tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post891649854596963526..comments2023-04-06T10:55:08.229-04:00Comments on Young Fogeys: Where were you people 30 years ago?Father Jay Toborowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10959196612796771847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-75985629268306008802008-06-20T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-20T10:16:00.000-04:00Last year, I participated in a diocesan event in w...Last year, I participated in a diocesan event in which a highly regarded priest quite arrogantly told us that we needed to "resist" the new translation of the Mass, because he was certain that none of us could properly respond to "Dominus vobiscum."<BR/><BR/>But who bears the greater responsibility? Those who do not know know "et cum spiritu tuo," or those who failed to teach it?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150289914218582469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-18533254014671794802008-06-18T10:13:00.000-04:002008-06-18T10:13:00.000-04:00Jay,Good article.I can't believe how stupid the bi...Jay,<BR/>Good article.<BR/>I can't believe how stupid the bishop's think the laity are. One minute they tell us how educated and sophisticated the laity are and the next they tell us that they have the vocabulary of a 3rd grader.<BR/>Fr. Jim WeldonFr. James Weldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01988914212696765790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-42170706892965899962008-06-16T17:48:00.000-04:002008-06-16T17:48:00.000-04:00Looks to me like another case of No Parishioner Le...Looks to me like another case of No Parishioner Left Behind. Some of these bishops, just...wow. I didn't even know it was possible to be <I>that</I> patronizing.Jaynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666841394913010587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-88751867050815938962008-06-16T14:21:00.000-04:002008-06-16T14:21:00.000-04:00I will pray for each and every one of the wayward ...I will pray for each and every one of the wayward bishops. <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking Ps. 108:8.<BR/><BR/>AMDG,<BR/><BR/>-J.testsjmghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809499971767143167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-30703257713381193102008-06-15T23:19:00.000-04:002008-06-15T23:19:00.000-04:00The Church has the responsibility to be an educato...The Church has the responsibility to be an educator to its people. If we do not teach our youth the meaning of these words, and simply continue to dumb down the liturgy to reflect the break down of our language, then we are doing our youth a great disservice.<BR/><BR/>Having just finished my student teaching, working in two public high schools, I saw first hand the need for students to be exposed to proper English and new vocabulary. I'm frightened that our language.. and perhaps even our liturgical translations... will start to be reduced to "LOL, TTYL, BFF, and OMG". <BR/><BR/>To say people can not understand "big words" is to say that we give in to ignorance.Mike Laveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144078205584717130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-18760332697885415592008-06-15T20:46:00.000-04:002008-06-15T20:46:00.000-04:00Mary Catholic here and I find it incredibly patron...Mary Catholic here and I find it incredibly patronising that some bishops presume that I am too dumb to use a dictionary when I come across a word I dont' understand. <BR/><BR/>None of us were born with the vocabulary which we would need for all of our lives; we had to learn new words as our situation demanded. Have these bishops forgotten this?<BR/><BR/> God forbid that a priest should explain the meaning of some new words from the pulpit.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047406888409874960noreply@blogger.com