December 9, 2010
Ever see a person at Mass typing away on their Blackberry or surfing the Web on their iPhone? It’s incredibly distracting, not to mention irreverent.
One group, Catholics for Equality, has started a campaign using an app that urges Catholics to bring their mobile devices to Mass and report any “hostile activity in their parish or make a special contribution to the campaign as the Holy Spirit moves them.”
This group is a homosexual activist group that wants gay marriage and homosexual acts to be perfectly fine within the Church, without any trace of immorality. This group is a fraud and are not Catholics. The Archbishop of Washington DC last night called this group “is not a Catholic organization” and that just because they label themselves as “Catholic” doesn’t make them a Catholic group in line with the Church’s teachings.
Thom Peters at CatholicVote sounded the alarm on Catholics for Equality thankfully and St. Michael Society wants to echo his sentiments and tell Catholics not to be confused.
Gay activists will claim their movement is about tolerance and getting along, but their actual tactics – tactics I have experienced personally – favor intimidation and forcing those who disagree (especially Catholics and other Christians) to “change” in response to their dictates, or else face sophisticated in-your-face campaigns like this one.
Besides being in direct opposition to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church, they are encouraging actions that are also opposed to the sanctity and holiness of the Mass itself.
Don’t be fooled by this group, or others, like Catholics for Free Choice, who label themselves as Catholic but are actually on the opposing side of the Church’s teachings.
April 9, 2010
Six talks detailing the action and meaning of the Mass Offered by Rev. Paul Scalia.
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March 26, 2010
Six talks detailing the action and meaning of the Mass Offered by Rev. Paul Scalia.
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February 25, 2010
The USCCB recently announced a series of workshops to prepare priests and diocesan leaders for implementation of the revised Roman Missal.
The seminars are sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Divine Worship and the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions as part of educational efforts for introducing the latest version of the Roman Missal, which incorporates the most significant changes in the Liturgy since 1974.
You don’t need to wait for the seminars. There is a great site that lists all the “changes,” which I would call improvements, here. You can start reviewing the changes now.
What changes do you like? Which do you find confusing? Do you wish some had been left untouched? What do you think they missed?
We’ll put some of the questions to a priest, and post his answers here.
My favorite – The consecration:
TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT: FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT; WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
November 30, 2009
Driving to Mass on Thanksgiving Day, many of us may have heard that WalMart, and many other retailers were open much of Thanksgiving Day, while Bass Pro Shops in NY were holding camp outs on Thanksgiving night for those shoppers wanting a front row position as the doors opened before sunrise on Black Friday. Stories abound about Black Friday and the many stores offering sales and early morning hours for folks to get the best deals they can.
While this is nothing particularly earth shattering or new in our culture – most stores are open on Sunday’s and don’t think twice about it — it raises the question of whether we are losing touch with the importance of the season that Thanksgiving precedes — Advent and then Christmas.
In today’s culture, with all the focus on shopping deals, store hours, etc, one has to wonder are we losing Advent?
First Things has a terrific piece on the subject here. And, in the spirit of Advent, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has dedicated a web site to Advent that offers a number of terrific ways to prepare for the coming of Our Lord, and Our Sunday Visitor proposes some things we can do with our families to, at least in some small way, bring back the true spirit of Advent.
October 22, 2009
“Mass is boring.” “I don’t get anything out of Mass — why should I go?” “Why can’t I just pray alone?” These are common feelings, especially among young people but among many adults as well. How should we respond?
Thomas Lickona offers a great column for parents, teachers and those that love the snooze button. http://catholiceducation.org/articles/parenting/pa0076.html
Ever see a person at Mass typing away on their Blackberry or surfing the Web on their iPhone? It’s incredibly distracting, not to mention irreverent.
