tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post6750703171885605158..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Good morning!Fr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-68851114210879522422009-04-06T16:38:00.000+01:002009-04-06T16:38:00.000+01:00After reading of the 'Ballerina for God' item in t...After reading of the 'Ballerina for God' item in the Telegraph on Saturday 'Good morning' by the priest sounds quite harmless.<BR/><BR/>Apparently an ex-Lap Dancer, now a nun, is to 'perform for clerics next week at Holy Cross in Jerusalem Bascilica , one of Rome's best known churches' so we are quite lucky to get away with 'Good morning'ScepticalBelievernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-79784733335267516522009-04-05T18:39:00.000+01:002009-04-05T18:39:00.000+01:00Well said, but even with the new changes, don't co...Well said, but even with the new changes, don't count on some not to ignore it and continue to say "Good morning."<BR/><BR/>It's not a huge deal, but when combined with other such things "adds up" to "hi, welcome to MY Mass." Priests will end up showing personality at the sermon and in the Hall after Mass and that's enough! :-Dgemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-37733994035167791802009-04-05T02:01:00.000+01:002009-04-05T02:01:00.000+01:00... We need to emphasise that the priest is presid...<I>... We need to emphasise that the priest is president of the community and is presiding at the service ...</I><BR/><BR/>Oh dear, we still have a long way to go.Londiniensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310965192661014230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-69094016164168656282009-04-05T01:53:00.000+01:002009-04-05T01:53:00.000+01:00What a good way to end the week. This is splendid ...What a good way to end the week. This is splendid news, we need dignity and devotion at Mass, and who knows, maybe some day we will get round to stopping the chat and gossip before and after Mass.1569 Risingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-6288128940951233612009-04-04T22:34:00.000+01:002009-04-04T22:34:00.000+01:00I'm sure that you're right about not saying Good M...I'm sure that you're right about not saying Good Morning.<BR/><BR/>It strikes me as conveying a terribly clerical view of what is going on: that the priest is welcoming the people to 'his' mass. Whereas, actually, he is representing the people to God, and making God present to the people.<BR/><BR/>It's even worse when the priest thanks us for coming, as though we turn up to do him a favour...Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-73117625241672021082009-04-04T22:21:00.000+01:002009-04-04T22:21:00.000+01:00It starts with 'good morning, everybody', and wher...It starts with 'good morning, everybody', and where does it end? Strobe lights and hotpants, that's where!<BR/><BR/>That made me laugh even more than the LED sheep on your other blog ...bennoreply@blogger.com