tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post997831668758043694..comments2024-02-28T04:48:59.561+08:00Comments on The Pinoy Catholic: Reply to the San Pablo Youth Commission ala Fr. ZPedro Lorenzo Ruizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817125203522413704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-74679626253103356042014-08-09T21:33:54.163+08:002014-08-09T21:33:54.163+08:00Actually isa po ako sa mga participants niyan
And...Actually isa po ako sa mga participants niyan <br />And Alam kong MALI talaga ang ginagawa nila kaso altar server lang ako<br /><br /><br /><br />No to liturgical abuseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776021850957943022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-90520112689436554382014-05-24T14:20:33.020+08:002014-05-24T14:20:33.020+08:00I would like to offer excerpts of Pope Benedict XV... I would like to offer excerpts of Pope Benedict XVI's reflection during the 2007 Chrism Mass which should certainly help our priests and the faithful, especially the young, in appreciating the sacred vestment of priests. This reflection is certainly well thought-of and comes from a true and deep understanding of liturgy and prayer.<br /><br />AMICE~ <br /><br /> "Let us start with the amice. In the past - and in monastic orders still today - it was first placed on the head as a sort of hood, thus becoming a symbol of the discipline of the senses and of thought necessary for a proper celebration of Holy Mass. My thoughts must not wander here and there due to the anxieties and expectations of my daily life; my senses must not be attracted by what there, inside the church, might accidentally captivate the eyes and ears. My heart must open itself docilely to the Word of God and be recollected in the prayer of the Church, so that my thoughts may receive their orientation from the words of the proclamation and of prayer...."<br /><br />ALB and STOLE~ <br /><br /> "The texts of the prayer expressed by the alb and the stole both move in the same direction. They call to mind the festive robes which the father gave to the prodigal son who had come home dirty, in rags. <br /><br /> When we approach the liturgy to act in the person of Christ, we all realize how distant we are from him; how much dirt there is in our lives. He alone can give us festive robes, can make us worthy to preside at his table, to be at his service. <br /><br /> Thus, the prayers also recall the words of Revelation, which say that it was not due to their own merit that the robes of the 144,000 elect were worthy of God. The Book of Revelation says that they had washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb and thus made them white and shining like light (cf. Rv 7: 14). <br /><br /> When I was little, I used to ask myself about this: when one washes something in blood, it certainly does not become white! The answer is: the "Blood of the Lamb" is the love of the Crucified Christ. It is this love that makes our dirty clothes white, that makes our clouded spirit true and bright; that transforms us, despite all our shadows, into "light in the Lord". <br /><br /> By putting on the alb we must remind ourselves: he suffered for me, too. And it is only because his love is greater than all my sins that I can represent him and witness to his light. ..."<br /><br />CHASUBLE~ <br /><br /> "Lastly, one additional brief word on the chasuble. The traditional prayer when one puts on the chasuble sees it as representing the yoke of the Lord which is imposed upon us as priests. And it recalls the words of Jesus, who invites us to take his yoke upon us and to learn from him who is "gentle and lowly in heart" (Mt 11: 29). <br /><br /> Taking the Lord's yoke upon us means first of all: learning from him. It means always being ready to go to his school. From him we must learn gentleness and meekness: the humility of God who shows himself in his being a man."<br /><br /><br /> This beautiful reflection of BXVI provides enough materials for priests in putting forward conversion, radical change, transformation, transfiguration and other similar themes without putting aside the use of sacred vestments and disregarding the proper celebration of the liturgy. <br /><br /> Lastly, I think it is a better teaching method to highlight the importance of things rather than blatantly taking them away then there would be no need to scramble in justifying things not done right. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269592948154087403noreply@blogger.com