Saturday, October 08, 2005
Word and Changes
Relearning the design of Language has not been easy. How do I place this word and that word, and understanding independent clauses etc., have been a bit thought provoking. In this learning I understand how you can take a sentence and translate it into many meanings. So now when I read the Bible I understand how each Bible has come up with different meanings out of one sentence that may mean something else entirely. Interesting isn't it, how we can take things all so differently in life all because we didn't put a comma here or an apostrophe there. The same could go for the new liturgical prayers for Mass. I had just read some of the possible revisions that went out on e bay on Spirit Daily. I found the changes to be flowery. Then I recalled as a kid Mass used to be said in Latin, then the big change. And somehow people left the Church after that. Mass became too relaxed, accommodating those that did stay. Dressing up for Mass was a big thing, now it's a shame to see how little respect people give when they go to Church, shorts, body parts hanging out of shirts, a complete disregard for God. Yet people will fuss to get all dressed up to go to a wedding, funeral, out of respect for the bride or the deceased. It's a given to dress up for special occasions. Why not dress up for a date with God. And yes we are to suffer the children at Mass too, for the ignorance of the parents and grandparents who do not know better. They give the child their attention and allow disruption, which is negativity in itself. How hard is it to foster respect in a child, a respect of self, others and of God. As I look back I don't recall that much disruption during Mass as there is today. Parents want the best for their children but they are bad examples to follow when it comes to giving attention to God. All they are showing is its okay to play and chat. Parents are no longer role models, the television is. So when they go to Mass they want to give the child what God is about without showing respect either their attention is not where it should be so the child will not give the attention to God either later on in life. Mass for them will not be one of honor and respect it will be a House of Leisure not of God.
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There is a couple who bring their approximately three and a half year old son to Mass. They sit in the very first row, right in front of the ciborium. I love children and I am consistently astounded that they don't tell this kid to quiet down or stop running around. I lector on various Sundays so I am right up there and I have to pray about it every week. The parents look educated, I just don't understand why they let this child disrupt Mass every week as well as not model the appropriate way to be at Mass. I also see the priest and friends of theirs not saying anything to them after Mass. I guess we've all become spineless. My thinking has been that at a time like this, when so many have fallen away from attending Mass it is good that they are there. Yet I have been thinking lately that they must take it up a notch for the sake of others at least. I know that when I tactfully say something that it will leave a bad impression and they will probably comment to others and create further negativity in the parish environment. Yet say something I ultimately must. I am not popular because I am not lukewarm. So be it. I thank God every day for finding the way Home and can stand up to anything not right because of this foundation. I guess your writing touched a nerve in me! Thanks, Bernice.
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