This has the effect of cleansing after the Pax Christi parish video. If only this level of passion existed there. It would seem that their catholic experience is not providing the foundation for this to occur. Should this be the case, their bishop should ensure that otherwise occurs. If he does not, he fails both as a shepherd and as the one responsible for ensuring that the sacraments are both celebrated and administered properly (assuming that he, himself, actually does). I believe it was His Grace Hilarion of the Russian Patriarchate who said (not a direct quote) "All that we need comes from the liturgy". Looking at this parish's website, one would not get this sense. The cross in the worship space does not even have a corpus. The theology of the holy sacrifice seems lost here in favor of a protestant-style commemoration.
It is likely not fair to conclude the aforementioned about all that attend there. Possibly, there are those in attendance who hunger for more yet options are limited. Simple example: compare the one-handed elevation spotlighted in the Pax Christi video to that of the elevation at a TLM. Actually, there is no comparison. That aside, it is good to see videos such as these that are hopefully representative of the future of the Catholic Church.
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This has the effect of cleansing after the Pax Christi parish video. If only this level of passion existed there. It would seem that their catholic experience is not providing the foundation for this to occur. Should this be the case, their bishop should ensure that otherwise occurs. If he does not, he fails both as a shepherd and as the one responsible for ensuring that the sacraments are both celebrated and administered properly (assuming that he, himself, actually does). I believe it was His Grace Hilarion of the Russian Patriarchate who said (not a direct quote) "All that we need comes from the liturgy". Looking at this parish's website, one would not get this sense. The cross in the worship space does not even have a corpus. The theology of the holy sacrifice seems lost here in favor of a protestant-style commemoration.
It is likely not fair to conclude the aforementioned about all that attend there. Possibly, there are those in attendance who hunger for more yet options are limited. Simple example: compare the one-handed elevation spotlighted in the Pax Christi video to that of the elevation at a TLM. Actually, there is no comparison. That aside, it is good to see videos such as these that are hopefully representative of the future of the Catholic Church.
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