tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post6692590971880887458..comments2024-03-26T17:58:22.711-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: An open letter to Bishop HurleyPaul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-89133152262172507362019-03-14T09:59:31.097-07:002019-03-14T09:59:31.097-07:00Checked the Saginaw Diocese website 3/13 and Fr. E...Checked the Saginaw Diocese website 3/13 and Fr. Eddy is still un assigned. Rebellion and independant thinking dont sit well in authoritarian organizations. Tsgt Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997121520056731808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-84715475970102902022019-02-07T11:28:23.860-08:002019-02-07T11:28:23.860-08:00Well done Paul! We attend an FSSP parish in Nashu...Well done Paul! We attend an FSSP parish in Nashua, & the place is usually crammed for Sunday High Mass. Kids everywhere, & a lot of ‘under 30’s’ attending on their own. Confession lines snake through the pews near the box. The average age is probably around 35, whereas in our old Norvus Ordo parish the average was nearer to 65. <br />The answer to declining attendance, as you have observed, is obvious. <br />doubletroublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378163493817522427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-18579342179299382292019-02-06T01:06:00.154-08:002019-02-06T01:06:00.154-08:00Bravo, Paul! God bless you for exercising your lay...Bravo, Paul! God bless you for exercising your lay vocation to consecrate the world to Christ!Brian Niemeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276948258089365826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-51235609503832460552019-02-05T12:23:36.491-08:002019-02-05T12:23:36.491-08:00I read your article with some interest, then reali...I read your article with some interest, then realized who the priest is. Father eddy,as we called him when he was at our parish( Sacred Heart in Midland) as an associate, is a wonderful young man. If we werent down in florida for the winter we’d be involved in protesting his removal. Speaking of florida, it seems that our age (70) seems about average at the churches we attend and the priests are foreign born. Father Eddy probably goofed when he didnt take the hint to take 3weeks off and the church will learn nothing from this situation. I believe we will write the bishop as well with our concerns.Tsgt Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997121520056731808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-47963749011885320202019-02-05T04:05:01.262-08:002019-02-05T04:05:01.262-08:00Copies of your letter should be sent to every Cath...Copies of your letter should be sent to every Catholic diocese - hell, every Catholic parish ! - in the US !jerseygirlangiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983352033551716100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-21572536058738115472019-02-05T02:47:51.551-08:002019-02-05T02:47:51.551-08:00Only thing I'll mention is a nitpick - - Bisho...Only thing I'll mention is a nitpick - - Bishops are addressed as <b>Your Excellency. Your Eminence</b> is reserved for cardinals (and the Pope is, of course, addressed as <b>Your Holiness</b>).Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-31834890064643477142019-02-04T20:20:12.768-08:002019-02-04T20:20:12.768-08:00Hi Paul, Lindsay B. here from Llano, TX, I have a ...Hi Paul, Lindsay B. here from Llano, TX, I have a book I'd like to send you. I tried replying to the e-mail you sent regarding your recipe for Coxinha but I'm thinking it didn't go through. Anyway, if you'll send me a mailing address I'd like to get this book off to you, I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it.greendiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807885319930468446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-45941190315881730572019-02-04T18:09:20.133-08:002019-02-04T18:09:20.133-08:00I was raised 2x per year protestant and thanks to ...I was raised 2x per year protestant and thanks to my indecently hot New York Jewish wife we have gone to lots of Unitarian services. They can be really interesting, in a hippie kind of way, but they can also turn into mini courses in comparative religion. And if you get them really mad at you they will burn a question mark on your lawn.<br /><br />Been to a few fairly full dress Masses too (alas, mostly funerals) without much Latin but plenty of "smells and bells" (that's a protestant thing, too, sometimes) With the Mass here is a underlying strong structural aspect that screams stability, continuity and bedrock you can rely on. Were I Catholic I'd not necessarily really go for the full dress bit more than a few times a year, but not having been raised in it the service doesn't have all the memories and associations that it would for people born and raised in the church, I think. And that could be a real comfort and place to go home to.<br /><br /> Iron Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582579281154856635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-1367795988107558732019-02-04T17:53:09.680-08:002019-02-04T17:53:09.680-08:00Yes, what you said, ditto, and all that.
The lack...Yes, what you said, ditto, and all that.<br /><br />The lack of the 'Mysteries' and 'Secrets,' all the things that made church interesting when I was young, is definitely killing the Church.<br /><br />And stop the 'holy' dance recital. Get rid of new-school music and return to the roots that made the Catholic Church so sacredly powerful.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com