It would be good if the Church would issue more explicit guidance on which parts to take seriously.
True, true . . . and of course they (the Curia) think they have . . . but honestly half the time what they write is so obscure, in such "lofty" language and has so little to do with the realities of daily parish & human life that I've even seen the priests politely rolling their eyes about many of the pronouncements.
As in "Yes, yes we understand, no girls can be 'Alter Boys . . . " so instead we have children who are "Alter Servers".
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Re: Have we travelled back to 1517 while I wasn't looking?
Date: 2007-12-09 11:37 pm (UTC)True, true . . . and of course they (the Curia) think they have . . . but honestly half the time what they write is so obscure, in such "lofty" language and has so little to do with the realities of daily parish & human life that I've even seen the priests politely rolling their eyes about many of the pronouncements.
As in "Yes, yes we understand, no girls can be 'Alter Boys . . . " so instead we have children who are "Alter Servers".
Heaven is high and the Emperor is far away.