a cruise ship or a battle ship?
5 Jul
Welcome home FFOS and St. Lambert Choir members who recently went on Alaskan cruise.
Summertime is cruise time indeed. And for those who experienced it, it is really an unforgettable good time with places, people, shopping, shows, games and food- a lot of it!
And talking about cruises, I remember this blog by Msgr. Charles Popey, pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian parish, Washington, DC. and this video from Ignitermedia.com :
Is the Church a Cruise Ship or a Battleship?
“…Many it would seem surely think of the Church more like a cruise ship. One that exists for my pleasure and entertainment…
…It is a true fact that our parishes ought to work very hard to make sure the faithful are effectively served and helped to find God. Good sermons, excellent and obedient liturgy to include good music, a beautiful Church and dedicated clergy and lay staff. God deserves the very best and so do his people. However it also follows that the world does not exist merely to please me. No parish we attend will ever be exactly the way we want it. No priest preaches perfectly every Sunday. The choir does not always sing my favorites.
Some people stay away from Church and call it boring or say they aren’t being fed. But in the end, it’s not about you! We go to Mass to worship God because God is worthy, because God deserves our praise and because he has commanded us to be there. God has something important to say to us whether we want to hear it or not. He directs us to eat his flesh and drink his blood whether we like it or not. We must eat or we will die. Holy Mass is about God and what he is saying and doing…”
Read the entire blog and some interesting comments.
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