tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post115531958598868082..comments2024-03-07T16:15:27.204-05:00Comments on the glory of everything: A Catholigism: Ritual and JustifisanctificationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155694968046642552006-08-15T22:22:00.000-04:002006-08-15T22:22:00.000-04:00You're funny with that red flag crap. Just say wha...You're funny with that red flag crap. Just say what you say, my friend. Don't assume the perception and reaction until it occurs. And even then, just let it sail by. <BR/><BR/>I believe you can do and believe anything you want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155667259842525612006-08-15T14:40:00.000-04:002006-08-15T14:40:00.000-04:00Hey, Anna - I went this morning with the two marau...Hey, Anna - I went this morning with the two marauders. Fortunately we were the only ones in the "cry room."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155511142082785292006-08-13T19:19:00.000-04:002006-08-13T19:19:00.000-04:00This past calendar year (2005) was my first full y...This past calendar year (2005) was my first full year as a Catholic. It was also the first year in memory where the change of seasons did not bother me. No discouragement that it was winter, no mourning that summer was going, etc. For the first time I was content in the season. I have wondered how the church's liturgical calendar played into this. Did it change my focus from the weather (which we Canadians are known for bemoaning/discussing)? I wonder about that sometimes. With the liturgical calendar I was challenged to grow, to reflect, to go through time with focus. To think I get to do it all again year after year thrills me.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155425103679112552006-08-12T19:25:00.000-04:002006-08-12T19:25:00.000-04:00I love the comments here about people's love for t...I love the comments here about people's love for the liturgical cycle.<BR/><BR/>I worked as a music director for several years after my entrance into the Catholic Church, and I can tell you there is nothing like it for getting plunged into the spiritual realities of the life of Christ and His saints lived out in the cycle. <BR/><BR/>Liturgy is beautiful and mysterious and goes through incredible permutations throughout the year, so much more than just a celebration: the joy of Christmas, the agony of Holy Week, the gentleness of the Good Shepherd in the summer months.<BR/><BR/>The experience rapidly and deeply changed my conception of what is to be a follower of Christ and a Catholic - we don't just believe in Him, and give assent to the truths of the faith, we live them, deeply and fully in our own lives, and should strive to immerse ourselves in them more and more throughout the year.<BR/><BR/>One of my dreams is to someday see the foundation of a sacred music institute dedicated to training musicians in liturgy and sacred theology, so all our musicians will know how to plan liturgies that reflect all the nuances of the liturgical calendar, and help the congregation draw into them.<BR/><BR/>Nice to visit you here, Scott. Always enjoy your comments elsewhere!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155420460645428722006-08-12T18:07:00.000-04:002006-08-12T18:07:00.000-04:00I am amazed how many years I missed out on this as...I am amazed how many years I missed out on this as an evangelical minister. I am embarrassed to admit that I had not even heard of the Christian liturgical calendar until I had been in ministry for several years and ran into a priest at a local ministerial. Even then my heart began to open.owenswainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540186205959897960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155401570806616792006-08-12T12:52:00.000-04:002006-08-12T12:52:00.000-04:00True, I feel the same way. I want to become more c...True, I feel the same way. I want to become more conscious of it, that I might be more conscious of Christ.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12994638.post-1155395803952382392006-08-12T11:16:00.000-04:002006-08-12T11:16:00.000-04:00Perhaps it's my compulsion for order, but I've fal...Perhaps it's my compulsion for order, but I've fallen head over heels in love with the liturgical calendar. It keeps me centered.truevynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05998290681038658399noreply@blogger.com