Posted on 07/06/2011 7:07:50 AM PDT by Bed_Zeppelin
oh they drop one story like a hot potato when something else comes up. They are like flies on you know what.
don’t know why but you are probably right. A lot of people spend the biggest part of the day there. Not us. We used to go and loved being there for that time then back home to enjoy being with family and a nice Sunday dinner. Can’t beat it.
If church feels like an obligation, why go?
The Bible says to not forsake assembling ourselves together. Sometimes it feels like an obligation. Most times it is a joy. I go whether I feel like it or not because my life is not my own but belongs to the Lord.
Thanks for the explanation.
Feh. You’re an adult. You know when you have to get up. It’s a little different than with kids. Or if you made a specatacle of yourself. I guess because I was in various choirs for many years, I am used to being able to get up and move around during the service.
As an RC convert who attends a church planted under the Pastoral Provision, our service is more like 90 minutes because we do the full Roman Canon version of the Eucharist, there is a LOT of chanting, and that’s just the way the people who came from the Episcopal church and started it wanted it.
Our Cardinal came for the first time ever a while back (our first Cardinal ever too!). He was moved and impressed by the attention to the liturgy. He said he hoped we former Anglicans could teach the Roman church something about liturgy and music, and that the Roman church, in return, could teach us something about Obedience. :)
So, part of the choirmaster’s job is to set up a rotation of hymns. A lot of it is pre-planned, so you’ll sing the same him every four to six weeks or so... I don’t know the details. Anyways, part of that duty is to introduce new hymns to the congregation. Of course it’s rocky at first but it’s mixed in with other hymns that they DO know, so it’s no big deal. And after a few tries, they either get it or the choirmaster gives up on it.
I grant you the exception. In fact, in post 58 I noted that the one pastor with the sense to be brief was probably also the only one talented enough that one would ENJOY him going on a bit longer. But if you have that gift of the spirit, blow your horn.
Sorry, I have to disagree with you. The exposition of the word is not worship. Absent the Real Presence in the Eucharist you merely have an educational session.
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