tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post6709657443282934380..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Our crusade of serviceFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-62308912503107435312009-10-19T11:55:02.619-05:002009-10-19T11:55:02.619-05:00Victoria:
Nor do I. Abusus not tollit usum. The...Victoria:<br /><br />Nor do I. <i>Abusus not tollit usum.</i> The trouble arises when the trappings themselves are made more important than the God Who is glorified when those items are used correctly. To provide another example (relevant to Sunday's Gospel), the Corporal Works of Mercy can be distorted into the idol of "Peace and Justice", which turns the Church into nothing but a self-congratulatory social services agency.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01194200955033642204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-73003638149957053082009-10-19T04:22:57.706-05:002009-10-19T04:22:57.706-05:00Father,
Your homily hit me like a ton of bricks. ...Father,<br /><br />Your homily hit me like a ton of bricks. Especially paragraph 2. Here I am a seminarian in a religious order, and I think I may well have been trying to avoid the dirty work you point to in paragraph 2. I have a vocation, I don't think there's a doubt, but I sit here and dream daily that I'm going to save the world myself. <br /><br />With your writing, I may have just found a key to further discernment of my vocation.<br /><br />Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-28718493967235637752009-10-18T22:34:38.108-05:002009-10-18T22:34:38.108-05:00The Sacrifice of the Mass on earth is meant to rep...The Sacrifice of the Mass on earth is meant to represent the worship of God in heaven so I don't have a problem with "rich vestments, and expensive altar linens" and beautiful churches as long as it is God being worshipped and not the priest.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403184829256955768noreply@blogger.com