Whether or not you understand that with greek philosophical terms from the 5th century AD is beside the point. I'm really sorry, but this made me giggle.
I'll be honest in that I haven't really looked into the Mass changes and obviously should. I mostly knew about the more accurate translations.
As for the rest of life stuff--I'm not that fabulous of a housekeeper either, especially with six of us. Like right now there are three boxes of electronics stuff in the living room, a table piled with paperwork, boxes of tools piled in the mudroom, and dishes all over the counter. The dishes are because our dishwasher has stopped working and I have to call today. Note that the rest of the major mess isn't mine.
Sorry about the interesting things part, I know what you mean. I sit down to write and I'm all like what should I write about? Well, the most interesting thing in my life is my new marriage, and the most interesting thing is this whole bit.... but yea, shouldn't really go into that. K- so yea, now we're kinda down a bunch of mundane details. And as Jojosmom noted in an earlier post, I kinda use facebook for more of that stuff these days than LJ. So ethics it is. *Smile
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Lolz, yea, I know I don't pay attention to what I'm saying 1/2 the time in Mass, either. But I am with you about the wording of Mass having a huge impact on how people feel. But if the wording too academic, scholarly, and lofty, it won't leave much of an emotional impact on the majority of people, and this could effect their prayer. And unfortunately, consubstantial is not just a term you can simple google and find out what it means easily. You need some serious background in greek philosophy, and most people don't have a year and half study of it like UDers do. Seriously, if someone who did not have any background in greek philosophy asked me what it meant, I would probably answer either one of two things: "One in being with" or "the same thing / being as ____________." Which is pretty much what we say now. That's really the best way to explain without dealing with greek philosophy. So while consubstanial is much more theologically precise and accurate, I think it would have been better for everyone to leave it as is
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"What they hear and say is going to have a huge impact on how they feel!" You're quite right -- but this does not alter the danger of focusing too intensely on the words. Most important things are dangerous. Ignoring either adjective is a problem, and the Church seems rather more likely to focus on words too much than too little.
"I def. want to look into the history of the prayer to understand more what that grievous fault thing means." If/when you do, could you summarize for us? I'd be interested to know, but the odds of me researching anything not directly related to either my job or my child are pretty slim at the moment...
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I'm really sorry, but this made me giggle.
I'll be honest in that I haven't really looked into the Mass changes and obviously should. I mostly knew about the more accurate translations.
As for the rest of life stuff--I'm not that fabulous of a housekeeper either, especially with six of us. Like right now there are three boxes of electronics stuff in the living room, a table piled with paperwork, boxes of tools piled in the mudroom, and dishes all over the counter. The dishes are because our dishwasher has stopped working and I have to call today. Note that the rest of the major mess isn't mine.
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And no need to be sorry, it was supposed to be a little funny.
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"I def. want to look into the history of the prayer to understand more what that grievous fault thing means." If/when you do, could you summarize for us? I'd be interested to know, but the odds of me researching anything not directly related to either my job or my child are pretty slim at the moment...
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