SUNDAY EDITORIAL 30 YEARS AND STILL CHANGING

Thirty years ago, I asked a girlfriend a question that made her very angry. To this day I still don't know why she got so mad I did not understand something and asked her WHY. As I was on line today, I read something and again the same question came to mind.

If the catholic church is the first church and solidilty based on the true word of God then why change things? At the end of this month, the church is making numerous changes in the mass.
Thirty years ago, it was in foods that could and could not be eaten at certain times; nuns no longer had to dress in the long gowns with a habit; and head coverings did not have to be worn.

We come from the ole school of following the Bible and God is a God that does not change.

As I read through the article I read 'And also with you.' is being changed to 'And with your spirit.' That after 'years of revising', this is 'one of the biggest changes in catholic worship in generations'.
There is a new missal that calls funeral rites 'fraternal offices of burial.' I have two favorites the first being: instead of 'one in Being with the Father' is now 'consubstantial with the Father.' The meaning: the actual substantial presence and combination of the body and blood of Christ with the eucharistic bread and wine according to the teaching associated with Martin Luther. Mind you it says associated with Martin Luther not said by Martin Luther. That is a big difference. My second choice is 'the commission sought to use language that would be gender neutral.' One other comment caught my attention 'They say, I’ve got everything memorized.' Which I know the Bible says to not repeat memorized words. Hebrews 10:1 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

So today thirty years later we non-catholics ask the same question I asked all those years ago. If you believe you are the one and only true church founded by Paul, with all the information this religion has on hand for hundreds of years then why are you changing things yet again?

In addition, just for the record we do not believe Paul founded this or any other church.

We firmly believe that Jesus said 'on this rock I will build my church. Him being the rock, not Paul.

The article closed with the following; ‘I’m not going to stand apart from the church,’ Ryan said. Rev. Michael Ryan is the pastor of St. James Cathedral in Seattle that urged a limited one-year introduction of the new translation, after getting over 22,000 signatures from clergy on a on-line petition.

We say ‘We’re not going to stand apart from Jesus and His Word.’

God Bless
recj/LJG