Another FANTASTIC piece! The Church itself already seemed to be in a revival, but for Christianity as a whole— all I can say is, I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this in MY lifetime.
Now more than ever it is important that we instill and uphold the traditions that the Church teaches and guides us with. Even more than that— as a Dad of two young ones— it is time that Dads act like honorable, noble, God fearing Men. We must not get complicit in the repentance for our sins, and we should be showing our kids that. They should be sitting outside the confessionals where we should be before mass.
Absolutely love your commentary on this. As a millennial, I was pretty disappointed that my generation wasn’t the one burning with that fire, but man am I ready to help Gen Z— and whatever our kids are— on this journey.
Very proud of having a young parish, but we need more vocations, so even if that is what comes out of this revival, it is massive. In the end, we win brother.
Good article. And I agree. Since I've been back in the church I've on a mission of learning all I can. When I read some articles (plus some articles are all complains with nothing positive) I check out comments for tid bits of info but most of the time I find a lot of complaints and it drives me nuts. Yes, the more one learns the more one sees and it's frustrating but I've learned to ignore most of the noise. I want knowledge not complaints 😌 and I trust in God's providence
Great comment! To add to that; It can be true that the more you learn the more you see. Very well put, and very true. But people can also learn the wrong things, or learn right things wrongly. Example: "Reverence, reverence, reverence..." You'll see and hear it everywhere. But it's always a subjective measurement, yet they use it as an objective rule. "Guitar music in the mass is irreverent!" Really? Tell it to King David who used stringed instruments to praise God all the time. I don't prefer guitar music, I'm more of a pipe organ kind of guy, but I don't call guitar music irreverent. Plus I've heard plenty of shoddy pipe organ music.
My point is Be careful what you learn from others—especially in comments—because most of them haven't learned much, yet they magnify what little information they've acquired and try to pass themselves off as liturgists and theologians. Information is not knowledge, and knowledge isn't always wisdom, but they never got the memo.
It's good that you're soaking up what you can, just be careful about what you encounter, and remember that not all that glitters is gold. Thanks a lot for dropping a comment. And thanks for being a familiar "face" in my live sessions :-). God be with you my friend .
Another FANTASTIC piece! The Church itself already seemed to be in a revival, but for Christianity as a whole— all I can say is, I don’t think I have ever seen anything like this in MY lifetime.
Now more than ever it is important that we instill and uphold the traditions that the Church teaches and guides us with. Even more than that— as a Dad of two young ones— it is time that Dads act like honorable, noble, God fearing Men. We must not get complicit in the repentance for our sins, and we should be showing our kids that. They should be sitting outside the confessionals where we should be before mass.
Absolutely love your commentary on this. As a millennial, I was pretty disappointed that my generation wasn’t the one burning with that fire, but man am I ready to help Gen Z— and whatever our kids are— on this journey.
Very proud of having a young parish, but we need more vocations, so even if that is what comes out of this revival, it is massive. In the end, we win brother.
Good article. And I agree. Since I've been back in the church I've on a mission of learning all I can. When I read some articles (plus some articles are all complains with nothing positive) I check out comments for tid bits of info but most of the time I find a lot of complaints and it drives me nuts. Yes, the more one learns the more one sees and it's frustrating but I've learned to ignore most of the noise. I want knowledge not complaints 😌 and I trust in God's providence
Great comment! To add to that; It can be true that the more you learn the more you see. Very well put, and very true. But people can also learn the wrong things, or learn right things wrongly. Example: "Reverence, reverence, reverence..." You'll see and hear it everywhere. But it's always a subjective measurement, yet they use it as an objective rule. "Guitar music in the mass is irreverent!" Really? Tell it to King David who used stringed instruments to praise God all the time. I don't prefer guitar music, I'm more of a pipe organ kind of guy, but I don't call guitar music irreverent. Plus I've heard plenty of shoddy pipe organ music.
My point is Be careful what you learn from others—especially in comments—because most of them haven't learned much, yet they magnify what little information they've acquired and try to pass themselves off as liturgists and theologians. Information is not knowledge, and knowledge isn't always wisdom, but they never got the memo.
It's good that you're soaking up what you can, just be careful about what you encounter, and remember that not all that glitters is gold. Thanks a lot for dropping a comment. And thanks for being a familiar "face" in my live sessions :-). God be with you my friend .