the red even the MR2002 version would require to celebrate the Mass ad orientem (since there are clear rubrics when to turn to the people). Did George Weigel had also this in mind? I wonder, :)
So T-shirts and hoodies are acceptable to wear to Mass now?
not only priests unfortunately, some bishops need this too :(
Don’t these men know what happened when some know-it-alls messed with Coke?
Andy Milam– There are a handful of Iowa priests I know could use this suggestion! Hope your message gets through.