tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post7094837399124330054..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: Six Geese A-LayingDaniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-68615816170199500852007-01-16T13:24:00.000-05:002007-01-16T13:24:00.000-05:00Your comments about the supposed uniformity of RC ...Your comments about the supposed uniformity of RC worship left me wondering what church you are talking about! <br /><br />T'aint so. <br /><br />I think the variation is more diocese by diocese rather than parish by parish, but there is an immense variation. I would say that churches where the priest seriously tampers with the words of the mass are rare (I hope I am right about this) but the general tenor and style of Catholic worship vary greatly from place to place. <br /><br />Just read some Catholic blogs! <br />Amy Welborn runs a "What did you see and hear" thread every so often, in which Catholics from all over the place (along with a few people of other denomoniations) describe the services they attended, usually for a major feast day. So one person will say that the vestments were blue (officially forbidden) for advent at her parish and another person will say, "Are you sure this was a Catholic church?" One place has Gregorian chant...and another...many many others, alas, sing "Eagles Wings" and "This little light of mine" <br /><br />We have a magisterium and it can be said what our official doctrine is. (pretty much so, anyway, long possible discussion here.) But that doctrine is not taught equally from diocese to diocese either. There are plenty of Catholics, and some of their pastors, whose actual beliefs are much like those of reassessor Anglicans. The only difference is that there is a standard by which we can say that what they believe is not Catholic doctrine. That is a good thing, a very good thing. But it sometimes is not too consoling to someone living smack in the middle of a diocese like<br />Los Angeles, or Rochester NY...<br /><br />The only reason to become a Catholic is because you have come to believe that it is The Church Christ founded, and has His protection and promise that it will survive through whatever difficulties the present day presents, whether it is seeming triumph of Arianism, priestly corruption in one age or another, or the influence of the current spirit of the age. <br />Susan Petersoneulogoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975120700184179765noreply@blogger.com