tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post2592812493651971519..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Is it Prayer? #1Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-70631078788128236702011-05-26T13:23:15.043+01:002011-05-26T13:23:15.043+01:00I love the sentiment of High Mass but I agree with...I love the sentiment of High Mass but I agree with Ma Tucker that Low Mass is like a balm for the senses.<br />Fr Ray: "Bad knees". I think gentle sarcasm is a greatly under estimated asset to parish priests, although you have just made me splutter my Earl Grey yet again!Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592406521067190359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32764456289626937782011-05-25T18:40:24.552+01:002011-05-25T18:40:24.552+01:00I will take 1,000 Low Masses at 5:30 a.m. over the...I will take 1,000 Low Masses at 5:30 a.m. over the awful Spanish/English/pop music Easter Vigil Mass I suffered through this year.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-77413204115694503832011-05-25T17:55:29.391+01:002011-05-25T17:55:29.391+01:00James,
You may be right. In most Brighton parishes...James,<br />You may be right. In most Brighton parishes the Parish Priest sang HM at Christmas and Easter, then seemed to spend most of Sunday morning taking Holy Communion to the sick.<br />Why? Maybe bad knees?Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17267360957465781722011-05-25T17:28:12.777+01:002011-05-25T17:28:12.777+01:00Why would parish priests not say the High Mass or ...Why would parish priests not say the High Mass or Missa Cantata, Father? It would seem logical that they say the main mass and the curates assist them as deacon/ sub-deacon & say the low masses?James Blythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732641198270017897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-31437933555466570372011-05-25T12:02:43.078+01:002011-05-25T12:02:43.078+01:00What do the ancient Churches have that the ecclesi...What do the ancient Churches have that the ecclesial communities do not?<br /><br />Answer: Communion with the Soul of Christ. <br /><br />It is ontologically the substantial form of His glorified Body, the principle which determines it as countably one. It is also, physiologically, the driver of His Body's vital processes through the brain stem, the organ which integrates and co-ordinates the sub-systems of the living organism.<br /><br />But the Soul of Christ, having finite essence and limited existence, is not present beyond the limits of the Body, whether externally extended as It is in heaven, or in the Blessed Sacrament.Michael Petekhttp://www.crownofdavid.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-3858637584996496912011-05-24T15:54:58.277+01:002011-05-24T15:54:58.277+01:00Speaking personally, I would have low Mass every t...Speaking personally, I would have low Mass every time. It is like resting by the quiet stream of living water. Pure balm. I would not be too keen to overestimate the importance of "active" participation. The centre is Christ and His sacrifice for us. The Mass is still of infinite value in and of itself whether we are even present or not. We come as beggars deserving death to our good God of infinite mercy Who seeks any pretext upon which to lavish life upon us if we but turn to Him. Let's not pretend our sheepy bleeting is terribly important! <br /><br />On the other hand there is a very goodfarmer who looks after sheep near to me. When the sheep see him at the gate they all come running down the hill to him bleeting. It has often struck me how delightful that must be for the farmer and how our Lord the good shepherd might feel the same.Ma Tuckernoreply@blogger.com