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No thanks. I'm a convinced ecumenist, and I've seen the fruits. Ecumenism is a movement proceeding from God. I'm not talking about relativism or indifference, but true ecumenism. I visit everything from Protestant churches to Hindu temples. And you know what happens? Those very Protestants and...

Doncha' hate those apostate religious structures? They really grind my beans.

Seems OK to me. I don't know why you think the church is Catholic? It just looks like a generic church, and the video makes a point.

Prior to the Christmas Eve Mass, he used to wear the chasuble throughout the entire service. I wasn't quite sure why he had decided to change this practice, or if it reflected an older Anglican custom I had been unfamiliar with. Thank you all for your prayers.

I attended a Christmas Eve service at my old Episcopal parish last month. The priest was vested in alb and stole for the first part of the service and waited until just before the Eucharistic liturgy to put on his chasuble. I served with this priest when I was Episcopalian, he had never done...

I want to thank everyone who expressed concern. Like I said, I've prayed over it and splashed it down with Holy Water. I don't really get that feeling that there is anything evil about it. Some of the greatest Christian churches were once pagan temples, anyway.

Thanks for the research! They explained the symbol to me earlier. It was a bit awkward, because my German exchange student friend was over and a bit shocked until they told him it wasn't a Nazi symbol! :)

They encouraged me to put the icon in it, actually. I thought that was very nice of them.

Actually, nothing. I think it housed a few idols at one point, but when they decided to give it to me they removed them.

Yeah; I pray for them often. I can understand legitimate concerns about this, but I'm going to claim it for Christ.

Here are a couple of pictures so you can see the size of it. It's really quite beautiful, and these pictures (taken with a cell phone), really don't do it justice:

I'd also like to mention each case of these sins is highly individual, despite what some people here may say. Talk to your priest outside of confession or get a spiritual director. It's always grave matter, but due to age, maturity, addiction, ect... it's not always a mortal sin, and some...

Merry Christmas everyone! Yesterday my best friend's family (who are devout Hindus), gave me a temple. It's about the size of a very ornate tabernacle. It's covered in Hindu symbols and iconography. Over the years, my Hindu friend has come to Mass with me on occassion. We admire each other's...

I feel really bad now. At Youth Group we were talking about how cussing wasn't polite, but the whole idea of it being sinful was simply a hangover from American puritanism. =P Then we had a cuss-a-thon.

My parish is incredibly plain, but still has statues and candles. I went to the parish up the road for mass last evening, and man have they changed! They now have six candles on the altar and a crucifix, like in the Tridentine masses. They used incense and sprinkled us with lourdes water and...

My parish isn't very traditional. We just get guitar masses, like every other time of the year. I miss "O come, O come Emmanuel". I'll never hear it at this parish. :sigh: :(

Please delete this thread. Thanks. :)

Maybe you should mention your concerns with some of these prayers to the pastor?

... Uhm. Well, er... that's... yeah, you see... Um... Hmm.