tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post7756559345721744082..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: ONE OF THE REASONS SO MANY CATHOLICS LEFT THEIR PARISHES IN DISGUST IS WHAT PRIESTS DID TO THEIR BEAUTIFUL PARISH CHURCHES IN THE 1970'S!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-86140698753458599832014-01-25T19:26:56.820-05:002014-01-25T19:26:56.820-05:00Am I the only one who thinks (and thought back the...Am I the only one who thinks (and thought back then) that when these wreckovations were done back in the 70's that those in charge were just testing us to see if we'd still come to church if beautiful works of art were replaced by ugly, plain, modernistic Sci-fi-inspired crap?<br /><br />I can just imagine them saying, "we're getting rid of all these treasures that past generations sacrificed to build and we're going to destroy all that stuff (to make it harder to go back) and replace it with this plain cheap looking stuff just to emphasize that we're a "poor" church and to see if you will still come to Mass..."Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-85151857731888753362014-01-24T20:45:05.135-05:002014-01-24T20:45:05.135-05:00George, not everyone is inspired by the same thing...George, not everyone is inspired by the same thing(s).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-63098449900958770412014-01-24T18:41:33.314-05:002014-01-24T18:41:33.314-05:00The church structure should inspire us with revere...The church structure should inspire us with reverence and thoughts of the Grandeur and Majesty of God. It should complement an inform the Liturgy and even be in a certain sense liturgical itself. <br />When looking at ancient Cathedrals, one can get the sense that the bricks, wood mortar and glass which were combined into an impressive structure, together represent praise from the creature to the Creator.<br />How sad that in too many cases in our modern church buildings this is not the case.<br />Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25828254942051581212014-01-24T09:24:38.389-05:002014-01-24T09:24:38.389-05:00The worst example in the universe:
http://www.stm...The worst example in the universe:<br /><br />http://www.stmarysrockledge.org/church-and-grounds/<br /><br />And, believe it or not, it's here on earth. <br /><br />Scroll down to the last photo--of the "Beam me up, Scottie" Eucharistic chapel. I'd almost be afraid to go in there.Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31068735973937961972014-01-24T02:09:31.673-05:002014-01-24T02:09:31.673-05:00Old > new
The catechism of beauty attracts bec...Old > new<br /><br />The catechism of beauty attracts because beauty points towards Beauty Himself. Православный физикhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313371333531421128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31682336912537733882014-01-23T21:20:24.458-05:002014-01-23T21:20:24.458-05:00"Church buildings and rites should reflect tr..."Church buildings and rites should reflect traditional beliefs and piety and should not be a deliberate and studied attempt to remake a 2,000 year old Church."<br /><br />Spot on, sir. I wish more understood this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-1505268708319971092014-01-23T20:39:15.249-05:002014-01-23T20:39:15.249-05:00Weird old Sci-fi demi arches as "outer reflec...Weird old Sci-fi demi arches as "outer reflections of an inner condition" . . . I'm sorry, my "inner condition" is that I feel out of place in the weird old Sci-fi church of Star Trek/Lost in Space modernism. Give me an old unwreckovated pre-Conciliar church building where I can attend the ROMAN Rite (in either form)--not a church that looks like the Jupiter II or the Starship Enterprise!<br /><br />Church buildings and rites should reflect traditional beliefs and piety and should not be a deliberate and studied attempt to remake a 2,000 year old Church.Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-15813274732844098312014-01-23T19:42:29.440-05:002014-01-23T19:42:29.440-05:00Fund Raiser Idea: Let people pay $100 for five min...Fund Raiser Idea: Let people pay $100 for five minutes with a sledge hammer and those weird old Sco-fi demi arches. They could pay for the new altar rail...rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-65619173449224059592014-01-23T16:46:47.939-05:002014-01-23T16:46:47.939-05:00Gene - They are your words...Gene - They are your words...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68640663844661130962014-01-23T16:23:56.619-05:002014-01-23T16:23:56.619-05:00Anonymous, You don't know much about architect...Anonymous, You don't know much about architecture, do you…or theology…LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40854452829038707472014-01-23T14:17:56.246-05:002014-01-23T14:17:56.246-05:00I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind...I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would want an "inner condition" that reflects the ugliness of what was done to that church after the Council . . .Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-28044640504690280422014-01-23T11:27:21.733-05:002014-01-23T11:27:21.733-05:00"Art and architecture are outer reflections o..."Art and architecture are outer reflections of an inner condition.<br /><br /><br />If your church is "archaic, cold, unwelcoming, cluttered..."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-34546362599190157182014-01-23T08:01:08.331-05:002014-01-23T08:01:08.331-05:00Anonymous,
I suppose you find the post-Co...Anonymous,<br /> I suppose you find the post-Conciliar CRAP that is, thankfully, being torn down is "up-to-date", "warm", "welcoming" and "uncluttered"? Geeez!Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51209058595171827982014-01-22T22:08:04.384-05:002014-01-22T22:08:04.384-05:00Glory to God in the highest! I feel so happy for t...Glory to God in the highest! I feel so happy for that parish. This story made my day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959404760859071433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-86314944584904149832014-01-22T21:03:36.390-05:002014-01-22T21:03:36.390-05:00So if your church architecture is archaic, cold, u...So if your church architecture is archaic, cold, unwelcoming, cluttered, .....?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31260278346009407032014-01-22T20:59:54.486-05:002014-01-22T20:59:54.486-05:00This is, really and truly, wonderful, and it makes...This is, really and truly, wonderful, and it makes me hopeful that more wreckovated churches might be restored. The de-wreckovation—similarly colossal—of St. Mary's in Fennimore, WI was recently completed also. <br /><br />Additionally, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu is undergoing significant restoration right now. At some point in the 90s, I believe it was, the cathedral was badly wrecked (and it made me sad every time I was inside it). The high altar and Tabernacle were covered by a screen, a table altar was placed in the center of the church, and the pews were made to face inward toward each other and toward said altar. But now, thank God, the pews are being arranged correctly once again, the altar will go up front, and the screen covering the high altar will come down. I don't know how trustworthy this is, but there are rumors that plans exist to have the Extraordinary Form offered once the renovation is complete. It's possible Bishop Silva (Honolulu's bishop) will himself offer it, since he knows how to, but hey, they are just rumors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-84806096380112491752014-01-22T20:25:20.008-05:002014-01-22T20:25:20.008-05:00Art and architecture are outer reflections of an i...Art and architecture are outer reflections of an inner condition. Frightening, no?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-60075155247801691972014-01-22T18:35:45.236-05:002014-01-22T18:35:45.236-05:00Women are often accused of unnecessarily redecora...Women are often accused of unnecessarily redecorating, moving the furniture around. It is probably unjust to single out the fair sex for such criticism. Some men are known to like to rearrange furniture also.<br /><br />It is my suspicion the re-decorators are unhappy with themselves, their surroundings and what they represent. The high altars must be demolished because if it remains it begs the question: Why we have turned our backs on it? <br /><br />On the whole, the new ugliness in architecture is symbolic of what is felt internally: a confusion about who we are, who God is for us, and uncertainty or a radically new idea about what building is for.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80256453499029152142014-01-22T15:13:27.606-05:002014-01-22T15:13:27.606-05:00I honestly don't know what's worse, the vi...I honestly don't know what's worse, the visual and emotional damage done to Catholics who liked their churches just the way they were or the needless expense of this barbaric destruction. I've witnessed many beautiful churches transformed into existential palaces of nothingness and it is terribly depressing. Every Catholic should be armed with Michael Rose's excellent book, The Renovation Manipulation.Robert Kumpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567786012498143419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88178488800320330032014-01-22T15:01:02.244-05:002014-01-22T15:01:02.244-05:00The long process of recovery from invasion and pil...The long process of recovery from invasion and pillage continues. I would say what happened here and elsewhere in the Latin Church was even worse than the iconoclasm of the ancient world, since not just images but whole interiors were torn down and discarded for the sake of Modernism. Thanks be to God there's hope for recovery from this sort of sacrilege.Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.com