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Hi guy’s,
This new word is kind of growing on me. It is substantially confusing, but flows better than, “have a, one in being with the Father, Christmas”. The changes in the literature are a little disruptive, aren’t they. My first reaction was, “REALLY?…….I MEAN…..REALLY!” I’ve also picked up others questioning it, too. It’s probably a pretty normal reaction. Think about how petty it seems. Is, “with your spirit” any more common or natural then “also with you” in our daily patterns of word use? What’s the difference in sins being forgiven or souls being healed? I would imagine every Priest in the Roman Catholic Church is getting his ear chewed off and is now trying to take the high road with his reply. I had relatives, in the ‘60’s who could not embrace Vatican II changes from Latin to English. This is not all that different.
I operate on the assumption that there are a lot of folks, In Rome, that are a lot smarter than I and felt the “word-smithing” is designed to be more inclusively diverse (Joe Sucheray would have hit the fog horn on that) and that there are probably translations to languages, foreign to us, that didn’t fit with the old wording as well as the new version. I mean, really, don’t we receive the same amount of grace from attending Mass with the new wording? Will anyone stop being Catholic because of the changes? Will anyone say, “now that these changes have been made, I can now become Catholic”? Who cares!
I want to caution every KC from getting too wrapped up in this and become too vocal in their protests. The Second Degree in our Order is UNITY. It applies to being united in whatever our Priests, our Church, our Arch Diocese needs us to be. Negativity is contagious and it erodes authority and credibility. The Catholics are getting hammered by the media, every chance that arises. As trivial as this all is, people think the Knight’s of Columbus are beacons for the church and I think it matters if we trash talk ecumenical attempts at improvement in the Mass, even if we don’t agree. Suck it up and embrace the change, one in being with the Churches teachings……oh, and Merry Christmas, consistently, substantially, piously and most consubstantially. |