tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post542355357476425349..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: LENTEN FAITH GROUPS MEET FOR DINNER AND FINAL CHAPTER ON THE LITURGY!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-46787328324246521452011-04-29T08:47:15.156-04:002011-04-29T08:47:15.156-04:00Bill, when I was in grad school and seminary in th...Bill, when I was in grad school and seminary in the late '70's,it was standard opinion that this Vat II stuff was a conciliatory gesture toward Protestantism. Does anyone remember COCU...Committee on Church Union? That was the source of much humor for us serious students of theology and Church history. Some of the humor was most un-spiritual...LOL! <br />Your grandmother was correct, it is a fool's errand. The way to get Protestants into the Catholic Church is to be that Church...One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic and stop making lame gestures toward an ecumenism that does not exist. It embarrasses good Catholics everywhere. We had record numbers of converts and catechumens at St. Jo's this year...wonder why? It ain't 'cause Fr. MacDonald is some sappy, "open-minded," conciliatory, empty cassock. Good Lord, deliver us!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25108643817747865642011-04-28T08:10:31.198-04:002011-04-28T08:10:31.198-04:00"Is it possible that the translators of the 1...<i>"Is it possible that the translators of the 1960's envisioned a very much changed Church in the future and a change sacramental system?"</i><br /><br />I shudder to imagine what they envisioned. Despite my grandmother's view that Pope John XXIII was trying to bring the Protestants back into the fold, something she would have considered a fool's errand, I am afraid that there are many whose views had no such noble goal.<br /><br />Having devoted some considerable time to the study of <i>Sacrosanctum Concilium</i>, I am still at a loss to see how we got from that to the NO. The loopholes are clear: paragraphs 37-40, though as I read the document, those provisions were intended for mission lands. And having considered the declarations in <i>SC</i>, when I read the GIRM, I am dumbfounded, as it seems bent on ignoring all the affirmations of <i>SC</i> in respect of Latin, chant, and so on.<br /><br />I sincerely hope that with the arrival of the new translation we will see a great reduction in abuses of the liturgy. However, as our Director of Religious Education has expressed a desire for the Lord to take her before that happens, and as our liturgist is of the opinion that kneeling is neither necessary nor appropriate, I remain resigned to the likelihood that some parishes will never recover from the <i>spirit of Vatican II.</i>Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858195676825602917noreply@blogger.com