tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post9175870758282126527..comments2024-03-28T14:59:42.168-04:00Comments on Kresta In The Afternoon: Catholic leaders gather to counter decline of faithUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-3840539486445135392012-10-08T15:03:44.920-04:002012-10-08T15:03:44.920-04:00Those were the good ole days.
When I was a kid in ...Those were the good ole days.<br />When I was a kid in daily Catholic Mass the front pews and elsewhere had older folks, particularly older ladies with veils praying their rosaries before and during mass. They were a fixture. There was silence in Church before the mass started. <br /><br />Now, the old folks are hard of hearing and feel chatty before mass, no rosary, no in church devotion, yet because they are hard of hearing they are the loudest talkers in church. Pre-mass is a weekly social center where those who like to pray the rosary before mass and prepare just dont' show up early anymore.<br />No discipline is taught by the priests, the nuns who could be counted on to speak their mind are gone, and anyone who does speak up for silence and discipline, feels all alone(certainly abandoned by the priests/pastor). The certain parish I go to the before mass noise is louder than the respectful and low level chit chat that goes on in theaters before the movie starts. These people are here to be entertained. Most other parishes are more or less similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-16571388389473739742012-10-08T07:41:19.162-04:002012-10-08T07:41:19.162-04:00Mass has become a Protestant fellowship meeting wi...Mass has become a Protestant fellowship meeting with banal sermons and carousel music. People come dressed in shorts and sweat pants and teens chew gum in the communion line. The post-V2 church is a disaster. Until they admit they failed and then change course things will only continue to get worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com