Catholic school changing tradition: "In the name of the Creator, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit"

[PetraG]

Have you not read what I posted?

Our Apostles and Nicene creeds that we say every week at Mass both do EXACTLY that - they both call the Father Creator.but not the Son!

Talk about pot calling the kettle black!

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ…
through him all things were made…
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life…

Anyway–the Sign of the Cross is not subject to revision. Period.

 

[LilyM]

Sometimes it is possible to say something that is true but nonetheless wrong.

If I call God “the Great Architect of the Universe” or “the Higher Power” I am not saying something untrue but if I always call him that I give a false impression about Him.

This is the problem with politically correct formulae of the kind mentioned by the OP. Even if not strictly incorrect, they are definitely misleading.

Who said anything about ALWAYS calling Him one thing or another? I hardly think the Sign of the Cross would be the only - or even the most memorably-worded - prayer being prayed?

Muslims pray using m 99 different names and titles and attributes they have for God. We have as many if not more. I am suprised that this one scenario in particular causes such discombobulation.

 

[Maximian]

The sign of the cross is the context in which laymen most usually invoke the Trinity. .

What names Moslems give to their god is irrelevant.