tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2444694111108501665..comments2024-03-28T12:59:52.914-04:00Comments on southern orders: IS GRATUITOUS CONCELEBRATION A POST-VATICAN II FORM OF CLERICALISM? IT MAY WELL BE!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42177647241581989562017-05-26T14:18:43.410-04:002017-05-26T14:18:43.410-04:00I understand concelebrating on special occasions w...I understand concelebrating on special occasions with a bishop. But otherwise, it seems concelebrating priests are depriving the faithful of other opportunities to assist at Mass. Surely it's better to have several Mass opportunities in a day than just one concelebrated Mass.<br /><br />I doubt there are many priests who don't know what choir dress is, although I also doubt there are many priest who have a cassock and surplice. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51810497562684357042017-05-26T10:56:40.489-04:002017-05-26T10:56:40.489-04:00"Most priests today don't even know what ..."Most priests today don't even know what choir dress is!"<br /><br />You mean this literally? Surely they know what a cassock is. And what a surplice is. Put them both on together, and they're in choir dress. Assuming they know to put the surplice on over the cassock, not under it. Well, ok, I agree this might be a bit much to assume for that clueless generation of priests who received essentially no formation as Catholic priests in the seminaries of the 70s and 80s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com