Sunday, May 31, 2009

Is there a diffrence

I went to 11 o'clock mass today because we had a graduation mass for all college and high school grad's. I couldn't help but notice the diffence between the elderly and the younger crowd. We will call the elderly 60 and up and the younger crowd anything younger than 60 (but consentrating on the 10-30 crowd). Anyway I couldn't help but notice a few things like dress, the elderly were dawning suites and sunday dresses. The younger polo's and khaki shorts, blouses and khaki capris (that is just one of the many).

I am wondering if we are getting this split almost a old way and a neo or new way. Do we want to be called as young and old the Neo Catholics and the Old Way Catholics? and we setting ourselves up for it, with programs geared toward teens and then ones for the elderly? Or is the Fresh prince and Jazzy Jeff right, Partents just don't understand?

1st I am so NOT against having programs like Lifeteen and God Squad and monday night youth groups they are awesome, they bring people to the church. But at the same time we have a out pooring of the "older crowd".

I don't like the fact that I think about the Neo Catholic and Old way Catholic.
I find it disturbing, I think though we might of set ourselves up we also can fix that. Older folks need to understand things like Lifeteen are great, though I know we have the support of some just not all.

In my mind we need to bridge the gap between ages, have times where older people listen to a "younger person" speak about what is going on and why we listen to the new christen music, almost forgetting hyms and pslams. Why Matt Maher and Chris tomlin and colaberating and making great works of God. When years ago NonCatholics weren't allowed in the church. (Remembering Catholic Means Universal)

And the Young need to listen to the old. About tradition and how the church used to be. Like a camp fire talk.

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