> Dean Scott: One of the great blessings we have in the dilemma you pose
is that we have 2000 years of Catholic tradition ot guide us.

                    The thing about the woman at the well that has always
impressed me was that she worked as best she could in
the light she had. But when she met the Light she saw
that there were things out of joint and she found the
way to correct them.

                    One of the things that has always been important to
many of us in the Anglo Catholic inyegrity is that we
not call attention to ourselves.

                    There used to be a priest in England known to me who
would always throw himself down on his kneeler after
one of his interminable sermons, put his hands over
his face and do God knows what. The attention of the
flock was not on the Altar but on him. I resolved to
do my praying around a homily 'in secret' and the same
idea is why we face the East and not the faithful when
we offer the Holy Sacrifice.

                    There is no more sublime office than that of the
priesthood for we have the awesome duty to do what
angels cannot do and that is to 'make God' (as Ionce
explained to a Methodist woman inquirer) when we
celebrate.

                     If we are not doing that then we are wasting our
time. It is as simple as that.

                      The problem in the world is sin.We do not always
know what it is but weknow what it does. The surest
weapon/remedy against sin arethe Sacraments of the
New Law and it is the priest that confects the 'ad
majorum dei gloria' and for the peopl'e good. That
is what we were called to do in ordination. May we
be faithful to our duty.

                      The best evangelisation in the world is to bring
someone to Mass. Blessings. MSGR+
> Hee, Hee.  (Big smile here) -- Fr. Wiebe, I doubt any
> of our septuagenarians and octogenarians are likely to
> wade in muddy waters or take up skiing.
>
> I think Hall exhibits exemplary clarity in the section
> cited.  From what I have observed, I think some of our
> churches are in danger of erring in the other
> direction.  If the Woman at the Well of Samaria were
> to appear in our midst I fear some of our folk would
> attempt to dissuade her from going about asking,
> "Could this be the Christ?"
>
> Charles
>
> --- GDV Wiebe <palatine1477@...> wrote:
>>
>>         Dean Scott: Thanks for this. Hall had a real
>> influence in his day and of course the old American
>> Church Union still offers his books. However, we
>> need to be very careful in the 21 c. that we do not
>> muddy the waters between laity and sacerdotality.
>> This is one of the things that led to the
>> abandonment of Apostolic Order by ECUSA (and others)
>> in the last years. We can also see this in the 79
>> BCP where many of the prayers that are properly
>> offered by the priest/ celebrant are now made
>> 'common'.  slippery slope indeed. Blessings. GDVW.
>>
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