Change it but don't tell me about it...

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Change it but don't tell me about it...

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An interesting post from PrayTell:
At our pre-Lent Priest’s Conference the hot topic was the implementation of the missal. I thought you might get a kick out of these words from our bishop: “Make the most of it. Study it. Practice it — I can’t stress that enough. Some of the phrases are, as many of you have pointed out, difficult to read on paper and even more difficult to proclaim out loud. And when you find something that’s just, well, miserable; something that just can’t be made sense of aloud, do what you’ve always done, what priests have always done from the beginning: Change it. Just, please, be judicious about that — and don’t tell me about it!”
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Nick Baty wrote:An interesting post from PrayTell:
At our pre-Lent Priest’s Conference the hot topic was the implementation of the missal. I thought you might get a kick out of these words from our bishop: “Make the most of it. Study it. Practice it — I can’t stress that enough. Some of the phrases are, as many of you have pointed out, difficult to read on paper and even more difficult to proclaim out loud. And when you find something that’s just, well, miserable; something that just can’t be made sense of aloud, do what you’ve always done, what priests have always done from the beginning: Change it. Just, please, be judicious about that — and don’t tell me about it!”


You obviously have a wise bishop Nick, and one who is clearly not chasing a red hat!! :D

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I should stress that this is not my bishop.
The post above is from PrayTell.
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Nick Baty wrote:I should stress that this is not my bishop.
The post above is from PrayTell.


The do tell, or might that compromise the scarlet? :D

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Mithras, I do not know which bishop this is.
I am quoting a post from PrayTell!
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. . But he began to curse and to swear saying: i know not this man of whom you speak.

(Old translation - no offence! :twisted:

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Except, I don't.
I was quoting from PrayTell.
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Nick Baty wrote:I was quoting from PrayTell.


For those still not convinced, read it on Pray Tell
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Thank you, DocMatt – would have been easier if I'd posted the link in the first place! :oops:
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