--- Albert Desouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I cannot > understand why lay people are > kept out of it. They can preach the word of God > better than the priest. > Albert > ------------------------------ Dear Albert, Would you like a lay person without a medical degree to operate on you? Then why pray tell are you confident that lay people can preach the word of God better than priests. I've been to Pota, Kerala, where lay people preach. Their interpretations of the word of God are arbitrary, hollow, without substantive reading or understanding of the matter. They lead gullible people astray, they corrupt all that is good about religion and serve it on a platter of untruths.
The Archbishop is absolutely right in not allowing lay people to preach or participate in the mass, other than in a peripheral manner. When a priest preaches, he has had years of theological grounding and he preaches within the parameters set out by the Vatican. Selma __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
