tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post6779184305728685045..comments2023-10-20T06:41:31.943-07:00Comments on Visits to Candyland: Exaltation of the CrossElena LaVictoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108910015959872763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-63284186440437019162009-09-14T11:20:02.290-07:002009-09-14T11:20:02.290-07:00I couldn't help but notice how related yesterd...I couldn't help but notice how related yesterday's Gospel acclamation from Gal. 6:14 was to today's feast - <i><b>"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world."</b></i> And we sang a hymn or two that one generally sings on Good Friday. <br /><br />But the Gospel acclamation was some coincidence.Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-11596960677298224312009-09-14T07:33:49.313-07:002009-09-14T07:33:49.313-07:00You're probably right Evelyn - although I thin...You're probably right Evelyn - although I think the same argument could be flung at them about idolizing a book.Elena LaVictoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108910015959872763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-9472773790226359272009-09-14T06:51:33.199-07:002009-09-14T06:51:33.199-07:00Unfortunately, this will feel like idolatry to man...Unfortunately, this will feel like idolatry to many conservative evangelical/fundamentalist Protestants. . .If Mary is "just a vessel," then the Cross is really just a couple of random sticks of wood.<br /><br />That said, the Good Friday service with veneration of the Cross is amazing. The whole physical and incarnational aspect of having something to see and touch to go back in time and remember is deeply moving.just evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298703459376168561noreply@blogger.com