tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post3314198984862178208..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: RetreatFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-9133583333263466902013-02-14T17:07:13.112+00:002013-02-14T17:07:13.112+00:00Thanks Chris. I hope you continue to explore follo...Thanks Chris. I hope you continue to explore following the Catholic faith. If you`d like to talk any time do get in touch.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-86436434944575961142013-02-14T12:46:43.748+00:002013-02-14T12:46:43.748+00:00I have only just found this Father and I must than...I have only just found this Father and I must thank you for cutting your retreat short, as you really made our wedding day special. You opened my eyes to the possibility of following the Catholic faith, which I would not have otherwise considered. Thank you and best wishes, ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-82929075258347674872011-07-14T14:06:56.633+01:002011-07-14T14:06:56.633+01:00I am a nobody as far as Mass goes but I am very su...I am a nobody as far as Mass goes but I am very surprised that people don't even know, or haven't had it explained, why a priest faces the same way as them in a Mass. I think that would be the least of my troubles. The rest of all the Mass is a much greater and more difficult thing to understand yet they gaily go through it all without question, troubling only about the priest's back!Nobodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-64578655282643923472011-07-12T11:18:39.437+01:002011-07-12T11:18:39.437+01:00Thank you M FAGAN. I am sufficently aged to have h...Thank you M FAGAN. I am sufficently aged to have had rigorous catechism classes in my first year at grammar school. I can`t remember using it at primary school. I`m sure we got up to question 279. However while I think the catechism is a very good thing unlike many others the answers haven`t stayed lodged in my memory. However even if they had I suspect this would not have made a great impression on me until I heard it explained. Fr de Malleray`s explanation certainly gave me food for thought and I¬m grateful for that.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-69215450792093208582011-07-10T13:34:58.244+01:002011-07-10T13:34:58.244+01:00Could I refer you to the Penny Catechism Answer No...Could I refer you to the Penny Catechism Answer No. 279.<br /> The Sacrifice of the Mass is offered for four ends: first, to give supreme honour and glory to God; secondly, to thank him for all his benefits; thirdly, to satisfy God for our sins and to obtain the grace of repentance; and fourthly to obtain all other graces and blessings through Jesus Christ.<br /> This was drilled into me and every other pupil in Catholic Primary Schools before Vatican 2. If Ushaw was incapable of teaching it to seminarians perhaps it is as well it has closed.M. FAGANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-18782320251783292182011-07-10T10:30:59.485+01:002011-07-10T10:30:59.485+01:00I am a layman in his late 60s and I attended Fr de...I am a layman in his late 60s and I attended Fr de Melleray's retreat in March on the Prayers of the Mass. I appreciated it greatly but knew most of what he said.I am only gradually realising what an excellent grounding I had at home and at school. The fact that seminarians at Ushaw were not taught what I learned in my teens is a scandal.vetusta ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454059029260192711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-17466164127819284362011-07-09T23:07:20.730+01:002011-07-09T23:07:20.730+01:00Yes I agree it was an excellent retreat. Although...Yes I agree it was an excellent retreat. Although I never had the misfortune to be sen to Ushaw I can concur that I too was never taught about the Mass being for the glory of God above all else. I seem to remember we did a lot about the Mass being a family meal and an extension of Jewish table fellowship etc etc.. We certainly never did any thing on Mass Offerings and applying the merits of Christ on the Cross to individual souls.<br />I learnt more about the Mass on retreat than i ever learnt in six years of seminary. It is a sad reflection on our seminary systems. <br />Thank God for the FSSP.Fr Francis Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449301941557948513noreply@blogger.com