tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post4024499526523238915..comments2024-02-02T19:30:12.868-06:00Comments on Fear Not Little Flock: ..."If you only knew how many things I want to say and don't"...--- 7 Quick Takespriest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd http://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-48850685151541672932013-05-20T17:34:37.561-05:002013-05-20T17:34:37.561-05:00Well, about the KLOVE situation - I would consider...Well, about the KLOVE situation - I would consider other factors besides whether their phone lines are staffed by Protestants. If you enjoy their music and have the funds to donate, then a donation would be an excellent time to say "I'm a Catholic and greatly enjoy your radio station, so much so that I am making this donation, however may I suggest representing other denominations? Keep up the good work!" Or something like that.<br /><br />And I love the idea of ministers wearing collars and vestments - my husband is a minister and I think he'd look quite dashing. :-)so many things to love...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05949913044826631403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-50855680408358846492013-05-09T17:49:52.610-05:002013-05-09T17:49:52.610-05:00very cute and GREAT priorities!very cute and GREAT priorities!priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-8224082419959817092013-05-09T14:36:15.443-05:002013-05-09T14:36:15.443-05:00I had the same issue this year.I had the same issue this year.Prof. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300702154669290410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-23063805276503256992013-05-09T14:34:48.302-05:002013-05-09T14:34:48.302-05:00I went to a Feast Day at the Byzantine Catholic Ch...I went to a Feast Day at the Byzantine Catholic Church in Cary, NC before prom once. It was a feast day and my date was serving at mass. I got dressed for prom in the church's basement. Love the Mass. Prof. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300702154669290410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-10644513995782023222013-05-06T17:36:19.067-05:002013-05-06T17:36:19.067-05:00That's great! It makes sense that the deacons-...That's great! It makes sense that the deacons-going-to-be-priests would start with black so they can continue to wear them as priestspriest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-21616587822308198292013-05-06T15:11:02.882-05:002013-05-06T15:11:02.882-05:00The permanent deacons in our diocese recently got ...The permanent deacons in our diocese recently got clerical garb (I think it was last year sometime). I love seeing them in their collars. There are a few differences (a gray shirt instead of black) but it's wonderful that they have that now. I think transitional deacons where all black.Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430536729673110616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-50274031880070525112013-05-06T10:33:47.705-05:002013-05-06T10:33:47.705-05:00about habits- I agree with you- certainly the sari...about habits- I agree with you- certainly the sari-like habit of Missionaries of Charity isn't a 'traditional' habit<br /><br />The sisters that sponsor my husband's hospital are Sisters of mercy- recently, we celebrated 100 years of the hospital and some lay women dressed up in the old habits- there was the original 'flying nun' kind from 100 years ago and then a simplified habit (pre-1960)- now, they don't wear anything (typical 'liberal' pant suit, florals, no visible cross) but one of the sisters was wearing an even further simplified habit (no veil- skirt below knee with matching suit-jacket, solid color and large cross pin- it was dignified and you could tell she is a sisterpriest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-80494684971449584002013-05-05T16:21:53.837-05:002013-05-05T16:21:53.837-05:00I'm always interested in hearing about the cre...I'm always interested in hearing about the creative way other people use up ingredients. Bring on the roast pepper recipes, I say.<br /><br /><br />About the habits, I've always been in favor of priests and religious wearing identifiable habits or clericals in public because it does provide such an awesome witness. Recently, though, I did hear for the first time something that made me reconsider my knee-jerk judgment about nuns who gave up the habit. The article made the point that when religious communities were asked to return to their founding documents and to recover their original calling by their founders, some of them were surprised to find that their original constitutions did not in fact call for them to wear a habit but instead to dress in the garb of widows, or poor lay women of the day. I'd never heard that before and if indeed that is what a community's founder originally prescribed for them then it would seem to be in line with their community's charism to not wear a habit. I think if a community did indeed discern that they could better serve their particular mission without a habit and that it is in keeping with their charism, then perhaps they are the best authority on that. It really took me by surprise to find that line of reasoning making sense to me since I always assumed that a habit is best. That said, it does seem like the orders that wear habits are attracting new vocations and those that don't aren't, though I'm not positive that numbers necessarily will support that perception. Still, I think in today's world many young Catholics considering the religious life want to be that radical witness. <br />Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-59298030612124079812013-05-05T12:25:26.238-05:002013-05-05T12:25:26.238-05:00about the confessional seal- about two weeks ago a...about the confessional seal- about two weeks ago a friend of a parishioner told our parishioner that she was thrown out of the confessional because she said 'Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. It has been over a year since my last confession." (Catholics must go to Confession once a year and for any 'grave matter'- possible mortal sins)...maybe the priest didn't say this, we will never know. Luckily, my husband was able to go and hear the woman's confession. I hope she feels better! and I am praying for that priest- if it is true, it is too bad that he forgets what the sacrament is for!priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-54367471340479795852013-05-05T06:14:27.082-05:002013-05-05T06:14:27.082-05:00What makes you think the world doesn't need yo...What makes you think the world doesn't need your creative food ideas? Maybe you come up with combinations people otherwise wouldn1t think of! <br /><br />It's also lovely when people report their parish priest for saying something they didn't actually say during confession, because it wasn't Carholic. Of course it wasn't, but it also wasn't said by the priest. <br /><br />I'd donate if I were you. Hevelhttp://kosherkola.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-68789972459951025512013-05-03T09:38:15.230-05:002013-05-03T09:38:15.230-05:00maybe we should just give a token amount...and if ...maybe we should just give a token amount...and if ever listener did that they would be fully fundedpriest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-67931349227383655572013-05-03T09:36:30.695-05:002013-05-03T09:36:30.695-05:00Rabbi Maya- both of these arguments hold true...MA...Rabbi Maya- both of these arguments hold true...MANY times my husband comes in a hospital room and people think they are dying right then because a priest is there!<br />But in any case, I think it is a good thing to be out in public as a believing sort of person...people would be surprised how many are 'out there'- this is one reason I hang a rosary in my car....it keeps me on my best behaviorpriest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-62351735701390506972013-05-03T09:33:48.906-05:002013-05-03T09:33:48.906-05:00about Air One- Thanks for the wisdom jen! about Air One- Thanks for the wisdom jen! priest's wife - S.T./ Anne Boyd https://www.blogger.com/profile/03792937108732259684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-61122042314159398682013-05-03T08:43:21.051-05:002013-05-03T08:43:21.051-05:00I'm pretty sympathetic to the call for more cl...I'm pretty sympathetic to the call for more clergy in clerical garb. It's both a detriment and a gift for me that, as a rabbi, we don't have anything that corresponds to it. Sometimes, being identifiable would be a big help. Other times, I "get in" as a chaplain with people who aren't religious more easily, because my clothes don't scream "clergy", and I can explain the other things that a chaplain does besides pray. But being identifiable, when you want to be, when you're working, can be a great thing- a great source of authority for folks who are new to the clergy, and a reminder of your visibility and influence for all of us. (Also, taking them off must be a great way of demonstrating when you're "off duty", if you're in a position where you get that privilege.) Maya Resnikoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251303621825787312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-64030110060203487892013-05-03T01:47:43.705-05:002013-05-03T01:47:43.705-05:00-I was going to say... Matt Maher is Catholic and ...-I was going to say... Matt Maher is Catholic and I think at least one other artist is. I didn't start giving to KLOVE until last year despite being a relatively long-time listener. My response (in your shoes) would be to give. You listen to their music and while their prayer line is staffed with Protestant pastors (maybe no priests have volunteered?), their prayer line also exists for people like me who aren't the kind of Protestants they are but have still called in needing to talk to someone. Heck, the prayer lines for both KLOVE and Air1 get atheists and agnostics calling in and asking for someone to listen.<br /><br />-People fabricate things and claim that priests (and pastors) have said it? I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you!!!! (It happened to Jon in his first parish.) Thankfully, the scandalous thing in his second parish was some troublemakers claiming that I had flashed some parishioners. (I was reaching up to grab some ginger ale in the grocery store and my shirt lifted exposing an incredibly scandalous INCH of my pregnancy belly.) It totally backfired on them because I'm slightly more prudish than most nuns in full habit. :) My boss fell out of her chair laughing when I told her and our bishop howled with laughter for 5 minutes, calling in her staff and having me repeat it to them (who also laughed uproariously).<br /><br />-I'm totally in favor of all clergy going out in habit. :)<br /><br />-That reminds me: I need to write the President a stern letter about his position on abortion. I *did* vote for him (*ducks the flying shoes*) but NOT for that reason and I felt conflicted about it. I was also not jubilant about him being re-elected but more just thankful that the election was OVER.jenhttp://grace-filled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902102460517670809.post-58274123450705563322013-05-03T01:34:10.589-05:002013-05-03T01:34:10.589-05:00I'm the same way about listening to KLOVE. I&#...I'm the same way about listening to KLOVE. I'm not in a financial situation where I have a lot of money to donate but sometimes I feel bad ignoring the pledge drive. They do play some of Matt Maher's songs who is Catholic. But yeah I get torn. There was an article on Revelife a few years ago about this but I can't remember what it said. <br /><br />Uh yeah I'm not sure what was up with all the pople blogging about babies in church. I wrote about people blogging about it in my qucktakes too.Beth Anne @ BethAnnesBesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695734273440689029noreply@blogger.com