tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post1300689725067863769..comments2023-04-04T09:08:04.554-05:00Comments on musings from the pastor's study: A SAD NOTEfr. david tokarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14323039126889157726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-22884182236285727042012-01-29T18:05:35.956-06:002012-01-29T18:05:35.956-06:00As a lay person, baptized a Roman Catholic from bi...As a lay person, baptized a Roman Catholic from birth, I surely would like to respond to an enactment of a little revolution. There is a quite sturdy foundation dug into one's mentality by the spiritual influences given to us by the hierarchy. I just heard about a 70-odd year old man from a tiny French town who had learned about free thinkers. He decided he liked this approach. He felt, to be completely honest, he should cancel his Catholic baptism before he left this earth. I believe he's been petitioning his church affiliation to remove his baptism from his church records.. So far, no luck. Yes, this is an extreme choice. To effect a more rational approach to a little revolution, how<br />many lay people would one need? And without a staunch leader to influence interested individuals, how successfully could a change be <br />elicited? Going back to the very early church, St. Paul could not be beaten as an enthusiastic teacher of principles. He was always clear about the level of authority of his teachings. He was inspired by the Holy Spirit. He learned from his own experience what worked and what didn't. After he gave instructions to his little communities, he<br />had to pray that those God-given instructions would be followed.<br />Here we are two thousand years later, and a "few little liturgical<br />sentences" need to be affirmed by the church hierarchy. How to stimulate a peaceful change in the liturgy as a parishioner?NEWER PATHWAYShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16886600691681161967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-48863845260491409102012-01-28T19:33:19.455-06:002012-01-28T19:33:19.455-06:00As I said a couple of weeks ago, "It's go...As I said a couple of weeks ago, "It's gonna take a little revolution among the lay folks." Unless the folks sitting in the pews stand up and say "Enough!", nothing is going to change. Every communion's leadership has an institutional responsibility to maintain the status quo and denominational identity. Yes, we have some theological differences, but we all hold one person in common -- Jesus the crucified and risen Christ. How many more times are we going to wound Him? Kyrie eleison.Rev. Randy Jonesnoreply@blogger.com