A sign of things to come: Last Dec the doctrinal committee of the USCCB issued a guide to evaluating hymns on basis of doctrinal content. An example of a hymn that offends Eucharistic doctrine was “All Are Welcome.”
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If all are not welcome, it’s doubtful Christ would be too, considering the company he’s known to keep.
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I swear I could reply to half the comments here with this:
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A few years ago I attended a Methodist church for a number of months. The different approach to Communion was amazing. The only rule was that you had to have been baptized; nothing else. The instructions took up about one paragraph. During that time I happened to find 1/2
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They forget that Cardinal George of all people personally prevented that one from being axed during the hymnal revisions surrounding the new translation.
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You're putting an awful lot of tension on the term "faithful Catholics."
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That was one of my favorite hymns. I’ve wondered why it hasn’t been sung in the past year or so. I’ve stopped donating to the Diocesan Appeal. Money is the only thing that the Bishops understand
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Remind me how to translate <tutti> will you, please?! The succinct Italian is closer to the meaning than the clumsy, messed around ‘English’...
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