tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post2028634435439901609..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Christmas Mass DubiaBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-77226499897979203622011-12-22T16:05:13.491-05:002011-12-22T16:05:13.491-05:00"'Pastoral' has to be one of the most..."'Pastoral' has to be one of the most abused terms in pastoral care, and so many people are failed with 'being pastoral' as the excuse."<br /><br />Some years ago our parish had a series of discernment meetings on what sort of a bishop we wanted our new bishop to be, since the see was vacant. This was all under some offical aegis. After three or four such meetings, much prayer,cogitation and endless discussion, we decided that we would like a pastoral bishop. It would have made a cat laugh.Lee Gilbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-51901097978047454042011-12-22T15:53:22.342-05:002011-12-22T15:53:22.342-05:00'Pastoral' has to be one of the most abuse...'Pastoral' has to be one of the most abused terms in pastoral care, and so many people are failed with 'being pastoral' as the excuse.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-2535111472145598002011-12-22T15:49:43.314-05:002011-12-22T15:49:43.314-05:00You're a very good example of the pastoral mea...You're a very good example of the pastoral mean between doing whatever one wants and being 'rigidly orthodox', Father. I'm thankful to be so often in dialogue with you.carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331034984608859225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-88226878988801745522011-12-22T13:22:13.724-05:002011-12-22T13:22:13.724-05:00Oh my! I am glad that I am not a priest. I am tota...Oh my! I am glad that I am not a priest. I am totally confused. I will leave you clerical minds to figure it all out.<br /><br />I wish you a very holy and happy Christmas!Judy Kallmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815139430750938384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-34468274085866901922011-12-22T13:00:33.801-05:002011-12-22T13:00:33.801-05:00I've got nothing against the genealogy. I'...I've got nothing against the genealogy. I've even sung it and preached on it on Christmas eve. But now that I'm a 'help out' priest, I conform to local custom as much as I am able.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-43965709372549858462011-12-22T12:58:37.835-05:002011-12-22T12:58:37.835-05:00Do people dislike the genealogy? I find it kind of...Do people dislike the genealogy? I find it kind of exciting...it just speaks so richly of the Incarnation. yeah it happened all at once at the Annunciation, but Christ became .fully. human, so he has this long rich family tree, that just like each of ours, has all these kinks in it...the wife of Uriah the Hittite. His humility is shown not only in coming as a baby, but coming into a family with all that messy history of sin. And then all the generations after the exile wouldn't have been publicly known to Jews and the earliest Christians, so that last section is pretty exciting. I think you could come up with a very pastoral homily with that gospel. imho.carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331034984608859225noreply@blogger.com