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Lee1
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The nearest I have heard to a criticism was when a visiting priest told us during homily that the Sadducees were so called because they didn’t believe in the resurrection of the dead…that’s why they were sadd u cee.
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HorstVeckner
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Sometimes it’s appropriate, without direct name-dropping. The congregation deserves to know why Catholicism is the ultimate truth in Christianity. The Church is under constant attack in American society today. The media loves tearing it to shreds, and much of our Christian youth are taught that Catholics aren’t Christians, especially in the Bible Belt. As long as they’re not vicious, I have no problems with “corrective, denominational” homilies.
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Diaconia
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Last month I myself gave a sermon to address the present scandal of abuse by clergy of young people.
I am sure it was not disparaging, but it would qualify as critical (in the apologetic / technical sense of the word).
I mentioned two large mega-church Protestant congregations in town. It was something on the order of, "you can certainly find a church that has better pagentry, and more impressive music at X. And you can certainly find better preaching at Y, waaaaaay better than this present homily!
But you can’t find the Eucharist there. You can’t receive the Body and the Blood of the Lord there. You can’t be in communion of belief with over 1 billion people there.
Because without the Eucharist, it’s not Catholic. And if it’s not Catholic, it’s not the Church that Jesus started. Soooooooo, that’s why I’m Catholic, and that’s why I am here, with all of you, in this parish . . . "
Many people after Mass did comment on how lovely it was to hear that all things aren’t the same - the sacraments distinguish our Church, and we ought to be both proud and evangelical in sharing that fact.
Deacon Christopher
I am sure it was not disparaging, but it would qualify as critical (in the apologetic / technical sense of the word).
I mentioned two large mega-church Protestant congregations in town. It was something on the order of, "you can certainly find a church that has better pagentry, and more impressive music at X. And you can certainly find better preaching at Y, waaaaaay better than this present homily!
But you can’t find the Eucharist there. You can’t receive the Body and the Blood of the Lord there. You can’t be in communion of belief with over 1 billion people there.
Because without the Eucharist, it’s not Catholic. And if it’s not Catholic, it’s not the Church that Jesus started. Soooooooo, that’s why I’m Catholic, and that’s why I am here, with all of you, in this parish . . . "
Many people after Mass did comment on how lovely it was to hear that all things aren’t the same - the sacraments distinguish our Church, and we ought to be both proud and evangelical in sharing that fact.
Deacon Christopher
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Mtatum1958
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I sure don’t see that as a criticism. It is acknowledging what other churches have and what the Catholic Church has that sets it as the one and true church of Jesus Christ.
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