-----Original Message----- From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Albert Desouza Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:09 PM To: Major domo goanet Subject: [Goanet] God and You Hello Albert,
The said statement is quite true for those who do not understand the liturgy of the Church. Procedurally Catholics cannot have so many 'Mother Mary's'. But then one has to bring this to the notice of the dioceses and work from there to change the system. For e.g. in my church in Thane City some well wisher happily brought a Velankani wooden Statute nicely painted encased in a beautiful three sided glass pedestal unit whose height touched 5'.6" x 20" x 20" . This well-wisher wanted it to be placed at the rear of the church where he placed it. Now in addition to this we have a huge crucifix plus our lady of Fatima from Spain plus the famous " Russian Mother Mary Icon" of approximately 30"x 30". As the coordinator of the Parish liturgical team I informed the Concerned people to remove this new addition, which was done and it was relegated to the store room. So you see if this also was added there would have been more confusion. I have noticed people mechanically kiss the statues - maybe out of piety or may be for some other reasons and proceed as if on a escalator. So it is important to create understanding of the liturgy of the Church gradually otherwise there will be a reaction - basically this happens with the elderly people who have been brought up in a particular fashion. It will take time - but it also depends very much on the Bishops and his colleagues in Christ. If they want to perpetuate it you are against a wall. If they are amiable to change then it would do away with what you have just penned below. So take heart in these matters as they cannot be stopped overnight. Another stupid thing that most churches permit is the use of plastic flowers in churches/ blessed sacraments. When I did my 1 year Liturgical training Diploma Course at Goregaon Seminary were asked how would we feel if somebody gave us bouquet of plastic flowers on an occasion?. Many replied negatively. Similarly we affront God in this manner when we place plastic flowers/ garlands before God. Many churches in Mumbai/ Thane r more or less are breaking this practice. It takes time as we were the first batch in the Archdiocese ( 2002) to have completed this training with a an exam and the results are showing now - 2009. So take heart & God Bless "Feast of this Mary and feast of that Mary. It is very easy. Nine novenas of Mary no one. We start with Rosary, mass and go home and sin. Tenth day is the feast of Mary no one. Then comes Mary no two and Mary no three. For me there is only one Mary, the mother of Jesus who said Yes to God and showed concern towards her fellow people" Ashley Albert writes:- My dear brothers and sisters. God has not signed a sale deed with us when He promised the property of Heaven. No Roman Catholic has any right to say " Heaven is ours and that we will achieve happiness in Heaven " if we do not know to live on earth peacefully. Every living soul is born from God and is nourished by God.His title his name has come from certain earthly belief for which he or she is not to be held responsible. Jesus came among the Jews and he had to be crucified on the Cross because his own people did not accept him as come from God. What are we doing today? We have received baptism from water when we were born but have we received the baptism of the Spirit ? We never give importance to the Word of God at all so whose property are we fighting for, God"s or the devil ? I hear people talking about faith. Can these same very people teach me what faith is ? My faith has taught me this and is enough. My faith has taught me that and is enough but what exactly this faith we are talking about no one knows. We criticise the believers and say that they do not believe in Mary. Can anyone tell me what is that we have to believe of Mary ? Today the Catholic church has made Mary as a doll with many names.. PLease hunt for that Mary and each one of you who flock to the church be another Mary. My hats off to those people. Will we find such Mary in today's world ? If you are such a fan of Mary, you will definetly try to become another Mary in this life. If that was so our world would have been a better place to live. _________________________________________________________________ Stay updated! Add Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace & Hi5 friends to your Windows Live network instantly. Add Now! http://profile.live.com/webactivities/?mkt=en-in=