We have to get rid of the Tonight Show approach to liturgy. Guy comes on stage, \u201cHowya\u2019all doing? Anybody heard any good jokes this week? The Lord be with you\u2026\u201d I knew one priest who would discuss the baseball games of the weekend, give out the birthdays in the parish that week, sprinkle in a few jokes, then introduce the penitential rite with something like, \u201cI know we\u2019ve all done things this week that we thought better of afterwards, let\u2019s tell God about it.\u201d He would also make personal comments while distributing communion, \u201cThe Body of Christ, hey Mike, I like your new\u00a0mustache. The Body of Christ, great new Lexus you\u2019ve got in the parking lot Sally\u201d<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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