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Rose of York	Thursday, 22. January 2009, 00:46
Administrator Posts: 14,559 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Quicunque vult Wednesday, 21. January 2009, 22:58 At the same time, the priest has to undertake an increasing burden of administrative chores, which could well be undertaken by the laity. I wonder what St John Vianney would make of the present role of the priesthood? As a child I knew the priests visited all sick persons in the parish, we used to see them on First Fridays, walking with a pyx rounf the neck. We saw them as caring fathers. All Catholics knew it was acceptable to bow the head, but not to speak to the priest when he was carrying the Body of Christ. I would prefer a priest out amongst his parishioners, and parishioners doing the adminstrative work, that the current situation of parishioners going out to the sick people because the priest is busy in the office, sometimes struggling to come to grips with tasks for which he is not equipped and legislation he does not undestand.
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