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May. 21st, 2009 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squeefulfishRather unusually for me I've been at two Masses in the last week. One a first Communion, the other the 6th year graduation ceremony for my baby sister. While I still have certain Views about anyone seeing a Communion Mass as a necessary annoyance before the party begins, there were some other things about the day that irked. Around the church were the usual lovely drawings and the like that the kids had done and the ten Commandments were printed up. I'm all for language being graded appropriately towards the audience, truly I am. But not at the expense of the message.
Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery. Two fairly obvious ones and ones that I was entirely capable of understanding when I made my first Communion at the age of 7. The meanings behind them were explained to me, either at home or in school I can't say for sure which. But I understood. My sisters and niece understood. So to see the message of "thou shalt not commit adultery" diluted to "Do not want someone who is married to another" was far from good. For me, the message has been one that applies both to the couple who are married and any outside parties who may want to make with teh nookies with either of them.
Sure, I've broken the odd Commandment in my time. That's not the point and this isn't the place for defending myself, that happens later. By the time of my Communion, and certainly by confirmation, I understood the messages. Certainly "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ass" didn't pass me by, despite not living within an ass's roar of, well, an ass.
Language grading good, but not ever at the expense of the core of the message.
The other Mass, though, it was lovely. Fr. Iggy from the local Augustinian church was the celebrant and this was a celebration in every way. Also, any priest who inserts anything about being grateful for "the miracle of the evolution of the universe" gets the Sarah seal of approval!
And now I'm off to read about clotting disorders. Finally!
Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery. Two fairly obvious ones and ones that I was entirely capable of understanding when I made my first Communion at the age of 7. The meanings behind them were explained to me, either at home or in school I can't say for sure which. But I understood. My sisters and niece understood. So to see the message of "thou shalt not commit adultery" diluted to "Do not want someone who is married to another" was far from good. For me, the message has been one that applies both to the couple who are married and any outside parties who may want to make with teh nookies with either of them.
Sure, I've broken the odd Commandment in my time. That's not the point and this isn't the place for defending myself, that happens later. By the time of my Communion, and certainly by confirmation, I understood the messages. Certainly "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's ass" didn't pass me by, despite not living within an ass's roar of, well, an ass.
Language grading good, but not ever at the expense of the core of the message.
The other Mass, though, it was lovely. Fr. Iggy from the local Augustinian church was the celebrant and this was a celebration in every way. Also, any priest who inserts anything about being grateful for "the miracle of the evolution of the universe" gets the Sarah seal of approval!
And now I'm off to read about clotting disorders. Finally!
