tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post6246533994849087729..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Ignoratio Christi EstBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-78906844745509421082012-03-14T10:10:18.987-04:002012-03-14T10:10:18.987-04:00A very thought-inducing blog. But it reveals the ...A very thought-inducing blog. But it reveals the mindset of the hierarchical church which longs for a return to an "ideal" church, typically prior to Vatican II, that never really was. The theology that is being taught in seminaries today reflects this, what I can't help but think is a psychological need, by maintaining that all you have to do is return to older prayer or ritual forms that are culturally foreign to the situation today. The purpose of prayer is to put us in communication with God. This is a very organic process. It's very small wonder the pews are empty...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-43214938911285989812012-03-14T09:38:06.762-04:002012-03-14T09:38:06.762-04:00I wonder if part of the problem is that we tend to...I wonder if part of the problem is that we tend to "say prayers" rather than to really pray, to be focused and concentrated on our prayer. It is really easy to "say prayers;" it is sometimes really difficult to truly pray. Then there are the folks like me who tend to fall asleep when they try to pray. I guess I am in good company as St. Therese had the same problem. The older I get, the more difficult it gets!Judy Kallmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815139430750938384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-6652585295552048332012-03-14T09:17:56.963-04:002012-03-14T09:17:56.963-04:00Your comments sadden. As one lay person not initia...Your comments sadden. As one lay person not initiated into the Liturgy of the Hours because in my country it is not a prayer prayed by laity. I am uncertain about the clergy and religious. One never hears it mentioned or programmed in parish churches. I have only heard it discussed on the classical musical radio station when Vespers or the Magnifiat are requested. As a Catholic teacher I practised reading Morning and Evening Prayers for some time, but alone and unnurished and under the pressure of work and life it slipped away. However I taught my students the psalms daily to enrich them? and no doubt myself. Just as reading good literature and saying and reflecting on great poetry the great literature and metaphors of Scripture inform, educate and console. Your words are encouraging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com