https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/07/22/the-value-of-a-gracious-response/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/07/22/the-value-of-a-gracious-response/comment-page-1/#comment-6814 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 03:56:17 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11129#comment-6814 A well overdue comment. Good manners, simple courtesy, are essential to Catholic living, but they are so often missing.
An example is the behaviour of Sunday Mass-goers.
A simple instance is the use of the kneelers (where they remain in our churches) for walking on, standing on or resting shod feet on.
Simple courtesy, which is an act of respect for others, requires us to keep our feet off the kneelers. But when do you see that ? Rarely.
What’s worse, I’ve personally been subjected to verbal abuse on more than one occasion when I’ve asked fellow congregants to use the kneelers for kneeling only.
Catholic behaviour ?

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