tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post1089115139559946138..comments2024-03-28T05:17:04.006-04:00Comments on southern orders: "A THROW-BACK MOVEMENT IS GROWING!" --SAINT LOUIS DISPATCHFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42123712531819216292014-08-06T14:15:43.585-04:002014-08-06T14:15:43.585-04:00This Oratory of St. Francis de Sales in St. Louis ...This Oratory of St. Francis de Sales in St. Louis is a wonderful church.<br />I had the good fortune of attending a Latin Requiem Mass for All Soul's Day and a Sunday Low Mass in 2012.<br /><br />Communicants at the altar rail place their hands under a white cloth that runs the length of the rail.<br />Seems like a good practice that also prevents confusion about how to receive the Eucharist.<br /><br />SheilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-60241962736647790432014-08-06T11:02:56.448-04:002014-08-06T11:02:56.448-04:00"Throw-back movement"?
The irony in suc..."Throw-back movement"?<br /><br />The irony in such a label is that the dynamism of the TLM movement comes mainly from young folks who are strictly oriented to the future, and indeed are generally oblivious to the baggage that many of us older folks carry. Vatican II, pro or con, is as irrelevant and shrouded in the distant past as WW I or the Spanish-American War. For better or worse, they don't generally read Vatican II documents or any other musty old Church tomes.<br /><br />My wife and I often reflect that we, who are--well, let's just say we were Catholics before Vatican saw the light of day--we'd likely not know any young singles and couples with young children at all, were it not for the TLM where we meet them.<br /><br />Because we see precious few such young folks when we attend a Novus Ordo Mass, where most of the folks are nearer our age and mired in the past, focused backward on the glory days of Vatican II and their own youth.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15547769108494442172014-08-06T10:23:47.497-04:002014-08-06T10:23:47.497-04:00It is encouraging to see so many TLM communities p...It is encouraging to see so many TLM communities proactively reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.<br /><br />Traditionalists didn't panic about Pope Francis because of his lack of a mozetta. They panicked because of his record. Jesuits from Latin America aren't particularly renowned for their love of tradition. There were conflicting reports that as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio showed little tolerance or solicitude for those wishing to take advantage of Summorum Pontificum.<br /><br />Since becoming pope, he hasn't exactly assuaged these concerns, especially with remarks like:<br /><br /> "“When I search more thoroughly, I find that it is rather a kind of fashion . And if it is a fashion, therefore it is a matter that does not need that much attention. It is just necessary to show some patience and kindness to people who are addicted to a certain fashion."<br /><br />So it might behoove us to remember that our pope is simply "being patient" with those addicted to this "certain fashion" until the liturgical re-education folks help them "get their minds right."Junior Samplesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-12864152140231096392014-08-06T08:15:02.860-04:002014-08-06T08:15:02.860-04:00The "Latin Mass", the "Mass in Lati...The "Latin Mass", the "Mass in Latin": Fowler makes not even the slightest effort to understand or describe the elements of the old rites that attract these Catholics. As a typical product of post-modern philosophy, all she perceives is cold language, stripped of any content. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.com