Thank you, Jim, for your very fair and reasoned response to me. I really appreciate your honesty and willingness to take the time to answer everything I said. I feel I understand your position better
Jo: “the human race is in a constant state of development…. it is a basic human drive to constantly learn and discover new things and, by doing so, understand ourselves better…. Behaviours and b
I was Brendan Hoban’s “immediate” in Maynooth and have read many books and articles written by him. I have never noticed him “having a go” at “traditional Catholicism” but rather I see h
Hi Jo
You make three main points, I think, which I will summarise and then address individually.
1. Liberals also can feel ignored and rejected within the Church;
2. Human thinking and knowledge are
Replying to Jo O'Sullivan @ 2.
I appreciate your thoughtful and thought-provoking response to my comment. I will do my best to reply with equal courtesy and fairness, in due course. I need a bit of ti
Brendan, another wonderful piece. I have taken the liberty of sharing it with the Scottish Laity Network, all of whom, I am sure, will greatly appreciate and concur with your sentiments.
And, equal
I found myself smiling wryly at Jim’s response to Brendan’s article. I had to smile, because I had reacted to Brendan’s article with quite a similar reaction, but from the opposite side complete
The changes in the Japanese liturgy, which nobody likes, have the same feel as those in the English translation — just cringeworthy ugliness, totally unidiomatic. In the Agnus Dei, the word “nobis
Fr Hoban has been writing along these lines for many years now, and it always makes me uneasy, although he writes well and is obviously sincere.
When he speaks out for more involvement by the laity,
All they needed to do following the Council was to keep all rubrics (ad orientem, use of railing etc...) but simply use the vernacular as was written in the missal. Then the liturgy would appear refor
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Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024Thank you, Jim, for your very fair and reasoned response to me. I really appreciate your honesty and willingness to take the time to answer everything I said. I feel I understand your position better
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024Jo: “the human race is in a constant state of development…. it is a basic human drive to constantly learn and discover new things and, by doing so, understand ourselves better…. Behaviours and b
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024I was Brendan Hoban’s “immediate” in Maynooth and have read many books and articles written by him. I have never noticed him “having a go” at “traditional Catholicism” but rather I see h
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024Hi Jo You make three main points, I think, which I will summarise and then address individually. 1. Liberals also can feel ignored and rejected within the Church; 2. Human thinking and knowledge are
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024Replying to Jo O'Sullivan @ 2. I appreciate your thoughtful and thought-provoking response to my comment. I will do my best to reply with equal courtesy and fairness, in due course. I need a bit of ti
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024Brendan, another wonderful piece. I have taken the liberty of sharing it with the Scottish Laity Network, all of whom, I am sure, will greatly appreciate and concur with your sentiments. And, equal
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024I found myself smiling wryly at Jim’s response to Brendan’s article. I had to smile, because I had reacted to Brendan’s article with quite a similar reaction, but from the opposite side complete
America Magazine: The Synod on Synodality called for better liturgy. Will anyone listen?
February 8 2024The changes in the Japanese liturgy, which nobody likes, have the same feel as those in the English translation — just cringeworthy ugliness, totally unidiomatic. In the Agnus Dei, the word “nobis
Brendan Hoban: Church should not fear its sleeping giant
February 9 2024Fr Hoban has been writing along these lines for many years now, and it always makes me uneasy, although he writes well and is obviously sincere. When he speaks out for more involvement by the laity,
America Magazine: The Synod on Synodality called for better liturgy. Will anyone listen?
February 8 2024All they needed to do following the Council was to keep all rubrics (ad orientem, use of railing etc...) but simply use the vernacular as was written in the missal. Then the liturgy would appear refor
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