tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post1627950987657846803..comments2024-04-02T02:32:00.141-05:00Comments on Servant and Steward: The destruction of homeRev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-74097890049547750612007-08-24T11:29:00.000-05:002007-08-24T11:29:00.000-05:00The people The Crossing reference left the Church ...The people The Crossing reference left the Church years before any of this happened. And, yes, they were members of the Church by virtue of their baptism.<BR/><BR/>Keep in mind that beautiful statues and buildings share in the Beauty that is God. Nothing can be beautiful unless it shares in God's own beauty, and it this way beautiful things lead us to God.<BR/><BR/>Saying that we love beautiful images in no way reinforces the Protestant claim that we worship statues. It simply says that we love and value beautiful works of art as ways to be led to God.Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-62274922898384351632007-08-24T10:58:00.000-05:002007-08-24T10:58:00.000-05:00I'm sorry, folks, but if people have left the Cath...I'm sorry, folks, but if people have left the Catholic Church (or a particular local church) because the building was closed or the art work was changed or removed, then were they truly members? Does their love truly belong to God and his kingdom, or to pretty building with statues and paintings? My home parish has next to no statues or artwork (the old church was torn down in the late 1960s and this one was built to replace it); yet, in the last 10 years, our attendance count has remained constant, while other parishes with statues and art (some of it pretty expensive) have significant attendance declines (up to one-third).<BR/><BR/>Saying that we have attachment to statues or art work lends some credence to Protestant accusations that we pray to statues and such.<BR/><BR/>I do appreciate your blog, Fr. Daren. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-2073165813164315782007-08-24T08:12:00.000-05:002007-08-24T08:12:00.000-05:00If I could, Dilexit, I would!If I could, Dilexit, I would!Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-38617447748774124842007-08-24T01:37:00.000-05:002007-08-24T01:37:00.000-05:00I know a chapel in a small Catholic college that w...I know a chapel in a small Catholic college that would be more than happy to have a proper altar (and a few statues!). Send them our way!DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195133313571297243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-74595344352100872872007-08-23T04:55:00.000-05:002007-08-23T04:55:00.000-05:00That makes me SICK.I am SO sorry, Father.I'm just ...That makes me SICK.<BR/>I am SO sorry, Father.<BR/>I'm just SICK for you, the other parishioners, and the Catholic Church herself.<BR/><BR/>Destruction!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840370708098022422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-81066299819432877522007-08-22T15:23:00.000-05:002007-08-22T15:23:00.000-05:00That is so, so wrong. I know we are not to become...That is so, so wrong. I know we are not to become attached to buildings, BUT buildings where we have received sacraments, prayed so many prayers, felt so much grace--those buildings are more than just buildings.<BR/><BR/>And don't those people know how many "teachable moments" come from taking our families past the statues and stained-glass windows that depict saints or Bible scenes?Barb Szyszkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329184613713551475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-57082470876365708432007-08-22T13:00:00.000-05:002007-08-22T13:00:00.000-05:00Oh Father, I really am sorry for your pain and tho...Oh Father, I really am sorry for your pain and those of the old parishioners. I hope they give those precious items to another Catholic church in need of them.EC Gefrohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821950576683551325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-72819991426213465582007-08-22T12:15:00.000-05:002007-08-22T12:15:00.000-05:00I don't know. There has been nothing about this i...I don't know. There has been nothing about this in the parish bulletin and the local media don't seem to want to touch this story at all.Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-1481816643021966992007-08-22T11:48:00.000-05:002007-08-22T11:48:00.000-05:00I am really sorry. What happens to the church pro...I am really sorry. What happens to the church property?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com