tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post6929028689721373095..comments2023-10-05T10:29:39.439+01:00Comments on Catholic Collar And Tie: Sadness & Joy in Baptism PreparationsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049074568745678686noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-39373517398765648022014-06-26T20:11:49.040+01:002014-06-26T20:11:49.040+01:00Thank you, Damask Rose, for the affirmation.
God B...Thank you, Damask Rose, for the affirmation.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-59363996618170683802014-06-26T18:45:22.087+01:002014-06-26T18:45:22.087+01:00Absolutely well said, Father.Absolutely well said, Father.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-33720318466496193112014-06-26T10:33:46.787+01:002014-06-26T10:33:46.787+01:00Thank you Lynda.
To say one is placing one's s...Thank you Lynda.<br />To say one is placing one's soul in jeopardy and placing a disparity between self and child, all of which is rectified by marriage, is not hard. I don't know why a priest would not say it if he cares about the souls before him. <br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-73678017803142986172014-06-26T01:30:18.912+01:002014-06-26T01:30:18.912+01:00If most priests dealt with non-practising parents,...If most priests dealt with non-practising parents, living in mortal sin, as you do, many more would return to the True Faith and a state of grace, allowing them to nurture their child in the Faith. Thank you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-20621029560484075122014-06-24T16:32:27.663+01:002014-06-24T16:32:27.663+01:00Perhaps we should introduce Sunday School. The One...Perhaps we should introduce Sunday School. The One day of the week consecrated to God. It's a commandment that is not fully observed by Catholics. A Sunday school would be the one day when the children can learn their Faith without distractions. It's going to be a long uphill struggle . . . .Paul Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155821750459419187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-3606013832193326842014-06-24T16:10:52.215+01:002014-06-24T16:10:52.215+01:00Thank you, Paul.
Yes, the sense of the sacred is e...Thank you, Paul.<br />Yes, the sense of the sacred is essential but incompatible with the spirit of liturgy today which is the affirmation and uplifting of the community -composed of sinful human beings.<br />I once gave all the children in school a simple Catechism but there is no hope of getting them to learn the questions and answers for any kind of assessment -not even in the home. Our First Communion course, now displaced by the Diocesan programmes, has both a colouring book component to do with the parents at home (it is available in adapted form in the tag above), and learned a brief, simple Catechism that they did as questions and answers with our Catechists as they worked through the (original) book. I think the problem was summed up very well in a TV programme I watched yesterday where the guy being interviewed said they as a child his class was learning the Catechism one week then it suddenly stooped and they were given pictures to colour in. The aim of the 'new catechises' was and remains experiential; it doesn''t teach one how to think, and in today's rationalist world, thinking and reasoning is essential to demonstrate the validity of the Faith to others. Sadly we have stopped teaching the children how to think and taught them how to feel, and a faith based on feelings is very fragile -as fragile and inconstant as the emotions. Learning multiplication tables by rote is being reintroduced in some places, because it provides a foundation. The same is necessary for forming us in the Faith.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-81477236796811752452014-06-24T15:57:49.686+01:002014-06-24T15:57:49.686+01:00Thank you Patrick.
The Bishops Conference are advi...Thank you Patrick.<br />The Bishops Conference are advised by those who were formed in the formless ways aof the 40's ff., and who are now the experts in formlessness. As such there seems little hope of the Bishops understanding that the problem is not 'out there in the world' but here in the heart of the Church.<br />God Bless.Fr Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702725497183621855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-68596231982301661232014-06-24T11:33:58.442+01:002014-06-24T11:33:58.442+01:00You are absolutely right. We must restore the sens...You are absolutely right. We must restore the sense of the sacred in the liturgy and restore the teaching of the catechism as soon as possible. The role of the priest is among other things to teach the Faith to the people. Is it possible to supply all Catholic families with young children with a catechism each? And then go around visiting or by some other arrangement by which the priest could examine them and determine if they have learned their catechism.? When I was a child I had to learn off by heart the answers to the key catechism questions. I still remember them today and what a great help they have been at various points in my life. There is no substitute for learning the Faith by rote. This is an authentic traditional method that has been abandoned like many other good things in the Church. <br />Non Catholics will ask "Is this the True religion founded by God Himself?" then on reflection "Hmm . . It doesn't look like that to me"<br />And that is the problem . . . the loss of the sacred in our Churches, the talking, the chatting, the lack of genuflecting, Holy Communion in the hand and standing, the use of God's house for a 'Gospel Jazz' service, special service for pets. man centred, man centred, man centred rubbish yechh!<br />Paul Hellyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155821750459419187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641832955811669058.post-57082808444764257162014-06-24T11:31:15.322+01:002014-06-24T11:31:15.322+01:00Well said Father, lets hope some the Bishops confe...Well said Father, lets hope some the Bishops conference are listening!<br /><br />In Domino,<br /><br />Patrick.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com