tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post4953573166272073987..comments2023-06-21T04:41:09.004-06:00Comments on The Log in My Own Eye: After a Couple of Months...Mary Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156641491060184072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-61019656839775733172011-09-18T20:28:31.288-06:002011-09-18T20:28:31.288-06:00Just seeing this now. Nice to hear from you again...Just seeing this now. Nice to hear from you again Mary C. Hope everything has been well with you. That man and dog homily has got to be one of the worst. It's so idiotic it's funny. It's as if the priest was talking to third graders. I can tell you I always try to go to the mass with the best priest possible. I'm blessed. We have a brilliant priest at our parish and I just love listening to his homilies. Problem is that they alternate masses between the priests and they don't always keep to a strict schedule. So I'm always disappointed when I don't get Fr. Veras. When I'm sure that Fr. Veras isn't celebrating the mass, I have been checking out the priests at other nearby churches.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-33596027750589273572011-08-30T05:56:11.952-06:002011-08-30T05:56:11.952-06:00Thanks Kathy and Kelly. It is a difficult issue, ...Thanks Kathy and Kelly. It is a difficult issue, no?<br /><br />And Kelly, thanks for reading my other blog (the one I am using for this comment) and linking to it. And thanks for the compliment.Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-89805799246478675512011-08-29T17:56:49.179-06:002011-08-29T17:56:49.179-06:00I do think you should go to the church ten miles a...I do think you should go to the church ten miles away. The time and distance are well worth it! I say this because it is exactly what my husband and I have been doing. We still have our daughter at the local parish school, I still lector when I am scheduled and she serves in the altar when scheduled. I teach CCD and we pay tuition and contribute. However! We go where we can worship and be fed. I think that if Catholics do this, the message will get across that we NEED faithful liturgy and teaching, and will travel to get it, if necessary. The new place is not "perfect" but we want to grow and we need the "food" to help us. <br />Also, I enjoy reading your other blog. I don't comment, because I haven't anything to really contribute, but I find it beautiful. I have a daughter with some addiction issues and some others that read my blog, and I am hoping it will be found on my sidebar by anyone who may need it.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847572866285311259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-46295296598596706162011-08-29T17:40:47.355-06:002011-08-29T17:40:47.355-06:00Good to hear from you again, and that you're s...Good to hear from you again, and that you're still seeing "your guy!" <br /><br />Sounds like you can go anywhere but don't forget to also support your local parish, even if you don't go. (assisting here means attending)<br /><br />Canon 1248<br /> Can. 1248 §1. A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies the obligation of participating in the Mass." <br /><br />Thus, unlike the former code, the faithful are no longer obliged by law to attend Mass at their parishes on Sundays and holy days of obligations. <br /><br />But this does not mean that they may be indifferent to the life of their local parishes. While speaking about the rights and duties of the faithful, canon law says: <br /><br />"Can. 209 §1. The Christian faithful, even in their own manner of acting, are always obliged to maintain communion with the Church. <br /><br />"§2. With great diligence they are to fulfill the duties which they owe to the universal Church and the particular church to which they belong according to the prescripts of the law. <br /><br />http://www.ewtn.com/library/liturgy/zlitur158.htmKathy Felsted Usherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.com