tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post6517314990248246303..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: THE POPE WRITES A PROFOUND AND TRUTHFUL PIECE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LITURGY PROPERLY CELEBRATED Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-39100479799569922802017-04-19T07:37:35.300-04:002017-04-19T07:37:35.300-04:00Anonymous,
What priests do you know who have succ...Anonymous,<br /><br />What priests do you know who have successfully introduced reverent worship into an irreverent parish without enduring parishioner abuse and episcopal hostility? Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-36836592089993262812017-04-18T16:27:34.009-04:002017-04-18T16:27:34.009-04:00"...organized mobs of abusive parishioners an..."...organized mobs of abusive parishioners and the hostility of the local bishop."<br /><br />Completely without basis and slanderous to laity and bishops. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-56723281916508264502017-04-18T08:08:16.680-04:002017-04-18T08:08:16.680-04:00There is no question that "participatio actuo...There is no question that "participatio actuoso" became an idol after the Council,and continues to be. The loss of Latin, the banal and pedestrian music, the loss ceremonial sacredness were about man, about his priority over the worship of the infinite God.Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-10763034541718353062017-04-18T08:08:07.748-04:002017-04-18T08:08:07.748-04:00Marc, I'm trusting the Holy Spirit on this one...Marc, I'm trusting the Holy Spirit on this one. We have a resigned or emeritus Pope, a traditionalist but within continuity of Vatican II implemented correctly with the hermeneutic of continuity with the Church of Tradition and tradition who as pope was healing the divisions caused by the progress/heterodox of the 1960's, many of whom are of the same era as the 90 year old pontiff. But how many Catholics my age and younger remember the havoc that progressives wrought upon the Church that caused religious orders to collapse, seminaries to close and Catholic dioceses and parishes to become hopelessly divided that engendered a complete loss of Catholic identity? Not to many.<br /><br />Now, Pope Francis, who calls Pope Benedict a grandfather (never mind that Francis is only 10 years younger) has recreated the divisiveness of the 1960's and 70's and is showing the Church, young and old just who is responsible for this divisiveness. It is the 1960's all over again and we know who is the blame, the same generation as Pope Benedict but the ones who did not see the light or the handwriting on the wall and did not come to their senses as Pope Benedict and his generation's allies did. <br /><br />Both of these generations are dying out. The Pope Saint John Paul generation is coming into its inheritance. Pope John Paul had Pope Benedict as the power behind the chair of Peter. <br /><br />This generational battle is about to end with it becoming quite obvious which side needs to win for the very life of the Church as Pope Benedict wrote in my post above!!!! <br /><br />Thus while I wish that Pope Benedict had not resigned, there is indeed the hand in Divine Providence, always mysterious, at work. Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-21867216380882833592017-04-18T08:05:09.380-04:002017-04-18T08:05:09.380-04:00Except comment about it on blogs. Except comment about it on blogs. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-49046219816733121252017-04-18T08:04:33.796-04:002017-04-18T08:04:33.796-04:00In his recent book interview, Pope Emeritus Benedi...In his recent book interview, Pope Emeritus Benedict said there was nothing he could do as pope to force liturgical reverence. Parish priests are unable to introduce this reverence due to the organized mobs of abusive parishioners and the hostility of the local bishop. The laity can go to an EF Mass, but this is not always practical. So, no one can do anything about the problems with the sacred liturgy. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-82686718200259831822017-04-18T07:44:54.784-04:002017-04-18T07:44:54.784-04:00The last phrase of my comment should've said, ...The last phrase of my comment should've said, "... but he chooses not to."<br /><br />My fingers are too fat for my phone!Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-81724455460009671092017-04-18T07:32:20.378-04:002017-04-18T07:32:20.378-04:00I'm fairly certain that Benedict's abdicat...I'm fairly certain that Benedict's abdicating and leaving the Church with the worst pope in history while he remained silent will overshadow whatever liturgical gains he might have made. He could've done so much, but then he abandoned us. May God be merciful to him -- I'm sure there is much to his story that we don't know. <br /><br />I have no respect for him, though. He could end all of this Bergoglio mess today with a simple statement, but he chooses. It to. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.com