That’s what I would say as a Protestant, but we’re rebels you know.
Still, I’ve seen plenty of Catholics contend on these forums that there is a duty to obey Church authority even when that authority is wrong or unreasonable (assuming, of course, that the priest is not insisting on something that is actually sinful).My thoughts exactly!
Oh hogwash! Don’t you think that each individual in the gathered assembly is hearing the Spirit work uniquely in their own lives? Is this too only a common experience? Come, now!
If this reasoning is to be believed, then the readers and priest ought not proclaim the Word by reading what is in the Lectionary, but from memory and interpretative paraphrase.When she starts telling us stories, even if they are stories that we have heard before, we don’t read along from a prepared text as she is telling them to us - rather, we look her in the eye and listen attentively with our ears.
The Church is our Mother, and the Mass is a visit with our Mother. We are not at school; we are not going to be taking a test on the material that we hear. This is about speaking to and listening to our Mother.
We should treat the Church in the same way that we treat our mother - speaking to her from the heart (even though the words themselves may be oft-repeated), and listening with our heart, in love for her, and for the One about whom she is speaking to us.
We would not read along in a book when speaking to our earthly mother, so why would we read along in a book when interacting with our spiritual Mother, the Church?
Priests can get all too easily carried away with pride and promoting their own opinions as they are just as human as anyone else. The fact that he is a priest does not entitle him to require something of you that he has no right to require. The laity have rights, too. Just because he’s “father” doesn’t mean that he gets to push his weight around however he likes.That’s what I would say as a Protestant, but we’re rebels you know.
Sacred Scripture is far more than a “book”……We would not read along in a book when speaking to our earthly mother, so why would we read along in a book when interacting with our spiritual Mother, the Church?
That word “community” sure seemed to be used a lot to gloss-over problems…
No I do not think you are as this is not really an area that “legitimate authory” can be expressed. Now if your pastor commands you to this, that may be a case but I highly doubt it.
Do you speak to everyone in such an insulting fashion, or was there something unusually offensive in what I posted? I apologize if that was the case. I do not understand.
Who says that one can not listen attentively while reading along?
Actually I disagree with you here. The Liturgy is the first and foremost form of Catechisis. We listen to the Word being proclaimed and then have a Homily on that Word, so it is about learning.
Kind of hard to do when it is the priest doing it.
Let’s look at what “chicago” was responding to, which you posted:
Maybe you can - with me, either I’m reading or I’m listening, but I don’t normally do both at the same time.
The Liturgy is first and foremost about worship.
He does have a Bishop, though, I presume … ?
Thank you! No disrespect or hostility is meant to you, personally, dulcissima. But the argument, itself, really is nonsensical. I’m not attacking you, but the arguement, then.
Does he have a bishop who will or can do anything about it, though?
That’s a ridiculous response.
Me too! When listening only, I’ll catch only about every third or fourth word, regardless of accent/reading style/sound system, etc.
) is a bunch of disconnected words. It’s a moot point for me, as we don’t have missalettes in the choir loft, so the only thing for me to do is to read the readings ahead of time from my missal at home (or after Mass, if I forget. 
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