tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post1864304069472413226..comments2024-02-28T04:48:59.561+08:00Comments on The Pinoy Catholic: YEAR OF THE LAITY: CBCP head laments clericalization of the Filipino laity!Pedro Lorenzo Ruizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817125203522413704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-30430044498042246732014-01-11T12:39:28.026+08:002014-01-11T12:39:28.026+08:00Ahh, grazie monsignore Soc per le queste parole ve...Ahh, grazie monsignore Soc per le queste parole vere!<br /><br />Verum et justum est!<br /><br />The message goes both ways:<br /><br />1. That the Filipino laity are mere pew Christians who may love to go to Church but leaves aside their Christianity on the pews, and do not give witness to it in their daily lives.<br /><br />2. That the Sanctuary has been occupied illicitly by lay person who should NOT be there during the Liturgy or any sessions performed outside the Mass e.g. seminars, talks, conferences inside the Church.<br /><br />Finally, a bishop had the balls to underline a stark reality that the Holies of Holies, the Sanctuary has not been invaded by lay people who are NOT ALLOWED to loiter in that area.<br /><br />This abuse started with the removal of the altar railing. While it gave a sense of welcome, it gave the impression that just about anybody can come and go in freely without permission. Even in the Old Testament, ONLY the priests were allowed into the Holy of Holies and no one else.<br /><br />Even our current day form of the Mass (Novus Ordo)'s failed implementaton murks up the dividing line between the presbyter. In the Oratre Fratres ut meum ac vestrum sacrificium accipitabile apud Deum... Notice that the original English translation put it as OUR SACRIFICE and ignored that MEUM AC VESTRUM distinction. Thank God, this has been finally corrected in the new translation.<br /><br />Also, in the old Rite, the celebrating priest is first to recite the Confiteor and then later the people.<br /><br />Lastly, the Novus Ordo, while encouraging active participation, also gives the feeling that the priest is just one among them. The sense of the priest offering the Supreme Sacrifice of Christ to the Father --- IN THE NAME of the People of God is almost grey and NOT highlighted. The very posture of versus ad populum gave a sense more of a meal or a gathering rather than an offering. <br /><br />-------<br /><br />A separate item: Hi Pedro Lorenzo Ruiz - I hope you can open another post for the Black Nazarene feast.<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719927235298910941noreply@blogger.com