tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post1449661766429473066..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: The Feet and The WasherFr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-16804149802444102232016-01-24T17:05:53.700-05:002016-01-24T17:05:53.700-05:00I disagree.
Yes, some priests have been doing thi...I disagree.<br /><br />Yes, some priests have been doing this for years. But changing the rubrics to match the practice says that innovators can ignore anything they like in the rubrics until "Rome" catches up with "the times"? Bad, bad, precedent. The times need to catch up with the Church, not the Church with the times! Christ the same, yesterday, today and forever. When has the Church not been countercultural? <br /><br />Holy Thursday commemmorates primarily commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and of the ordained priesthood. We are well into in the process of losing the focus on the ordained priesthood at the expense of the priesthood of all believers—the problems with the laicization of the clergy and the clericalization of the laity are many, and this misunderstanding need no additional reinforcing. <br /><br />As a subset of this: it risks futher trivializing the differences between male and female. Since the reason for the rubric in the first place was to emphasize the link between the Last Supper and the instituation of the ordained priesthood, adding a blurring of sex lines into this mix *will* reinforce calls for female ordination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-62117665433645409102016-01-24T13:40:57.004-05:002016-01-24T13:40:57.004-05:00Great commentary, thank you! Great commentary, thank you! tout_est_gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266096368169440125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-66433372591463586662016-01-24T13:40:21.732-05:002016-01-24T13:40:21.732-05:00Great commentary, thank you! Great commentary, thank you! tout_est_gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266096368169440125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-28502857307061344552016-01-24T09:32:15.106-05:002016-01-24T09:32:15.106-05:00Again...thank you! My thoughts exactly. Again...thank you! My thoughts exactly. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030430757861849145noreply@blogger.com