tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post7149664045406430381..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: We English don’t go in for this sort of thingFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32815107898967105422007-08-18T00:28:00.000+01:002007-08-18T00:28:00.000+01:00Another thing. I too regret that I was deprived o...Another thing. I too regret that I was deprived of receiving the venerable Minor Orders. I do remember being told that acolytes could function as subdeacons and wear the tunicle at Solemn Mass. There are a few places where that is done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34544069855867086332007-08-18T00:25:00.000+01:002007-08-18T00:25:00.000+01:00It is also customary in southern Italy for the fai...It is also customary in southern Italy for the faithful to kiss the hands of the priest. It is an expression of pietas — reverent and dutiful affection — and I have no problem accepting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-16036174935005386932007-08-17T16:49:00.000+01:002007-08-17T16:49:00.000+01:00I am a regulas reader of the New Liturgical Moveme...I am a regulas reader of the New Liturgical Movement and about a month or so ago some one was describing precisely that stepping stone process of advancing to the priesthood. I have tried to find the reference but cannot. I know that I gave a comment, saing that I received Minor Orders all at one go, not in stages as they were suggesting (and as you have suggested). As things were then, one did two years Philosophy and then one year Theology and then one received Minor Orders.Sub-deacon came after four years and Deacon after five. It was of course, after six years that one was Ordained.<BR/>The matter of minor orders was that one received tonsure on one day and the minor orders on the next.<BR/>It goes without saying that we all wore cassocks all the time and only at holiday time did we wear "civies". I am talking about The English College, Lisbon which does not exist any more. In those days there were about 50 of us.<BR/><BR/>JARayJARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32828744231107694182007-08-17T16:08:00.000+01:002007-08-17T16:08:00.000+01:00Occasionally, when I greet one of our priests on t...Occasionally, when I greet one of our priests on the steps of the church, I will kiss his hands. I know I'm not the only one who does this - I see it all the time.<BR/>I think it is a beautiful gesture, and never have I perceived any discomfort on the part of the priests.<BR/>After an ordination, when we go to the altar rail to receive the priestly blessing, we kiss the new priest's hands, so why not any other time, as a greeting?<BR/>We are, after all, not kissing his hands so much as we are kissing the throne upon which Jesus sits during every Mass.<BR/>Just my two cents, and I would never do this to a priest I did not know personally, in case it would cause him to be uncomfortable.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840370708098022422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-677651994855461672007-08-17T13:50:00.000+01:002007-08-17T13:50:00.000+01:00I've put in my tuppence worth regarding seminaries...I've put in my tuppence worth regarding seminaries as well, and would appreciated some more cool headed responses/ contributions - I got a bit carried away and would hate any external to the church reader to think it was as bad as I portrayed it...<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespondents/holysmoke/august2007/abuse-of-faith.htmOn the side of the angelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558623489507006790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-16455779642491208492007-08-17T12:17:00.000+01:002007-08-17T12:17:00.000+01:00'sort of thing'I have correct it, thanks, its a to...'sort of thing'<BR/>I have correct it, thanks, its a touch of dislexia, "sought of thing indeed".Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-24678116585932874422007-08-17T10:29:00.000+01:002007-08-17T10:29:00.000+01:00Dear Father, 'sort of thing'! Methinks you are mig...Dear Father, 'sort of thing'! Methinks you are might be a little tired - maybe you need a day off from all your excellent blogging activities?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-43514039511735818032007-08-17T09:24:00.000+01:002007-08-17T09:24:00.000+01:00Interesting you mentioned re: still occasionally s...Interesting you mentioned re: still occasionally seeing the custom of hand kissing. My mother told me that in the 30s and 40s in the US (I'm not sure if also later) she (and certainly her parents) would kiss the priest's hand if he was encountered in the street. [And yes, the background was Ukrainian.) I expect this certainly reminds the priest "who he is."gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.com