Comments on: My Inconvenient Church http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:41:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Nina Moric http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-13374 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:53:31 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-13374 Hi there...I Googled for coming attractions, but found your page about My Inconvenient Church...and have to say thanks. nice read. Hi there…I Googled for coming attractions, but found your page about My Inconvenient Church…and have to say thanks. nice read.

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]]> by: anallubogieli http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-13035 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:20:32 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-13035 I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links: I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:

]]> by: Lauren http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-10431 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:36:10 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-10431 My husband has discovered the Byzantine Rite Church and seems set on bringing us all in through the Eastern door. This has been inexplicably difficult for me. I, who normally welcome all manner of lengthy, ornate liturgy, and I, who should be thrilled at his re-conversion to his faith and vocation, am beside myself. I really do not want to be Eastern because I worry (maybe overly so) that the cultural ties that bind are the same ones that block evangelization, and what of the missions? The Great Commission was not, "Go forth and buy doughnuts . . ." I realize this seems like a mean, selfish comment. Just pray for my family, please. I don't know what it is, I feel like I am losing my identity. What's worse is the expression of faith has nothing to do with it, but my experience in the Latin Rite Church has been wonderful (more than less) with deeply considerate pastors and excellent confessors. I have not been subjected to the MacMass approach and maybe if I had this would be less sad for me. But in parting from the West, I feel like I am losing a mother. My husband has discovered the Byzantine Rite Church and seems set on bringing us all in through the Eastern door. This has been inexplicably difficult for me. I, who normally welcome all manner of lengthy, ornate liturgy, and I, who should be thrilled at his re-conversion to his faith and vocation, am beside myself. I really do not want to be Eastern because I worry (maybe overly so) that the cultural ties that bind are the same ones that block evangelization, and what of the missions? The Great Commission was not, “Go forth and buy doughnuts . . .”

I realize this seems like a mean, selfish comment. Just pray for my family, please.

I don’t know what it is, I feel like I am losing my identity. What’s worse is the expression of faith has nothing to do with it, but my experience in the Latin Rite Church has been wonderful (more than less) with deeply considerate pastors and excellent confessors. I have not been subjected to the MacMass approach and maybe if I had this would be less sad for me. But in parting from the West, I feel like I am losing a mother.

]]> by: Peter http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-10121 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:48:34 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-10121 The Holy Spirit works in strange ways in our Byzantine Church. Karl and Carson are only two of the many converts to our Byzantine Faith. Thanks to the good works of Father Tomas Loya at Annunciation in Homer Glen, the Byzantine Churches are experiencing a rebirith. St Mary in Whiting, IN is a good example where their Cantors and Deacon come to help us relearn the depth of our beautifull Eastern Spirtuality. May God grant them many years. The Holy Spirit works in strange ways in our Byzantine Church. Karl and Carson are only two of the many converts to our Byzantine Faith. Thanks to the good works of Father Tomas Loya at Annunciation in Homer Glen, the Byzantine Churches are experiencing a rebirith. St Mary in Whiting, IN is a good example where their Cantors and Deacon come to help us relearn the depth of our beautifull Eastern Spirtuality. May God grant them many years.

]]> by: Liz http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-1222 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:27:06 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-1222 I converted as a teenager from Mormonism to RC. That has always been "home," until I returned to Alaska a year ago. The parishes up here have virtually nothing in common with the Catholic parishes in the Midwest, and we were very disappointed when we arrived and found that every parish we attended was worse than the last. But one parish had an advertisement on the front page for the Byzantine Catholic Outreach (Ruthenian) and it was even on the same parish's grounds, in their old church building. We attended, and never looked back. You do NOT need to do anything special. You are still Catholic. You are only changing rites (I just call it "just changing parishes") within the Catholic Church. The Latin Rite is the largest, but the Roman Catholic Church has over 20 rites. They are all in full Communion with Rome, and making a "formal" change is not really necessary. Hope this helps. Liz I converted as a teenager from Mormonism to RC. That has always been “home,” until I returned to Alaska a year ago. The parishes up here have virtually nothing in common with the Catholic parishes in the Midwest, and we were very disappointed when we arrived and found that every parish we attended was worse than the last. But one parish had an advertisement on the front page for the Byzantine Catholic Outreach (Ruthenian) and it was even on the same parish’s grounds, in their old church building. We attended, and never looked back.

You do NOT need to do anything special. You are still Catholic. You are only changing rites (I just call it “just changing parishes”) within the Catholic Church. The Latin Rite is the largest, but the Roman Catholic Church has over 20 rites. They are all in full Communion with Rome, and making a “formal” change is not really necessary.

Hope this helps.
Liz

]]> by: Joseph http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-1203 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:32:12 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-1203 I am the son of a BC mother and have been thinking about attending a nearby BC church. I am drawn to sung liturgy and remember the dueling voices of priest and cantor of my youth. Since Vatican II the mystery is gone from the RC church. I have turned traditional in the past few years. I love the old latin mass but I think the ingrained modernism of current RC priests will not let it take root if Pope Benedict XVI permits it. Can I become a BC church member without going through some type of Rite change because of my mother. I am the son of a BC mother and have been thinking about attending a nearby BC church. I am drawn to sung liturgy and remember the dueling voices of priest and cantor of my youth. Since Vatican II the mystery is gone from the RC church. I have turned traditional in the past few years. I love the old latin mass but I think the ingrained modernism of current RC priests will not let it take root if Pope Benedict XVI permits it. Can I become a BC church member without going through some type of Rite change because of my mother.

]]> by: Henry Karlson http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-348 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:09:16 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-348 With your interest with liturgy, you might like some of the theological dialogue a group of friends and I are having on our combined blog. Tommy (The Lesser Thomas) is trying to establish that Liturgy is what defines the distinction between Catholicism and other traditions and faith (of course, he also does not want this to be reductionist, nor does he neglect the liturgical aspects of other faiths, after I asked about them in the comments). http://houseoftheinklings.blogspot.com/ With your interest with liturgy, you might like some of the theological dialogue a group of friends and I are having on our combined blog. Tommy (The Lesser Thomas) is trying to establish that Liturgy is what defines the distinction between Catholicism and other traditions and faith (of course, he also does not want this to be reductionist, nor does he neglect the liturgical aspects of other faiths, after I asked about them in the comments).

http://houseoftheinklings.blogspot.com/

]]> by: Philip Sandstrom http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-310 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:23:49 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-310 I had a professor from Nijmegen who was a Byzantine deacon, named Cornelius Bauman. He one time in class defined liturgy as "a magnificent waste of time". I thought it was funny till he explained and I thought more about it -- duration is the one thing that we as humans can not repeat -- to spend it lavishly for the Holy Trinity is the highest gift we can share with the Lord -- and it provides a glimpse of what eternity (outside of time) is like and for. I had a professor from Nijmegen who was a Byzantine deacon, named Cornelius Bauman. He one time in class defined liturgy as “a magnificent waste of time”. I thought it was funny till he explained and I thought more about it — duration is the one thing that we as humans can not repeat — to spend it lavishly for the Holy Trinity is the highest gift we can share with the Lord — and it provides a glimpse of what eternity (outside of time) is like and for.

]]> by: ld http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-290 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:02:21 +0000 http://byzantineevangelization.com/2006-0808/my-inconvenient-church/#comment-290 This article is so inspiring! Thank you. ld This article is so inspiring!
Thank you.

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