Profound observation. On that account, I share your sadness. I long for people to experience and encounter such joy. I don’t understand how people can leave the altar rail after receiving communion looking like they just attended a funeral. They have touched and tasted the Divine. So, indeed, where is the joy?
October 31st, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Ah, is that a theological and objective opinion or just a preferential one? LOL.
Fr. Errol+
October 31st, 2005 at 1:48 pm
A little bit of both.
It was the exuberant joy of the people that impressed me the most.
October 31st, 2005 at 2:18 pm
Profound observation. On that account, I share your sadness. I long for people to experience and encounter such joy. I don’t understand how people can leave the altar rail after receiving communion looking like they just attended a funeral. They have touched and tasted the Divine. So, indeed, where is the joy?
October 31st, 2005 at 9:25 pm
I visited an EO church yesterday prior to the AMiA at night. The EO seemed listless and lifeless.