tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post3283912224083645316..comments2024-03-05T03:05:52.336-06:00Comments on To The Manner Born: Christmas ConcertToadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-84368080578386264232010-12-13T17:36:04.599-06:002010-12-13T17:36:04.599-06:00We can sing!
Just not what the Church passes off a...We can sing!<br />Just not what the Church passes off as Liturgical Music. Music in the Catholic went down hill with the first "guitar" mass. A lot of good came about with Vatican II, but one of them was not the music.David Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656794645683894339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-31927175001817536512010-12-13T15:25:16.796-06:002010-12-13T15:25:16.796-06:00Just this afternoon I had the pleasure of hearing ...Just this afternoon I had the pleasure of hearing a bunch of angelic Episcopalian children singing carols and found myself thinking about how much I dislike the Pope.<br />Ho ho ho,<br />ColleenNorth of 25Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927245858208029154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-37401046339765218572010-12-13T10:31:47.257-06:002010-12-13T10:31:47.257-06:00No incense? Forget it.No incense? Forget it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13734985331386762437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-43652547677098339122010-12-13T09:58:48.490-06:002010-12-13T09:58:48.490-06:00Well said, TWJ!
Glad you enjoyed the concert, To...Well said, TWJ! <br /><br />Glad you enjoyed the concert, Toad.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-85229227653381439702010-12-13T07:26:29.458-06:002010-12-13T07:26:29.458-06:00A great many lapsed Catholics find their way to th...A great many lapsed Catholics find their way to the Methodist church. My friend, a Midwestern Lutheran like me, is married to one such who explained that it is somehow easier than going Lutheran or Presbyterian because the Methodists, although called a Protestant denomination, came to be through the Anglican church and therefore wasn't much associated with the actual reformation in Europe. Since all through parochial school her husband had learned about bad Martin Luther, following Anglo-Catholic priest John Wesley seemed less like giving up everything. And, as I said, it's a low threshold denomination. You believe in God? You're in.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575824415627306078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861447409543225070.post-70027550720057739352010-12-13T07:25:40.517-06:002010-12-13T07:25:40.517-06:00Having been raised to fear fire and brimstone, I h...Having been raised to fear fire and brimstone, I have still managed to be present in a variety of Holy Places for worship. As a teen, I was voted Chaplin for my local Key Club. I made it my job to visit the church of every brother in membership. I thought we should all see how each one’s God made himself known to the flock.<br /><br />I still can hear the discussions at each of our Key Club meetings the week following our visits. Discussions were mostly about how long the service was or rather or not communion was given. What would you expect from a bunch of 16-18 year old boys? However, what I took from this life experiment was that it doesn’t matter really where you worship as long as you have that personal communion with your God.<br /><br />I have learned later in life that it really does not matter if you dance or sit too close to that girl or boy in church. All that matters is that you love everyone else like you want to be loved in return. I have a saying that I tell all my evangelical friends. When we all finally get to Heaven, Saint Peter will stand at the gate and look upon us all and say, “It was so simple, how could each of your “religions” get it so wrong? How did you miss the simple message?”<br /><br />Toad, go where your heart tells you to go and engulf yourself in that true feeling. You will know when you’re where you are supposed to be.<br /><br />TWJTWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09973934388218688553noreply@blogger.com