tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post3129692077873508157..comments2024-03-28T18:02:12.286-04:00Comments on southern orders: HIS EMINENCE GODFRIED CARDINAL DANNEELS CERTAINLY HAS AN ALMOST EUPHORIC OUTLOOK ON VATICAN II AND THE REVISED LITURGY EXCEPT HE MAKES SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE LITURGY VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH POPE BENEDICT'S REFORM OF THE SAME AND SUGGESTS THAT AD ORIENTEM PUTS OUR FOCUS ON GOD WHILE FACING THE PEOPLE PLACES THE FOCUS AWAY FROM HIM! BOMBSHELL NEWS I WOULD SAY! Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-2196917011348138542012-10-24T17:06:23.530-04:002012-10-24T17:06:23.530-04:00I'm sorry, but the common pedestrian celebrati...I'm sorry, but the common pedestrian celebration of liturgy has hurt my _faith_ personally. I am not old enough to have a nostalgia for the old Mass, yet I prefer it in almost every way.ytcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42332375872081576512012-10-24T07:22:38.288-04:002012-10-24T07:22:38.288-04:00Call me a sceptic, but his Eminence's poacher-...Call me a sceptic, but his Eminence's poacher-turned-gamekeeper act is unconvincing. Five years ago I spent a week in Brussels, once a Catholic city, and visited many of its historic churches. One of them was occupied by illegal immigrants. Another showed signs of liturgical life but it was a Byzantine-rite congregation. Yet another had a modern free-standing altar but had erected something the size of a coffee-table in front of it for the Holy Sacrifice. In the Cathedral a priest without a chasuble was ad-libbing in French at another coffee-table 'altar'. This abomination of desolation is what Danneels and his ilk have the cheek to call 'renewal'. They remind me of the old Soviet leaders who thought that if you kept on lying long enough people would eventually believe you. The 'spirit of Vatican II' is for them an ideology, as Marxism-Leninism was for Brezhnev and co.<br /><br />I did find a handsome 19th century church in the Leopold Quarter (in fact Belgium's national shrine) with a decent Missa Cantata, packed with young families who sang Mass I (Lux et Origo) alternatim with the (female) schola, and an orthodox homily. The confessionals were manned with several languages on offer. This church is served by the SSPX.<br /><br />Danneels's successor at Malines-Brussels is sound, but he has his work cut out trying to repair the damage caused by his predecessor. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68018151672388624152012-10-24T07:21:00.856-04:002012-10-24T07:21:00.856-04:00By their fruits we shall know them.
Mass attendan...By their fruits we shall know them.<br /><br />Mass attendance in France is 5% and declining. Vienna is set to close 75% of its parishes. The majority of American Catholics will vote for a pro-abortion president.<br /><br />The documents were misinterpreted. The 'spirit of V2' changes have failed miserably. It's time for clerics such as Cardinal Danneels to admit this and take responsibility for the damage. The proper interpretation and Church repair will be done by the next generations.Kitchener Waterloo Traditional Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841918177526232804noreply@blogger.com