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**jeaccatty** · 10-20-2009, 11:56 AM

Monastery rock bands? Rocking monks???

Good Lord.

Next, we'll be doing disco around the altar with a globe lampada.

If you read the story about Fr Sergei, you will note his remarks about what he says, how and why he says it. I think he has a good balanced approach here - not trying to remake the tradition of the Church in the modern image, but merely speaking about the Church as it exists in language and context where some people will hear who would never hear the Gospel otherwise. I think hs approach guards against what you suggest we don't want.

Fr David Moser

10-20-2009, 11:56 AM	#8
jeaccatty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 587 Senior Member	Monastery rock bands? Rocking monks??? Good Lord. Next, we'll be doing disco around the altar with a globe lampada. If you read the story about Fr Sergei, you will note his remarks about what he says, how and why he says it. I think he has a good balanced approach here - not trying to remake the tradition of the Church in the modern image, but merely speaking about the Church as it exists in language and context where some people will hear who would never hear the Gospel otherwise. I think hs approach guards against what you suggest we don't want. Fr David Moser
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