I don't know if you priests always understand just how much of your belief shows in the way you say Mass, and just how much of a disparity there can be between your beliefs. A priest who doesn't believe in the divinity of Christ (you can say "has a minimalist Christology" if my original wording is too harsh sounding) is not going to do a…
I don't know if you priests always understand just how much of your belief shows in the way you say Mass, and just how much of a disparity there can be between your beliefs. A priest who doesn't believe in the divinity of Christ (you can say "has a minimalist Christology" if my original wording is too harsh sounding) is not going to do anything the same way as a priest who does. You can't replace one with the other and not expect a mass exodus. It's not realistic, and it wouldn't be healthy for the laity not to care what the faith is of their spiritual father.
Trying not to be too sudden is great, but sometimes the new priest is doomed to look like whiplash the moment the assignment is made.
I don't know if you priests always understand just how much of your belief shows in the way you say Mass, and just how much of a disparity there can be between your beliefs. A priest who doesn't believe in the divinity of Christ (you can say "has a minimalist Christology" if my original wording is too harsh sounding) is not going to do anything the same way as a priest who does. You can't replace one with the other and not expect a mass exodus. It's not realistic, and it wouldn't be healthy for the laity not to care what the faith is of their spiritual father.
Trying not to be too sudden is great, but sometimes the new priest is doomed to look like whiplash the moment the assignment is made.