Etiquette/Norms when greeting priests?

[JReducation]

If i’m not mistaken dear Brother, Aslan is the great Lion, the central character in the C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia symbolizing God.

Some day, I’m going to have to read that work. I’ve never read it and I feel dumber than a 5th grader.

Getting a doctorate taught me nothing practical, like who is Aslan.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF

 

[EvelynEVF]

Yes, you should definitely read the Chronicles of Narnia! The theology in them is fabulous, and I had that as an underpinning when I became Catholic, which made things much clearer.

OP, one of the very nice things about being in a Franciscan parish is that Franciscans tend to be fairly relaxed and flexible. I don’t mean that they would play around with the rubrics, but that ime it would be a rare Franciscan who would ever be anything less than sympathetic as you learn the ropes. They may titter if you do anything particularly “interesting,” but they will be laughing with you, and will probably tell you funny stories about their own liturgical bumbling to help you not be embarrassed.

 

[JReducation]

Yes, you should definitely read the Chronicles of Narnia! The theology in them is fabulous, and I had that as an underpinning when I became Catholic, which made things much clearer.

OP, one of the very nice things about being in a Franciscan parish is that Franciscans tend to be fairly relaxed and flexible. I don’t mean that they would play around with the rubrics, but that ime it would be a rare Franciscan who would ever be anything less than sympathetic as you learn the ropes. They may titter if you do anything particularly “interesting,” but they will be laughing with you, and will probably tell you funny stories about their own liturgical bumbling to help you not be embarrassed.

The first statute in the Franciscan rule says that the brothers must be fools for Christ. Foolishness and idiocy is part of our vocation. We are taught to laugh at ourselves and help others to laugh too.

If something is truly serious, we’re taught to remain very silent and quietly fix it, then move along with the rest of life.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF