https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/05/liturgy-office-restructure-possible/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:18:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2019/03/05/liturgy-office-restructure-possible/#comment-23955 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:18:25 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=19144#comment-23955 Emphasis should be on children’s liturgies, and more of these, with parents in attendance.
Given that many are not exposed to traditional miraculous events of the past, Eucharistic miracles, apparitions,
permanent miracles such as Guadalupe, La Lajas, Loreto, or the real presence, hymns have lost much of their original strength that encouraged the belief in the supernatural.
This translates into a win for Secular Humanism and a loss of the Christocentric, while TV steadily removes a sense of shame.
If society is going to survive and not repeat the history of Afghanistan (once Buddhist), Malaysia, Pakistan (once Hindu),
Iraq, North Africa, Turkey (once Christian), then greater effort must be made to induce a prayerful reverence towards the Eucharist.

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