tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post9086102664028386014..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO LONG FOR THE CLOWN LITURGIES OF THE 1960'S WHICH FOUND A RESURGENCE IN THE 1980'S!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-81504061868988534602014-10-03T10:07:19.787-04:002014-10-03T10:07:19.787-04:00No catechesis, no comprehension. Proper catechesis...No catechesis, no comprehension. Proper catechesis has been MIA for decades.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858195676825602917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-66584611314806657772014-10-01T20:03:07.762-04:002014-10-01T20:03:07.762-04:00rcg, I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything w...rcg, I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read your last comment.<br /><br />And however much anyone refers to Pope Francis's donning a clown nose while taking a picture with a couple in St. Peter's Square, keep in mind, folks, that he doesn't make it a habit, and <i>he doesn't do it at Mass!!!</i>WSquarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-84662145867168684712014-10-01T19:19:59.925-04:002014-10-01T19:19:59.925-04:00I have seen those clown liturgies, and clown stati...I have seen those clown liturgies, and clown stations of the cross advertised in 2013. I have read about how spiritually moving they are supposed to be but I can't get over the feeling that they are a mockery of the Catholic mass, even though they are taking place in a Catholic Church by Catholics. They are one of the main reasons I give a nod to the traditionalists and their Tridentine mass .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-66057559087790872332014-10-01T18:53:06.575-04:002014-10-01T18:53:06.575-04:00You might even think of St Nicholas and how he rea...You might even think of St Nicholas and how he reacted to heresy. Merry Christmas, buddy, here's your red nose.rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-83683864220929653582014-10-01T18:11:15.551-04:002014-10-01T18:11:15.551-04:00Whenever I see photos of these clown "liturgi...Whenever I see photos of these clown "liturgies" I imagine St. Peter or one of the apostles presiding at liturgy in the year 35 A.D. and put the two images next to each other in my mind. Their reaction, in my mind, to clown "liturgies" is not pretty.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59170975029510104552014-10-01T17:39:57.786-04:002014-10-01T17:39:57.786-04:00I think people know where I stand, in my large red...I think people know where I stand, in my large red floppy shoes, on this issue. But I will say that a lot of these people have good point when they want to bring the less severe and harshly judgmental message to people. But this is answered in better understanding of the Liturgy and the Mass, not the revision of it. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-85237444615929347712014-10-01T09:37:03.737-04:002014-10-01T09:37:03.737-04:00The past few decades have been full of this sort o...The past few decades have been full of this sort of nonsense, but God struggled for centuries to rid Israel of false worship. What's extraordinary today is that our false worship isn't even of foreign gods, but of ourselves. Liturgical clownishness is meant to sooth our self-esteem, thereby giving us confidence to be what we want to be, rather than what God wants us to be. So, send in the clowns for the circus and for Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", but keep clowns and clownishness out of divine worship. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.com