tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post2665056553338651085..comments2023-12-24T11:20:38.708+00:00Comments on The Muniment Room: EF Mass liberates The Laity!Ttonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-79737359117543526602009-10-18T22:31:48.327+01:002009-10-18T22:31:48.327+01:00Good heavens "anonymous". Listen to you...Good heavens "anonymous". Listen to yourself!Simon Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196039882299400327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-21661940227689430112009-10-18T22:14:43.602+01:002009-10-18T22:14:43.602+01:00Well said, Ttony.Well said, Ttony.Dorothy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858061638961520926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-76911014318677757722009-10-18T21:37:57.231+01:002009-10-18T21:37:57.231+01:00Look what you have just written:
"my particip...Look what you have just written:<br />"my participation is about preparing myself".<br />You appear to leave very little space for the Lord to work in you. Having been brought up with and love the Extraordinary Form, your approach is nevertheless not what I was taught so many years ago.<br />Do not take these observations as a negative criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-17608230657994201322009-10-18T09:50:21.479+01:002009-10-18T09:50:21.479+01:00@Anonymous: very good!
But if you think about it,...@Anonymous: very good!<br /><br />But if you think about it, that is the point. Once I am liberated from having specific things to do or say, my participation is about preparing myself for that awful moment when the priest turns round to say the <i>Domine non sum dignus</i> and shows me God Whom I am about to receive. I can't hide from that face to face contact by submerging myself into the crowd or by singing out of a hymn book. I'm there alone hearing a voice asking what I'm doing there and why, and, hopefully, I've spent the previous forty minutes coming up with an answer.Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-66706098281548494342009-10-18T08:24:16.348+01:002009-10-18T08:24:16.348+01:00In your short blog message "it's not abou...In your short blog message "it's not about me" you use the personal pronoun "I" about thirteen times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-3696300182696588372009-10-17T21:51:10.251+01:002009-10-17T21:51:10.251+01:00I'll echo Leutgeb's comment: and as for yo...I'll echo Leutgeb's comment: and as for your post, well, I couldn't have put it better myself!Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37512247.post-74464621801066950422009-10-17T21:41:48.543+01:002009-10-17T21:41:48.543+01:00Well said.Well said.leutgebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566408268292424147noreply@blogger.com