tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post1351229045665121634..comments2024-03-27T11:26:55.051-04:00Comments on Vox Cantoris: Corpus Christi to return to Thursday?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post-39998212658774698352011-07-04T01:16:25.087-04:002011-07-04T01:16:25.087-04:00We are too busy? Hogwash! Where I come from (Easte...We are too busy? Hogwash! Where I come from (Eastern Europe) the holy days of obligations are observed and churches are full (e.g. be prepare to stand if you do not come extra early). And believe me people over there generally work harder and longer hours. So the hard truth is that most Catholics in Canada would not come because it would not be CONVENIENT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post-75824040765953978862011-07-03T20:48:20.806-04:002011-07-03T20:48:20.806-04:00I don't see any reason why there could not be ...I don't see any reason why there could not be an evening Mass during the week, along with some instruction as to what a Holy Day of Obligation is. Most people have no idea what that even means anymore.<br /><br />And one must also remember that the "pastoral reason" for the change is pretty much no longer valid given the great number of people who actually have to work on Sundays these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post-43901541148957887452011-07-03T07:16:35.362-04:002011-07-03T07:16:35.362-04:00Anonymous 10:03.
You make a good point and in fac...Anonymous 10:03.<br /><br />You make a good point and in fact, Pope Leo XXIII granted an "indult" to the Church in the United States to celebrate both Corpus Christi and Sacred Heart on the following Sundays as what were/are called "External Solemnities" for this very reason. America was, is of course, a hard secular state. Corpus Christi in Europe and Quebec was a holiday. In the rest of Canada the Mass was sometimes transferred to Sunday for what we would call today "pastoral reasons" even though the Indult did not apply here.<br /><br />I remember a few years ago as Schola Master for the FSSP. Father was going do the Corpus Christi Mass on Sunday. Somebody actually complained (NOT ME) and he looked it up and admitted that he was about to commit a "liturgical abuse." Well, I'm not sure I'd go that far...<br /><br />Our busy modern life is also the reason for the fewer Holy Days of Obligation and the transfer of Ascension and Epiphany. These two transfer are especially egregious as the days are on a liturgical clock, if you will, Corpus Christi not so much the same (though the day has a parallel to the Last Supper).<br /><br />So, how can all these are at least Ascension and Epiphany return to their dates and meeting your needs where you are?<br /><br />By every parish having an evening Mass on those days with full solemnity and adherence to the rubrics.<br /><br />Just like they do on Sunday.<br /><br />Right.<br /><br />:0)Vox Cantorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16987049370515084083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post-76870512046687758472011-07-02T22:03:35.656-04:002011-07-02T22:03:35.656-04:00Moving it to a weekday (which inevitably means a W...Moving it to a weekday (which inevitably means a WORK day) will guarantee that most of the lay faithful will never have an opportunity to observe the feast. Apart from the very small number of lay people who are single or retired, the rest of us are just too overwhelmed with work and family duties during the week to observe solemn feast days. It's the reality today.<br /><br />How many families are able to make it to weekday liturgical events? One? Two? None? Especially given the long distances we need to drive to attend a dignified Mass ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post-75922371470551724562011-07-02T11:38:25.368-04:002011-07-02T11:38:25.368-04:00Well I'm kind of mixed on this one: Theoretica...Well I'm kind of mixed on this one: Theoretically/theologically I say yes! Do it! Do not be cowardly to exert your power Vatican and clean up this mess!!!<br />However practically I think that this will make diddly squat of a difference. Most Catholics go infrequently or don't even go to Mass on Sundays anyways. So why should they, during the middle of the workweek go to Mass? And most of them don't even know what a day of obligation is in the Church calendar or have even read their catechism to that paragraph that states what the major holy days of obligation are. At least my mother knew and taught me the Canadian mandated (booo CCCB) holy days. <br /><br />And one more issue exists too: Will the bishops pass notice of this document once made along to their dioceses, to make the priests aware of offering an evening mass to fulfill the obligation? Will priests comply or disobey those orders once they get word of this?Young Canadian RC Malenoreply@blogger.com