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Sunday, 29 August 2004The word according to GerryPrayers of the Faithful
The priest and he alone decides if the prayers of the faithful are to be opened up to the congregation and he decides when the prayers are to be concluded. There is no right to publicly express your own private prayers at Mass. Whenever you are invited to pray it is not necessary to give explanation or introductions to your prayer. God knows what you are praying for. The prayer need to be brief and to the point. This is now the practise[sic] in this parish irrespective of what has happened in the past.
Posted by Church Mouse, 5:53 PM
Tuesday, 24 August 2004Good on you, Fr John CrothersJohn Crothers, parish priest of St Declan's, Peakhurst and Penshurst, in southwest Sydney has bravely spoken out against Pell's leadership style in a letter to Online Catholics last week. The letter from which the following paragraphs were taken may be read here.
The issue was also taken up by the Sydney Morning Herald with articles on Monday and Tuesday. Let us pray that more of the good men out there find the courage to make a stand with Fr John.
Posted by Church Mouse, 6:00 PM
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Edmund Burke A reminder from The Sydney Jewish Museum - thanks to Maire Irish
Posted by Church Mouse, 5:56 PM
Friday, 20 August 2004Mass at St Vincent'sThe scriptures suggest that a balanced relationship between faith and its expression in good works might not be such a bad thing.
The Church Mouse is not sure that Dennis (water is a symbol of death) Sudla agrees. No doubt guided by the same theology that inspired Gerry Prindiville on more than one occasion to say about the needy:
Sudla loudly proclaimed in his homily that faith without works is dead, but good works without faith - i.e. working for social justice and the poor - are doubly dead. Various members of the community walked out of the church in disgust, while others interjected, objecting to this blatant attack against Ted Kennedy's legacy and the community's values. On the other hand, the Neocats in the congregation were appalled at the intense display of antipathy towards THE PRIEST, to whom unconditional respect and obedience is due. << >> Later during the Mass, Sudla graciously allowed extra time when his attention was drawn to the fact that the faithful had a few more prayers than he was initially prepared to tolerate. << >> (PS: according to the hyperdictionary: Antipathy - [n] the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided; "cats were his greatest antipathy"
Posted by Church Mouse, 10:17 PM
Monday, 2 August 2004Food for thoughtYesterday's announcement that Sydney's second Catholic university - the University of Notre Dame - is to open at St Benedict's on Broadway was attended by the likes of George Card Pell, Brendan Nelson, Mon Brian Raynor and the Prime Minister John Howard. The Church Mouse's observers noted food tables at the reception laden with wine and snacks. There is apparently no shortage of money to feed the rich and powerful.
Posted by Church Mouse, 10:16 PM
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