Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Restating the Scope of the Work

6/8/21

Martini, "Eucharist"
Today is the Anniversary of the death of Fr. Tom Wells. May he rest in peace.

I’m going to pause for a moment from considering JPII’s EE. The reason is that I need to get a firmer handle on the scope of the work that I’m doing. I’m finding that I could put many hours of research into obtaining very little that will fit into the aim of this effort. That is, unless, I readjust the aim to include a broader rage of topics related to the MBS.

But I’m thinking limiting the scope and pinpointing the aim will prevent the study from becoming a deadly bore. Let’s see what I have so far.

How pastors remedy abuses most commonly associated with the direct handling of the MBS?

Let’s unpack this question. What’s it to pastors? What are the abuses most commonly associated with the handling of the MBS? What constitutes the handling of the MBS? Who are to be the handlers of the MBS? When are they to handle the MBS? Where are they to handle the MBS? Why are they to handle the MBS? How are they to handle the MBS?

Let’s further unpack the question. What is the MBS? What are abuses? What are remedies? What is direct and immediate handling, as opposed to any other kind of handling?

A Pastor’s guide to remedying the mishandling of the MBS.

Pastors remedy mishandling.

This last three-word thesis captures it well. It still begs questions, but at least the questions it begs keep us within the scope of the work. Why pastors? How do they remedy? What is mishandling?

A pastor’s protocol for preventing and remedying the mishandling of the MBS.

Image: Martini, "Eucharist"