This is an interesting idea.. however the quickest way to kill a good thing is to subject it to bureaucratic oversight and credentialing. Dioceses are no exception.
This is the thing I have never understood about people arguing that lay preaching in Mass is a good idea. (Note: JD is NOT arguing for that) for goodness sake, no one is stop…
This is an interesting idea.. however the quickest way to kill a good thing is to subject it to bureaucratic oversight and credentialing. Dioceses are no exception.
This is the thing I have never understood about people arguing that lay preaching in Mass is a good idea. (Note: JD is NOT arguing for that) for goodness sake, no one is stopping you going to your local piazza/shopping centre/community garden/whatever and preaching whatever you want. A YouTube channel is not that hard for a boomer to manage. But you don’t have a right to a captive audience trying to fulfil their Sunday obligation to spout your theory about Jesus the nice fuzzy rabbi you learned in that one theology summer course you did in the 70s. Its bad enough when Fr used to let random spokespeople from various charities get up in the homily time and ask us for money. I see less of that at my current parish thank goodness.
This is an interesting idea.. however the quickest way to kill a good thing is to subject it to bureaucratic oversight and credentialing. Dioceses are no exception.
This is the thing I have never understood about people arguing that lay preaching in Mass is a good idea. (Note: JD is NOT arguing for that) for goodness sake, no one is stopping you going to your local piazza/shopping centre/community garden/whatever and preaching whatever you want. A YouTube channel is not that hard for a boomer to manage. But you don’t have a right to a captive audience trying to fulfil their Sunday obligation to spout your theory about Jesus the nice fuzzy rabbi you learned in that one theology summer course you did in the 70s. Its bad enough when Fr used to let random spokespeople from various charities get up in the homily time and ask us for money. I see less of that at my current parish thank goodness.