Posted on 01/12/2005 7:03:19 PM PST by AskStPhilomena
Have no fear...it will happen again at next month's Parents' Guild meeting, and I may even tape it. THEN I'll talk to monsignor.
Regards,
PS: "Off the path, indeed!" And what a shame, too, because all the sisters are very nice (and very old) ladies. It will be difficult for me to do this.
O Great Spirit of the South, may you in your Infinite Wisdom grant me the knowledge of where my car keys are, for I am late for work and Atlanta traffic sucks. Amen.
Check their water for lead, their for carbon monoxide and their bread for psychedelic molds. This is whacked.
Their air! Check their air for CO.
I hate stupid mistakes.
Whoever wrote this, ate some bad mushrooms.
We love you anyway. BTW, blessing our oneness... what babble. Saint Martin De Porres is the patron saint of unity. Instead of wasting bandwith about 'oneness' should have wrote about him instead.
This is NOT a parody. This is part of the Paulist Press "Renew" pseudo-liturgy, where "small groups" of parishioners discuss their way into a greater understanding of life, the universe, and everything under the careful tutorship of a layman who has been versed in the blessed writings of the Paulist Press. This disgrace has been foisted off on untold unfortunate parishes by the religious education directors (including nuns and priests).
It's truly pagan and outrageous.
This is one small step above "Frisbee-terians," who believe that after death, one's soul goes up on the roof where no one can get it down.
Agreed.
Hey, you can't pray for that from the Great Spririt of the Earth! If anything, you should be asking her forgiveness for leaving tire tracks on her skin and spewing pollution in her air.
These types of things tend to be under control of the local bishop....the Vatican is not nearly as monolithic as some people seem to think it is, or that some of us sometimes wish it was...
I remember when Levada was appointed - he was actually considered a vast improvement over Quinn, the prior flaky archbishop of SF. From what I can see on my visits to SF, he's no improvement at all, just somewhat quieter about it.
But it really wouldn't surprise me to see this same piece of drivel turn up in my parish bulletin, and I live three thousand miles away from SF now. Sigh. It's inescapable.
This is on the official archdiocesan website...Lord, if it's in print, it's even worse...
We greet you Spirit of the Brewery; quench our hot tempers with your icy freshness; soothe us with your bubbly malt goodness, cleanse our palates with your sharp finish of hops.
ALL: May the deep blessing of fine beers and ales be on us, stilling our minds in their modes of anxiety and stress, and may peace cover us all, especially the one who refills the pitcher.
Wow, once all pretense of devotion to God is set aside, these things are pretty ease to right.
All that's missing from this "prayer" are the drums and the loin cloths. Truly pathetic, but more important, truly offensive to the Triune God.
Aaaaah, the 'small groups'. Sounds like a good idea. But way, waaaay off the deep end, at least at my parish and parishes near me. Anything and everything goes. Everything, that is, except 'old-fashioned' (read: traditional) Catholicism, because they even explain that away as a person in a psychological state not yet ready to accept change. Never mind that change is throwing out the baby and keeping the bathwater.
Ah, the small groups. Poisoning Catholics everywhere and readily accepted by many because of it's 'easiness' and 'inclusiveness' despite it paganness. Gag. (I understand a few parishes actually practice the small group the way the Pope intended. A group in Maryland comes to mind.)
This disgrace has been foisted off on untold unfortunate parishes by the religious education directors (including nuns and priests).
Foisted and forced, by the priests and nuns. In my diocese, the new slackers are the traditionalists or anyone who even questions the practices (I'm sure to be outed as one eventually). I'm active in a couple of ministries, and can say first hand this has created dissension and confusion and many have left altogether. And those who stay? Catholicism in my diocese is radically different than what it was even just 10 years ago.
Off the deep end and leading people, even those who should know better, astray.
Now that's getting mighty close to the abomination of desolation....
Yes. I just wonder how much farther it can go.
See #34 </sarcasm>
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