tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198191510592777321.post6234971172578550439..comments2023-09-18T05:46:59.633-07:00Comments on The Benedictine Lutheran: Looking to the East Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00506485333743516883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198191510592777321.post-63758805630246584532013-06-29T16:54:19.753-07:002013-06-29T16:54:19.753-07:00But of course. I don't care if I sound like a...But of course. I don't care if I sound like a broken record or a malfunctioning CD or a repeating whatever-is-used now: This is a misunderstanding.<br /><br />All of my priest friends pray the Daily Office. It is part of the requirement of their Priesthood, just as making breakfast for my husband is part of a woman's married life. I know a couple of lay people who pray the Office. Of course a lay person can pray the Daily Office.<br /><br />If you are a priest, you say daily mass and pray the Office. If you are a lay person, both are optional. It has to do with Vocation, as I have said in an earlier comment. And... if you want to be a part of a "tradition" that offers daily mass... well, you know my answer to that. C'mon in. The water's fine. You would be very happy, as am I.<br /><br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885164730613154124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198191510592777321.post-84947910784741592332013-06-29T08:07:17.827-07:002013-06-29T08:07:17.827-07:00I'm not opposed to daily mass - and would prob...I'm not opposed to daily mass - and would probably take part in one if I were a part of a tradition that offered it - with one caveat: They should be in addition to, and not supplant, the daily prayer offices. Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506485333743516883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198191510592777321.post-16751442281165395232013-06-28T08:11:14.946-07:002013-06-28T08:11:14.946-07:00I believe the solution is looking us right in the ...I believe the solution is looking us right in the face. The motto of my Archdiocese is: "From the rising to the setting of the sun."<br /><br />You write: "But, in the meantime, where can I go other times of the year to pray with a community?"<br /><br />You long to pray every day in community. So do I. So do many "Christian mystics" who are not monks or nuns. Holy Mother Church knows this. She provides.<br /><br />My parish, which is not huge, has 3 daily masses -- 7:30 A.M., 8:00 A.M. and (vespers) 7:00 P.M. We pray together the universal prayer of the universal church -- the liturgy of the mass -- every day, three times a day. It is a foretaste of heaven. (Luther abolished daily mass because he disliked and feared abuse.)<br /><br />I have tried to say many, many times, on my blog and elsewhere, that this whole thing is a terrible misunderstanding.<br /><br />Lay people can live like priests, monks and nuns -- spiritually -- in the world. The Lord through his Church has provided us all the means we need for holy, happy lives. We don't need to join a monastery. We need to use the means the Lord has already given us.<br /> <br /><br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885164730613154124noreply@blogger.com