tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post5079325394522105017..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Some Catholics mull restoring Confirmation (Chrismation) to before CommunionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-66272796686065335122011-01-29T01:00:15.515-05:002011-01-29T01:00:15.515-05:00I think a lot of more traditionally minded people ...I think a lot of more traditionally minded people are realizing that holding off confirmation does little to increase the chance of a teen retaining the faith, instead most see it as a graduation from Church. The grace of the mystery is much more important.Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331688544544080299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-40396934979089322742011-01-28T20:12:10.932-05:002011-01-28T20:12:10.932-05:00I am anonymous. I am not ashamedI am anonymous. I am not ashamedBob Glassmeyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-48540687949350872372011-01-28T19:53:50.279-05:002011-01-28T19:53:50.279-05:00Whatever practice is done, let it be done to the g...Whatever practice is done, let it be done to the glory of God. As long as God is glorified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-63677134982129742892011-01-27T09:56:45.803-05:002011-01-27T09:56:45.803-05:00As a Roman traddy myself, I prefer the Eastern pra...As a Roman traddy myself, I prefer the Eastern practice of giving baptism, chrismation, and the Holy Eucharist to infants. Why rob them of those graces when their baptismal innocence is unstained? With today's radically un-christian culture our children need those graces more than ever.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-88407904108272168712011-01-26T23:40:17.776-05:002011-01-26T23:40:17.776-05:00In my experience (and I admit to painting with a b...In my experience (and I admit to painting with a broad brush here) most RC traddies' understanding of western church tradition and discipline to tends to go back to the Middle Ages and not a lot further. The see that period as sort of the golden age for their church with Vatican I probably being the apex.John (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-31912501983563034312011-01-26T20:40:14.807-05:002011-01-26T20:40:14.807-05:00Not sure why this surprises you re the Trads. Isn...Not sure why this surprises you re the Trads. Isn't this move, after all, a return to their tradition?Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.com