One would like to report some good news from the point of view of catholic orthodoxy or perhaps even on something which is balanced but alas there is nothing. Rather, I am informed that if you present yourself for communion on the tongue at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Wollongong, be prepared for the priest to stop and snear at you - This happened twice last week to a young catholic. Astonishing that something which is permited in the new rite and is a matter of personal choice for the laity illicits such a response. Of course this type of rediculous and infantile behaviour from clergy merely confirms the young man in his resolve and practice.
I am somewhat bemused by the capacity which many liberal clergy who regard themselves as progressive and up to date have for burying their heads in the sand when they strike something that doesn't compute. The phenomenon of young catholics attracted to the great traditions of the Catholic Church in liturgy and pratice. "Computer says no!" as the dull secretary declares in Little Britain. But snearing can be so pastoral though, don't you think? A little snear here and a little snear there - lets the peope know whats right and wrong, without having to say anything, no?
Just another sign of the times?
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