Every parish and many priests can be idiosyncratic. Certainly in every parish there are individuals who are contrary and ideologically motivated. They are more political than religious. That’s especially true of progressive parishes.
But this article from the NCR has some truths in it, but why pick on traditionalist parishes when progressive parishes have similar problems but in a different ideological direction.
I think an antidote to much of this is that if Summorum Pontificum had been followed to the letter, that every parish would have at least one EF Mass and integrated into the normal parish community that celebrates both forms, everyone would be in this together not segregated.
Liberals might be nice warm and fuzzy people, nice to be around, but they embrace schismatic moral principles; conservatives can be mean-spirited at times and self righteous but they embrace the teachings of the Church although they may not live the most important two Greatest Commandments, love of God and love of neighbor.
Here’s the NCR article, press title:
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NCR - The Big Lie failing to point out that millions upon millions have already fled OF parishes worldwide
Father,
I take exception to your observations about warm and fuzzy liberals and the mean spirited conservatives. I truly think you have those roles reversed. Is there some religious snobbery on the part of some conservatives, probably yes. But as others have pointed out if you want to see someone get really angry then challenge the liberal priest on his poor liturgical practices and he'll kick and scream, like no other. Same goes for the left wing politicians. That's why totalitarianism is the goal of the liberal and they have a natural gravitational pull toward it (Pope Francis' Motu Proprio a good case in point of wiping out the ingrates of Vatican II). They want to suppress any opposition to the utopian gift they create for the serfs. Elitism is a liberal specialty.
You're a nice guy, I think I'm a nice guy, so take it easy on your allies. The hardest commandment Christ gave us is to love our enemies and I don't think liberals follow that commandment any better than you or me.
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