tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3414234890531001005..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: On Pastoral LettersFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76208198632706914452007-02-10T17:04:00.000+00:002007-02-10T17:04:00.000+00:00Of course, it helps if the bishops are able to wri...Of course, it helps if the bishops are able to write good, readable English. <BR/><BR/>Alas, I know of one who can't...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-28613991146652407302007-02-10T16:24:00.000+00:002007-02-10T16:24:00.000+00:00I think there's a qualitative difference between a...I think there's a qualitative difference between a video message from the Pope to a special event, and a pastoral letter. In the latter the Head of the local Church wants all of his faithful to hear the same message at the same time. Of course it should be the priest who reads it: if he's allowed to read God's words in the Gospel, he can be entrusted with the Bishop's. (Though the Bishop of Clifton made a poscast of his last one!)Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32701226092820321202007-02-10T00:56:00.000+00:002007-02-10T00:56:00.000+00:00Father, I agree, our Bishop's letters sound like o...Father, I agree, our Bishop's letters sound like old fashioned notices, Live Simply, get involved in this or that Lenten Group. <BR/>You can see the pp is embarassed and would much prefer that he had bothered to write something with guts that addressed issues, like the sacraments, family life, Iraq war, gay adoption etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50051208001772820782007-02-09T19:16:00.000+00:002007-02-09T19:16:00.000+00:00Better idea... Bishop's Pastoral letter, photocopi...Better idea... Bishop's Pastoral letter, photocopied, put out at back of church. Give it a one-line plug during a (doubtless) far more interesting sermon from the Parish Priest!!Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-1542061163142240372007-02-09T18:23:00.000+00:002007-02-09T18:23:00.000+00:00Please dont get the tape machine mended, Father. ...Please dont get the tape machine mended, Father. We very much like the way you bring us the Bishop's letters and, although it has nothing to do with the subject under discussion, it might be useful to point out that mending the machine might increase the danger of a visiting priest making us listen to Charlotte Church again. Keep the wind up gramophone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63520841819372894402007-02-09T17:41:00.000+00:002007-02-09T17:41:00.000+00:00I just wish our bishop bothered to read the Script...I just wish our bishop bothered to read the Scripture and liturgical texts for the day and actually had something to say, rather than riding his hobby horse through the liturgy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-47832862689530684322007-02-09T13:59:00.000+00:002007-02-09T13:59:00.000+00:00still LOL - Brompton Oratory - imagine the size of...still LOL - Brompton Oratory - imagine the size of the horn - <BR/>the rubrics: subdeacon winds instrument, deacon places needle on record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-45416741973451016132007-02-09T13:55:00.000+00:002007-02-09T13:55:00.000+00:00LOL - Wind-up gramophone, in the liturgy!LOL - Wind-up gramophone, in the liturgy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com