Sunday was the beginning of the Advent season and the first Sunday in Advent.
It is a guideline for every priest that he should use the Gospel of the day or the feast for the topic of his sermon.
What happened last Sunday in Ireland? The rule was broken and letters from bishops were read. Of course the letters were vetted by the appropriate spin doctors. This procedure by the Irish bishops was in clear breach of what the Church advises, indeed, highly recommends.
It was a clear misuse of the pulpit by the bishops.
Ask the question if the clerical church had not been found out would all this 'stuff' have happened?
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1 comment:
Michael,
I for one did not read the letter from the Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin on Sunday in Newbridge. It had been photocopied so everyone who wished to take it away to read or read it quietly in the church pew could do so. And in my homily (on the need for Christ to come into today's Church!) I signalled the web address where that text could be found.
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