tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post4401380358047162681..comments2023-04-04T11:00:28.668-05:00Comments on Gottesblog: This Is My BodyFr BFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-79360119561964840812009-02-25T10:31:00.000-06:002009-02-25T10:31:00.000-06:00In churches which think of the Sacrament as a mere...In churches which think of the Sacrament as a mere symbol of Christ's sacrifice, there is a problem with how they interpret "is," rather the same problem President Clinton had, interestingly.<BR/><BR/>In churches where they say they believe the "is," but behave in a juvenile fashion in close proximity to the Sacrament, their actions belie their words.Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-19511778798123462012009-02-24T19:51:00.000-06:002009-02-24T19:51:00.000-06:00All of this (this and the related posts) are very ...All of this (this and the related posts) are very interesting food for thought. <BR/><BR/>My suspicion is that treatment of (what they call) Communion in evangelical-type churches is far worse, though. There's...Well, sometimes respect seems to be lacking. Respect for what it is meant to be, and lack of respect for the simple humans who are supposed to be examining themselves and contemplating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-53172060395562052442009-01-18T22:17:00.000-06:002009-01-18T22:17:00.000-06:00Here's some advice for Ryan: Buy glass jiggers. Ma...Here's some advice for Ryan: Buy glass jiggers. Make it an anonymous donation. Present it to the altar guild as such. Who refuses a gift? Say, "Their feelings would be hurt if we didn't use these for a while." Then add that there's the bonus of the entire congregation making a better confession of the Lord's Supper by using glass as opposed to throw away plastic, and how you dream of doing away Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-10808179746467872552009-01-17T08:14:00.000-06:002009-01-17T08:14:00.000-06:00"plastic is right out" So is 5 - as is 2 excepting..."plastic is right out" <BR/><BR/>So is 5 - as is 2 excepting that you go right on to 3. <BR/><BR/>+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-23092142320571121722009-01-16T22:53:00.000-06:002009-01-16T22:53:00.000-06:00Well, not exactly. It'd probably be more like, "R...Well, not exactly. It'd probably be more like, "Right, then, <I>old chap!</I>"<BR/><BR/>Eric's no fool; he already seems to know what to do, and doesn't need me telling him. But I also know myself, and that I'd be really dying inside if it were <I>four years</I> of this for me. As for the glass jiggers, they are offensive too, and we must be working toward their removal, but <I>plastic</I> is Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-56175838847022766812009-01-16T16:27:00.000-06:002009-01-16T16:27:00.000-06:00Fritz and Ryan,Knowing you both personally, I thin...Fritz and Ryan,<BR/><BR/>Knowing you both personally, I think I have the gift of interpretation in this instance. Let me translate.<BR/><BR/>Ryan said, "Verily, I am cut to the heart. But where can I turn? In my weakness and my parish's I take some comfort in the grace of my Lord and beseech for the brethren's help - I'm working on it, but it's a hard slog I don't see an end to just yet." <BR/><Pr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-47503444191321514222009-01-16T10:07:00.000-06:002009-01-16T10:07:00.000-06:00It's sometimes hard to determine the tone of rheto...It's sometimes hard to determine the tone of rhetoric. There's no anger on my part, certainly. A bit of curiosity, though.<BR/><BR/>I just thought I perceived a disconnect between Ryan's first and second post, and apparently I was right.<BR/><BR/>Here are some points in particular that came to mind as I read Ryan's second post. My points are italicized and in brackets:<BR/><BR/>"I feel a Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-91668703190561819522009-01-15T22:32:00.000-06:002009-01-15T22:32:00.000-06:00Hmpf this is why I suppose I lurk more than post a...Hmpf this is why I suppose I lurk more than post anywhere. <BR/><BR/>Yes Fr. Eckardt I truly am the author of the poetry, I see no reason why you should doubt. You have met me a few times in person, and I hold you in good esteem. I hope the same in the end will be said of me! <BR/><BR/>It is confession as much as lament, confidence of the Lord's presence as much as prayer for a better Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-87500086710143469622009-01-15T20:38:00.000-06:002009-01-15T20:38:00.000-06:00I have to say that Ryan's confession, in both sens...I have to say that Ryan's confession, in both senses of his posts, seem to be quite genuine and faithful. And what is poetry but something to be interpreted? I know that I have interpreted poems (namely Herbert's) incorrectly until someone has shed some light for me.<BR/><BR/>Ulitmately, I think the nature of the opening post, and Ryan's responses, are reason enough to tone down the rhetoric of Bryce P Wandreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790969884859851988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-4456666436847076692009-01-15T20:12:00.000-06:002009-01-15T20:12:00.000-06:00Fr FehrmannBewilderment does not quite describe my...Fr Fehrmann<BR/><BR/>Bewilderment does not quite describe my confusion over your two posts, which almost seem to have come from two different sources.<BR/><BR/>In the second case you beg indulgence for someone such as yourself who is in a confessional quandry of sorts, but in the first case you indicate no evidence of this quandry, but instead seek to defend the practice to which you are Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-80980608545902353142009-01-15T14:08:00.000-06:002009-01-15T14:08:00.000-06:00Pr Fehrmann, Your explanation indicates your quand...Pr Fehrmann, <BR/><BR/>Your explanation indicates your quandry--between feeling guilt for doing what you know is not right, and yet not having the wherewithal to effect more quickly the changes you know that must be made. The first would be remedied easily if the second could be speedily accomplished. Yet there is a third element: the challenge of effectively being a "free agent" without outside Fr John W Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-66493137975646623542009-01-15T12:25:00.000-06:002009-01-15T12:25:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bryce P Wandreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790969884859851988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-4270187690160574002009-01-15T10:57:00.000-06:002009-01-15T10:57:00.000-06:00I am not a whoever! My name is Fr. Ryan J. Fehrma...I am not a whoever! My name is Fr. Ryan J. Fehrmann. I am called to Grace Lutheran in Paris Illinois. My poor poetry is mistaken among you fine gentleman. I am in agreement with what is written but I find it difficult to change current practice in my parish. My predecessor of 32 years made a change from Common to plastic as late as the 80s, and it stuck. My watch has been almost four years Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-90578514195183529082009-01-15T09:20:00.000-06:002009-01-15T09:20:00.000-06:00Whose poem is this? Whose ever, Ryan, you have pr...Whose poem is this? <BR/><BR/>Whose ever, Ryan, you have provided an unwitting verification of what I have written, particularly in these words: "Poor our confession."<BR/><BR/>Speak for yourself! Though, say, the offering of the poor, or the singing of the tone deaf is certainly an acceptable thing to Him, a poor <I>confession</I> is a different thing, and is altogether unacceptable.<BR/><BR/>Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-89964481729203654162009-01-15T09:17:00.000-06:002009-01-15T09:17:00.000-06:00I can't remember who made the illustration (maybe ...I can't remember who made the illustration (maybe Prof. Marquart), but our mothers are still our mothers even if they are dressed in rags - and we love them the same, to be sure. But, if we can dress our mothers in dignified and fine clothing, why would we opt to let them dress like a beggars?<BR/><BR/>Let's face it, in our society, we have no problem spending $2,000 for a TV, or $5,000 for a Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-22236593044875958502009-01-15T08:01:00.000-06:002009-01-15T08:01:00.000-06:00Are not attempts to turn the holy things and the v...Are not attempts to turn the holy things and the various parts of the liturgy into entertainment a greater undermining of the faith than any external public attacks? Thanks for the post.Timothy Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11869105787715732917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-79174614633674763542009-01-15T07:09:00.000-06:002009-01-15T07:09:00.000-06:00Now that, my dear Ryan, seems a lame excuse. First...Now that, my dear Ryan, seems a lame excuse. First, the question is not "If it was good enough for Jesus"--unless, of course, one is Jesus. Second, its not about imitation. Third, and most importantly, your case is made stronger if all one has is polycarbonate or wood. I dare say, however, that in one's finest dining one doesn't use plastic for the 2002 Napa Valley Merlot or the prime rib Fr John W Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283787316830250866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24933982.post-47061791474828800822009-01-15T00:54:00.000-06:002009-01-15T00:54:00.000-06:00Was it clay or wood or bronzeThe cup on which he l...Was it clay or wood or bronze<BR/><BR/>The cup on which he laid his hands?<BR/><BR/>Fleshy hands enclosed the cup so humble<BR/><BR/>his blood filled the vessel for our good<BR/><BR/>Soon to be poured again on earthy clay, first wood.<BR/><BR/>And so it is now this day<BR/><BR/>Is it bronze or gold, wood or clay, perhaps<BR/><BR/>even polycarbonate?<BR/><BR/>Poor our confession though may be<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com