tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post5088913259958596463..comments2024-02-02T12:19:39.504-07:00Comments on V for Victory!: What Does It Mean?Anita Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-68769268356375377252020-03-27T08:36:46.306-06:002020-03-27T08:36:46.306-06:00If our Church is truly universal, and we believe t...If our Church is truly universal, and we believe that God did stop allowing people to make "good art/music" 1000 years ago, we need to be open to other musical styles and instruments for reverent and beautiful music. Chant is beautiful. So are some contemporary hymns of worship and praise.Mary P. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08204038438907964521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-63743008713695468342020-03-19T16:13:25.439-06:002020-03-19T16:13:25.439-06:00Thank you, I just emailed you. A computer guru is...Thank you, I just emailed you. A computer guru is necessary in these times! I am not one myself.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-54417949433110983212020-03-19T13:44:28.726-06:002020-03-19T13:44:28.726-06:00https://www.lewalt.com/
He doesn't teach anym...https://www.lewalt.com/<br /><br />He doesn't teach anymore as of last year and just does custom arrangements for peeps all over the world which keeps him very busy and out of my hair ;-) <br /><br />email me your mailing address and I'll pop some Cd's into the mail for you.<br /><br />adrienne@icehouse.net<br /><br />Which remind me - I have incredimail and they're gone as of tomorrow so I have to figure out how to get my emails delivered to my computer. I'm sure I can handle it. It falls into the "need to know category." I haven't had to know before they went defunct. Now I do. If I fail, my computer guru can fix me up post haste. Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-3906156747408281862020-03-19T13:00:14.651-06:002020-03-19T13:00:14.651-06:00Your hubby is a guitarist? Way cool!! I play gui...Your hubby is a guitarist? Way cool!! I play guitar, but I am still a rank beginner. I still struggle with the accuracy of my fret hand, and the Good Lord gave me tiny little digits. But the biggest factor is that I don’t practice enough. I have always been partial to classical guitar and my favorite guitar to play is the 1963 Tarrega FT-111 that was my mother’s very first guitar. I think some well-placed beautiful guitar music can be a good thing; but of course the real purpose of introducing the guitars into Mass was to introduce ugly secular crap into the liturgy. (If that wasn’t the purpose of the “reformers,” then I don’t know what they would have done differently if it were.)<br /><br />The new rector of St. John’s Cathedral, Fr. Mariusz, is a good man and God bless him for offering daily hours-long adoration in the cathedral as well as daily confession in two two-hour shifts (except Sundays). Since the cathedral is open, I will be able to privately do Stations of the Cross at the cathedral, which has beautiful stations.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-64347246415653274322020-03-19T10:21:44.446-06:002020-03-19T10:21:44.446-06:00I always arrive fairly early for Mass on Sunday to...I always arrive fairly early for Mass on Sunday to read and meditate. Last Sunday before and during Mass (low) I was struck by the complete silence and reverence of the people attending. It brought to mind the chaos at a regular NO Mass. Our former pastor and next door neighbor (RIP, Father Bill) hated the noise before Mass and instituted a 10 minute or so "time of silence" before Mass. It was the best he could do and I was grateful for him trying.<br /><br />I wonder how many of the CINO's will take this opportunity to just quit their Sunday obligation forever?<br /><br />Now - on the other hand, Father Bill always said that the world would not wake up until their was a huge crisis. Maybe this is it. He's not here anymore to have that discussion - more's the pity.<br /><br />Also, if you study the rise and fall of empires, even before Rome, they all follow the exact same path. By all indications we're getting close to the end. Of course, the teaching of this has been so skewed in the state-run schools that we have several generations who have no idea of the real history of empires.<br /><br />On the upside, St. Joan's will remain open and it seems perpetual adoration will continue. They also have raised enough money for the live-streaming equipment for Mass. <br /><br />So starting after Friday's last Mass I will buzz over to church every morning for my morning prayers and journal writing. If the weather is good, I can just walk over. And when Mass starts up again I can also go to the 6:30 am Mass.<br /><br />I will say one thing in defense of guitars. One Easter I was in charge of the music for the 10:30 that was done by my 6th - 12th grade RE students. Now this Mass usually had a "band" playing every horrible Haugen and Hass song ever written. During communion I badgered my hubby (a world class guitarist and teacher of guitar, banjo, and mandolin) into playing a solo piece (classical finger style.) The parish was stunned at the beauty after years of the horrible head banging music. I'm not advocating for that as a permanent fixture, but in this instance it was sublime. Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.com