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Show 214: The Time and Place where Mass is to be Celebrated · The Uncensored Catholic

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Speaker 1: A Hey, y'all, welcome this week's show. Well, I wasn't
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sure i'd be able to do a show today because
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I had dental surgery scheduled for today, but it got
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rescheduled for tomorrow, So y'all please say some prayers. I have,
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as I mentioned before, a very badly broken tooth that
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is getting recurrent infections and dental surgeon is going to
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have to remove it because it's not enough left of
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it to pull. So yeah, tomorrow it's not gonna be
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a fun day. But I'll be praying the Rosary the
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whole time in that dental chair, that's for sure, if
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I don't blackout. So let's go ahead and get into it.
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The We'll start as usual with a couple a few
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questions and answers, you know three four Questions and answers
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from the classic book Radio Replies, and the questioner asks
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the priests, actually he just posits her states it is
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more comfortable to think that those who persist in sin
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are not And the priest's answer and he means after death,
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this person would prefer not to think of soul suffering
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in hell, which I'm sure we would all prefer that
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were the case. But it's not. And the priest's answer
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it would be still more comforting to think that they
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did not persist in sin. However, comfort or discomfort has
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little to do with it. There are a thousand things
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we should like to be true, but that does not
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make them true. And the person says, this sin business
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worries me. Is it possible that mortal sin? No? Is
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it possible that mortal man can sin against Almighty God?
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I can see that he can sin against his fellow
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mortal men. And they answer, it is possible, precisely because
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we are mortal men and he is almighty God. What
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is sin? Sin is a crime, and crime is a
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breaking into the law. Now, God created us, and he
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certainly has the right to lay down his laws according
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to which we must conduct ourselves. If men will not
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obey these laws, they sin against God, just as those
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who refuse to obey the laws of the state are
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criminals in the eyes of the state law. As a
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matter of fact, it should be impossible to sin against
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one's fellow men, if one could not sin against God.
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Every sin supposes the violation of the rights of another.
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Rights and duties go together. If I have the duty
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is because another has a right. But whence come the
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rights of my fellow men? Why is their foundation? Since
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man did not make himself, he certainly did not make
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that which is less than himself, which are his rights.
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The very foundation of these rights is God, the creator,
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the author of all morality. And every sin against your
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fellow man is a sin against the author of the law,
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Almighty God. Without God, you have rights, with no assignable
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title and no real sanction. Now the person asks, was
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the sin of our first parents that of eating an
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apple or the committing of adultery? And they answer it
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was not the sin of adultery. Disorder in their passion
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was subsequent to their first sin. The higher faculties had
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perfect control over their lower faculties until they rebelled against God.
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Only after that did lower things than themselves, even their
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own passions, rebel against him. There is far less reason
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why lesser's things should obey man than for man to
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obey God. Nor were they expelled for eating an apple.
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Nowhere as an apple mentioned, they disobediently took part of
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the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The fruit
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of that tree could not communicate knowledge to them. But
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where before they had not known of evil and sin,
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They now had the sad knowledge of what it meant
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to be at variance with God. Their violation of God's
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prohibition was an implicit blasphemy and a denial in practice
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of God's right to dedicate their to dictate their conduct.
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And person asks how can blame God anyone for doing
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what he must do? And the priest answer, he cannot
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and does not. But for every free choice in the
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direction of evil man, every free choice in the direction
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of evil man will have to render account. Man is free,
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and no man must do moral evil. Person asks why
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did God not make their will's power strong enough to
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resist the temptation? And the answer he did, they need
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not have consented to it. God had to choose between
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giving man freedom of will or not. If man were
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not free, he would necessarily love and serve God. Man
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would have to love God. But God did not want
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a forced love from intelligent creatures. He wished to be
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freely chosen for his own sake, so he left man free.
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Yet if man is free, he is free not only
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to love God but also to reject God. But God
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thought so much of man's freely given love that he
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preferred to risk not being chosen. All right, now, let's
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get on too. We'll pick back up on the exhaustive
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explanation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church by a
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follow shvarakh. Go where we left off, I guess about
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a month ago now, because it was so long between
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times when I could do a podcast thanks to this tooth.
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All right, and our topic of today is the time
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when Mass is to be celebrated and where Mass should
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be celebrated. You may think this is kind of like
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common sense to a Catholic. We go to Mass on
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Sunday at a Catholic church. You know, we're the only
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we're the only ones that understand that. I mean, you
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have the majority. Now, I will say the majority of
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Protestants go to church on Sunday. Most of them don't
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really know why they go to church on Sunday. I
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mean they say the Bible owns the sole authority. The
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Bible does not spell out when one is to go
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to church. The Jews were commanded to go to the
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Jewish temple on the Jewish Sabbath. Christian teaching has been
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at least since the d dot K the writings of
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the Twelve the Twelve Apostles predated survival by a good
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three hundred years. That we go to church on Sunday
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because Sunday is the new Day of the New religion.
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It's the day Christ was resurrected, the New Man was
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born and born again through Christ. Our Christian Sabbath is Sunday.
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Of course, seven day Adventists and all that, and many
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others flatly reject that, tour observant and all that, But
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still the vast majority of Christians go to church on Sunday.
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Probably ninety five percent of Christians go to church on Sunday,
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if not more than that. And some Holy days of
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obligation perhaps I think, I mean the Anglicans, I think
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at least still observe Christmas as a day when they're
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supposed to go to church. But really, Catholics, we're pretty unique.
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We have Sundays and Holy days of obligation, Saints' Days,
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feast days, and we go to a Catholic church. And really,
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until very recently, Catholics were not allowed to go set
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foot into a Protestant church. That was a grave sin
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that has since been relaxed, you know, especially in America,
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so many Catholics have Protestant friends, family and relatives, and
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they want to go to their weddings, they want to
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go to their funerals. Until I guess it was Vatican Two,
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we really weren't allowed to do that because it would
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legitimize going to essentially at apostate heretical church. You know,
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we were free to invite the Protestant to come to
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the Catholic Church, but we were not allowed to go
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to the Protestant churches, you know, I think, and it's
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you know, it's a lot to do with the ecumenism
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and trying to heal the rifts between Christians. I get that.
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I still think it's best Atholics not go to Protestant churches,
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with the exceptions of weddings and funerals, maybe somebody's fiftieth
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wedding anniversary, you know, really special occasions. But you know, well,
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I can think of Mike Pitts, for instance, he started
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going to an Evangelical church with his wife, and I
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think has pretty much left the Catholic Church because the
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Evangelical church is more fun. You know, they have more
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exciting sermons and music and people jump up and down.
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The same thing happened with Sean Hannity. He's now left
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the Catholic Church, divorced his wife and married a young
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Protestant woman, And I mean that's I mean, he's excommunicated himself,
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he's committed to mortal sin, and I honestly sean hand
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he's never been the brightest bulb. I mean, I may
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agree with him on ninety percent of his politics, probably,
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but he's just not an intelligent man, and neither's Mike Pints.
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But I could go down the list. I think it
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is very, very dangerous for Catholics to go to Protestant churches,
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not because what they find in the Protestant Church is
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any more you know, fulfilling or dramatic or holy than
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what's in the Catholic Church. By no means, only the
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Catholic Church can you receive the Eucharus, the body and
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Blood of Christ, being spiritually fulfilled is in the Catholic Church.
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And if one but one does have to have some
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understanding of what's going on, one has to have faith
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in the sacraments. One's only going to be, you know,
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forgiven those mortal sins by going to a priest for confession.
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If their knowledge they if they're intelligent and knowledgeable enough
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to know that they've committed a mortal sin. And I'm
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afraid that's where the Sean Handy's and Mike Pincers of
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the world. They're just dim bulbs, but they should know better.
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They were brought up in Catholic school and supposedly thoroughly catechicized.
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But hey, how many Cradle Catholics are among really the
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worst catechised and most ignorant of Catholics. Sorry, I know,
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you know, but hey, as a convert, you know, you
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face a lot of stuff as a convert from a
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Protestism to Catholicism one, you kind of get this attitude
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from a lot of the Cradle Catholics that you know,
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you don't belong here, You're not one of us. And
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I don't know if that ever ends, actually you and
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I know, but it may not be true in all parishes,
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but it certainly is in the parishes that I have attended.
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You know, you walk in and out of mass silently.
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Nobody speaks to you except for the obligatory sign of
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the cross and the greeting. You know what I'm saying,
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sign of piece is what I was trying to say.
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If you actually said hello, to somebody. They act like
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you just defecated on the floor. That's part of being
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especially a single convert to Catholicism, when everybody else is
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in their family, you know, and you're the weird guy
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with a different accent sitting by yourself because they're all
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Yankees and I'm Southern. But when you do talk with
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cradle Catholics and you talk about doctrine in theology, a
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lot of times you find out they haven't been really
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well catechised, especially you know, the baby boomer generation and
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their kids. Really there was something really lacking in Catholic education.
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And when they realize a convert is not maybe more
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knowledgeable than them, they treat you with a lot of resentment,
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a lot of resentment. And it's often comes down to
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political issues where they try to say you can they
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can support abortion as a Catholic and still receive communion,
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or homosexual issues or divorce. Yeah, a lot of a
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lot of stuff like that. They're they're very you know,
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certainly not all, but many are very confused, and for
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a convert, you treated with a lot of resentment. And yeah, anyway,
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you do have to know why you're there. You really
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do have to know why you're there. But that said,
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there is no doubt that going to a prostant church
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is a lot more fun. There's a lot more social interaction,
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there's a lot more what they call fellowship. There's a
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lot more opportunity to meet people, to date, activities for
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the kids, all groups for the elderly outings that they take,
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and you know, fishing trips for the older men or
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and the younger men. I mean the you know, Sunday
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school and scouting and all that which sometimes if you
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find in a Catholic church, but not again, not in
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the parishes I attend. For the most part, it's very
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lonely to be a Catholic in the South, especially if
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you're you know, under the age of eighty, over the
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age of eighteen, and a convert. Very lonely. But as
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a priest once said to me, you know, that's somewhat
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of a blessing. He said, it was actually homily he
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was due. He won't speaking directly to me. He said,
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it's sometimes a blessing to have a bad priest who's
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really bad at homilies, because then you realize, unlike the
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Protestant that goes to church hopefully on Sunday and listens
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to a great sermon by a charismatic man and says,
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that's what feeds his spirit. Well, we know it feeds us.
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It's actually the body and blood of Christ. It's the Eucharist.
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And when we have a bad priest, it can often
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actually be a little more easy to focus on Christ
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and the sacraments, and you know, realizing that the priest
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is a flawed vessel. You know, he stands in the
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person of Christ. His hands are Christ's hands, but he
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may be awkward shy. I had one that was really
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hot tempered. He was from Pittsburgh and he would just
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start cussing people out. And you know, one of my
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favorite priests gives like a five minute homily every Sunday.
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That's it. But he's such a great guy. He's such
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a great confessor and great priest in general. He's not
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a homilist. And I've of course had some priests that
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were just the most remarkable theologians you could ever imagine,
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whose homilies you just hang on every word, and you know,
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you were disappointed if he wrapped it up in thirty minutes.
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But you know, it depends. But anyway, let's talk about
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the time. The Holy Sacrifice of Mass is generally to
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be celebrated between sunrise and noon and midnight on Christmas Eve.
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The Mass may be said before sunrise under exceptional circumstances,
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such as the priest going on a journey, or in
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order to give working people the opportunity of hearing Mass
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before commencing the day's labor, or it may happen that
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after the consecration of a church or a confirmation, the
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Holy Sacrifice is not commenced before twelve o'clock noon. The
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early Christians celebrated Mass at night in order to escape
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persecution of the Heathens, and in later years it was
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customary to offer the Holy Sacrifice during the night several
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times in the course of a year, at Christmas, on
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Holy Saturday and Saint John the Baptist Day, and on
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the inverer days well. And of course I should point
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out that now we have vigil Mass on Saturday night
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as well Saturday evening that counts for Sunday, because the
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Church recognized the need to make it a little more
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convenient to get people another Mass, and because the Jewish
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calendar the old traditions, the day started at sunset, not
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at sunrise. So we've actually that change that I guess
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I'd have to look this one up. I don't know
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if that was another change that came with Vatican two,
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which so many traditional Catholics just absolutely hate. And of
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course I have my issues with Vatican two as well.
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Some good stuff, some bad stuff. Not my place. I'm
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not out of personal authority. The church says, okay, I'm okay,
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you know, I trust God's Church that he said would
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be infallible and the gates of Hell would not prevail
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against it. But going back to an evening Mass is
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actually more traditional, much more traditional, because that's what the
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first Christians did, and that's a tradition also of the
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Judaic tradition. So on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation,
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the Holy sacrifice of the Mass is offered at a
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convenient hour in all parish churches and almost always on weekdays. Also,
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every Catholic priest is bound to say Mass on Sundays
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and Holy Days. That comes to the Council of Trent.
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Those who have the care of souls are in virtue
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of their office under the obligation of offering the Holy
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sacrifice every Sunday and Holy Day for their parishioners, both
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living and dead. These masses, which are binding on those
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who have the cure of souls, are called parochial masses,
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and must be said at the hour when the parishioners
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are best able to come to church. No priests may,
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as a rule, say Mass more than once daily, but
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on Christmas Day all priests are allowed to say three masses,
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and by the permission the bishop can some parish priests
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who have a large congregation are allowed to duplicate, that is,
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to say two Masses on the same day. In the
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commencement of the Middle Ages, it was customary for priests
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sometimes to say one Mass after another, but this gave
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rise to many abuses. By a decree of Pope Innocent
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the Third, the clergy were forbidden to say more than
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one Mass daily, except on Christmas Day, when three might
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be said. It is, not, however, obligatory a priest to
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say three masses on Christmas Day, anymore than it is
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upon the lay toy to hear three masses. And you remember,
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you're not supposed to see the euchars more than once
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a day, you know, And you know when we had
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when I first became Catholic, by priests had to explain
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that to me. He's like, oh, you went to Christmas
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Eve Mess, and here you are again for Christmas Morning Mess.
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You can sit here and listen to it and enjoy it,
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but you know, come up for a blessing, you know,
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because it's the same mess, same day. In the Catholic calendar,
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priests who have a large parish obtained permission from the
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bishop to duplicate if the church is too small for
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all the parish to hear one in the same Mass.
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On the other hand, no priests may say Mass on
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Good Friday and Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday. Only one
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solemn Mass is to be celebrated in the church in
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the parish church. The exception to this rule is made
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when the Feast of the Annunciation falls on Thursday of
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a Holy week. In Holy Week, I should say, if
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it falls on Good Friday or Holy Saturday, is transferred
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to Monday in the low week. The place where Mass
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is to be celebrated. The Apostles offered holy sacrifice on
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a table in a dwelling house see Acts two forty six,
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Colossians four fifteen. To this day, the table where Saint
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Peter offered the holy sacrifice may be seen in the
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Church of Saint John the Latter in Rome. The Council
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of Nicea in three twenty five speaks of the holy
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table on which the priest emoliates without bloodshed, the lamb
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of God, whose body and blood is the spiritual food
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of Christians. A table was used because it was on
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a table that the Holy Mass was instituted by our
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Lord on Holy Thursday. That table, made of cedar wood,
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is still preserved in Rome. Another reason for using a
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table was that it could be easily hidden or removed
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in times of persecution. In the time of great Persecution
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of the Christians, the holy sacrifice was offered on the
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tombs of the martyrs and subterranean passages the catacombs. It
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is from this that the altar to this day has
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the form of a tomb, and that relics of the
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saints are deposited in it. Another reason why relics are
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placed in the altars is to denote the communion we
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hold with the saints in heaven. It is on their account.
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It is on account of the relics being there, that
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the priests frequently kisses the altar. When the Church had
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emerged from the catacombs. The churches were erected by preference
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upon the spots where the saints and martyrs were interred witnessed.
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Saint Peter's in Rome and imminent ecclesiastics were buried in
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the crypts. Hence arose the custom of funerals of having
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the body in the church where the requiem was sung.
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And the lights which are burned during the divine worship
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date from the time when the Christians assembled to hear
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Mass in the dark and subterranean chambers. The burning lights
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also symbolize divine grace, which enlightens and hies, and which
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is communicated at no time so freely as during Holy Mass.
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The candles upon the altars signify furthermore the presence of
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Him who is the light of the world, God Man
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who enlightens us by his word. When the periods of
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persecution were over, the holy sacrifice of the Mass was
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offered in churches upon altars of stone. In old times,
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a table or moundless form of stone and decked is
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an altar. Noah, on coming out of the arc, built
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an altar, and other patriarchs did the same. In the
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Temple at Jerusalem, there were two altars, the high altar
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or burnt offering in the outer court, and the altar
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of incense in the sanctuary. Altars must be either composed
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entirely of stone, or a stone blessed by the bishop
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and containing relics must be let into the top, and
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on this the chalice and patent are placed to signify
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that Christ is the foundation and cornerstone on which the
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church rests from Psalms, I'm not sure which psalm it is,
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and a threefold lane cloth must be spread upon the altar,
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both because our Lord was wrapped in a lending cloth
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when he laands the culture, and also to absorb any
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drops of the precious blood that might perchance fall from
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the chalice. On every altar there must be a cross
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because the sacrifice of the Cross is renewed there, and
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also two candlesticks with wax tapers. The altar is generally
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placed so that the officiating priest looks toward the east.
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The reason of this is because when celebrating the Mass,
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he lifts his heart and hands to Him who is
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the is a source of spiritual light. And of course,
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in the traditional liturgy of the Mass, the priest faces
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away from the congregation, and that would be toward the east.
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It's oriented towards the east. The priest is speaking to God,
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then he turns back to the congregation and offers us
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the body and blood of Christ. In the novus orto.
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That's turned around, and the priests face the congregation the
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whole time, which I don't know that it's always oriented
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towards the east anymore. I'm not sure. I'll have to
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ask about that sometime. The Alders raised both in a
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note it's dignity to enable all who are in the
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church to see the ceremonies, and because the great oblation
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of our redemption was offered upon an eminence visible from
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an altar. Churches are usually built on a height or
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in the center of a township. The styles of ecclesiastical
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architecture are many and varied, and of course it's not
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always true. In America, especially in the South. A lot
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of times the Catholic church will be out on the
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edge of town somewhere and just a very frankly ugly
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modernist brick building with you know, I don't know, pine
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or white oak pews and ugly, you know, mauve, mauve
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whatever carpet. We have really poor architecture in our Catholic churches.
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Now sometimes you find a beautiful cathedral, and there are
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many in between, you know, from the highest to the lowest.
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But your average church in the south is going to
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be one of the ugliest buildings in town, and it
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will look basically look like a municipal building inside and out.
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And that's a shame. That's a real shame. A hill
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or some eminents used to be selected as the site
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of a church because of the old high places, because
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of old heikes. Places were considered sacred. Under the old dispensation,
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God frequently manifested himself to mortals on a mountain. Our
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Lord often withdrew to a mountain to pray, and the
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Temple of Jerusalem, the type of the Christian church, was
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situated upon a mountain on an imminence. One is more
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disposed for prayer and recollection, One is further aloof from
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the noise of the busy world, and one feels nearer
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to God. Christ himself said that his church was to
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be built upon a rock, and he was crucified upon
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Mount Cavalry. When churches are situated in the center of
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a town or village, it should remind us of the
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blessed sacrament. The good shepherd loves to dwell in the
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midst of his sheep. The Church Peter in Rome is
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a large basilica in the world. Both the external and
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internal arrangements of churches are adapted to awaken and aid devotion.
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In regard to the exterior, the church is larger and
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higher than ordinary dwelling houses. Again not always true anymore,
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because it is the house of the Most High God.
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It looks toward the east, because it is destined for
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the worship of the Son of Justice. It is built
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in the form of a cross, because they also not
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always true anymore. Building the form of a cross because
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the sacrifice of the Cross is re enacted within its
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walls when the doctrine of the crucified preached. It has
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a spire point to heaven. Yeah, a lot of us
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don't have spires anymore. Yeah. Our point toward Heaven our
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home to a manage us to seek those things that
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are above Colossians three to one. Bells are hung in
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the tower to summon us to divine worship or call
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us to prayer. The spire is surmounted by a cross,
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the emblem of salvation, whereby God is reconciled to mand
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The interior of the church divided into three parts. The porch,
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where in the former days the catacumbins and penitents used
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to kneel, and which ought to remind us of the
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preparation necessary before entering the church. The knave, which is
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the part appropriate to the faithful, wherein as in Noah's Ark,
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they are saved from eternal perdition. And the choir with
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the singers formerly sat but it's now set apart for
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the clergy. It is separated from the body of the
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church by a rail or communion table. Also big controversy
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in North Carolina right now. Charlotte Bishop wants to get
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rid of all communion rails. A lot of us are
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not very happy about that at all, and nobody seems
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to understand his reasoning at all. So whenever he celebrates
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a mass, a lot of people just go up and
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kneel on the floor right before him, and he has
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to give him the Eucharist, whether he likes it or not,
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and maybe eventually he'll be persuaded. Who knows. At the
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interests of the church, we see the Holy water reminding
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us that we ought to approach God with pure hearts.
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In the interior is one or more all over the
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high altars, the tabernacle, wherein the blessed sacrament is reserved,
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and before which the sanctuary lamp is kept perpetually burning
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to symbolize the light of the world. There present, there
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are also pictures and statues of saints and angels who
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assist unseen at the sacred offices. Besides the font and
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all the furniture of the church, which with which every
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Catholic is familiar, the dim religious light that pervades the building,
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owing to the colored glass of the windows, reminds us
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that we are we here below under, that here below
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we understand the things of God only in a dark manner.
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Those people who say that it is unnecessary to go
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to church because they could say their prayers anywhere, should
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consider that the church, that in the churches our Lord
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is actually present upon the altar, that the atmosphere of
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the sacred edifice disposes us to recollection, and that the
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petitions offered there have more power than those offered elsewhere.
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That's something Protestants just don't get. Most people don't get that.
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These days. They say, I can pray everywhere anywhere. I
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don't have to go to church. Well, no, actually you do,
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Actually you do. The consecration of church is performed by
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the bishop, but the church came with the permission of
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the bishop, be employed for divine service without consecration by
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God's command. Moses had to anoint the tabernacle with the
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oil of Unction in Exodus, and Solomon's temple was dedicated
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by that monarch himself. When King Antiochus had profaned the
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temple by setting up idols within it, it had to
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be cleansed and dedicated anew. This was the origin of
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the Feast of Dedication. In First Maccabees four fifty four,
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it appertains to the office of the bishop alone to
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consecrate churches, but he may give leave for master to
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be said and any building set apart for the purpose.
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The principal ceremonies of the consecration of the church are
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as follows. And you know what, I've actually done an
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entire podcast on how a church is consecrated, So I
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am going to skip ahead. It's very long. If you
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haven't if you're unaware of all that goes into consecrating
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a Catholic church, you will be amazed. It is indeed
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a very special place that would be I talked about
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the heresy of home churches. Yes, you can definitely have
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an area for prayer and you know, pictures of saints
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and everything in your home. It is a type a
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family church. But a Catholic church is a sacred holy place, dedicated,
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consecrated by someone standing in the stead of Jesus Christ,
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both bishop and priests everything, And like Fosbrogers said, prayers said,
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they are more efficacious. Jesus is actually present and we
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actually have a Christian duty. It is a mortal sin
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if you can go to church on Sunday and Holy
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Days days of obligation and decide not to. You know,
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sometimes we can't help it. With this broken tooth and
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these recurrent of infections. I haven't been able to go
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to Mass for a few weeks. Really not happy about that,
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but I've been running fever, in pretty bad shape. If
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I was healthy and just said I don't feel like going,
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or I'm going to go fishing instead, which you know
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how much I load to fish, that's a mortal sin.
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And every Christian and that includes all Protestants, no matter
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how devout they may be. If they don't attend a
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Catholic church on Sunday and every holyday of obligation, they're
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committing a mortal sin. Now, God will judge them by
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their knowledge. But you know, like I said, Hannity and
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Pence and many, many thousands and millions of other Catholics
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who've left the Catholic Church for a Protestant church just
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because it's more fun, or because their girlfriend or wife
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goes there or whatever, they're in mortal sin. And you know,
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they need to get right. They need to get right.
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They need to go talk to a priest, they need
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to go to confession, and they need to go back
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to the Catholic Church. Now, technically they can go to
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Mass of the Catholic Church and either like Saturday night
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and Sunday morning, go to their Baptist church or their
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Joosteing Church or whatever their big megachurch is. That's not
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that's allowed. Probably still not a good idea. But if
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they want to do that, and they can. But every
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single Christian, even a Seven day Adventists, who spits at
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the floor, on the floor at the very mention of
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the Catholic Church is committing immortal sin. By not going
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to a Catholic church on Sunday, even if you know
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you're not in communion with the church and can't receive
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the Eucharist. Every Christian has the duty to attend a
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Catholic church on Sunday and every Holy Day. So y'all
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do be sure to look up that podcast on the
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heresy of home churches and how Catholic churches are consecrated.
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If you're unaware of it, it's probably gonna be pretty amazing.
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The amount of ceremony, the amount of tradition, and all
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the prayers that are said, and everything that goes into
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consecrating a Catholic church. It is a very special place
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and nothing else on earth is comparable really in any way,
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shape or form. Yeah, I mean, it's unique. It's God's Church.
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Everything else is a counterfeit and a fake. No matter
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how strong the faith are the people in there, no
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matter how much they love God, they're disobeying what God
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said to do, and that's obey his apostles of those
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who come after him, and that's you know, gather yourself
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together and receive the Eucharist. There's not a single Protestant
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church in the entire world that can give you the Eucharist,
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or a single Protestant minister who can forgive you your sins.
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But every Catholic church in every corner of the world,
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no matter how even bad the priest is, has the
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power of Jesus Christ to do those very things. So anyway,
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y'all have a good one, say some prayers for me.
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Tomorrow's gonna be a hard day. I am not good
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with Dennis, and this is like my nightmare come true.
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So say a prayer for me, if you would, and
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hopefully I'll be good to go and I'll talk with
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you next week.