> --- Albert Desouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I cannot understand why lay people are kept out
> > of it. They can preach the word of God better
> > than the priest.
> > Albert
> >
--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Dear Albert,
> Would you like a lay person without a medical degree
> to operate on you? Then why pray tell are you
> confident that lay people can preach the word of God
> better than priests. I've been to Pota, Kerala,
> where lay people preach. Their interpretations of
> the word of God are arbitrary, hollow, without
> substantive reading or understanding of the matter.
> They lead gullible people astray, they corrupt all
> that is good about religion and serve it on a
> platter of untruths.
>
> The Archbishop is absolutely right in not allowing
> lay people to preach or participate in the mass,
> other than in a peripheral manner. When a priest
> preaches, he has had years of theological grounding
> and he preaches within the parameters set out by the
> Vatican.
>
Mario observes:
>
Albert,
I agree with Selma's patient explanation from someone
who claims to be an agnostic! If you think you can
preach better than the priests you know, please
consider becoming a deacon.
>
