tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post114847175194852248..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Poor AaronBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-1148646632526593742006-05-26T08:30:00.000-04:002006-05-26T08:30:00.000-04:00I must say that I read this entry with some amusem...I must say that I read this entry with some amusement... <BR/><BR/>from a "juridical" viewpoint, Chapter 3, of our most holy rule given to us by Father Francis states:<BR/>"Let the clerical brothers recite the Divine Office acording to the rite of the holy Roman Church..."<BR/><BR/>Merriam-Webster define 'rite' as:<BR/>1 a : a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony.<BR/><BR/><BR/>+Crescentius of IesiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-1148607210602743262006-05-25T21:33:00.000-04:002006-05-25T21:33:00.000-04:00Friar,You're right. That is really going too far....Friar,<BR/><BR/>You're right. That is really going too far. It's one thing to say the Creed with "for us and our salvation" instead of "for us men and our salvation", but to change the actual meaning of the scriptures in that fashion is way out of bounds.<BR/><BR/>When I was a Parish Council president, the most contentious things to deal with were inclusive language issues and <I>music</I>. Music most of all, because of all the ego issues surrounding it. I remember one particularly thorny episode that arose around the folk group and the congregants who complained that in one of their hymns they were singing about the Holy Spirit as "She who is wisdom and Grace".Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.com