I THINK I CAN GET INTO THIS…

 

BOMBSHELL: RITA FERRONE OF PRAYTELL AGREES WITH ME ABOUT NOTRE DAME’S LITURGICAL ACCESSORIES…

 

From Praytell:

Notre-Dame’s renovation

A great deal can be said in praise of the renovation of Notre-Dame in Paris after the devastating fire that took place five years ago. The light is wonderful. The renewal of the devotional spaces is admirable, and the overall design has been strengthened. 

The liturgical furniture itself, however, was disappointing. These elements (font, altar, ambo, chair) are the ones that ought to be most deeply rooted, as celebration of the liturgy is the primary reason for the church’s existence. Instead, they appear as “strange visitors” unrelated to the rest of the building. 

There are ways in which modern art can harmonize with a medieval building, but these were not pursued. A severely abstract program seems to have been chosen instead. The artist-designer also seems to have had little real appreciation of the liturgical function of these items, as questions of accessibility and Christian symbolism also arise. 

My analysis appears in the January issue of Commonweal magazine. You can read the whole thing here.

UGH! THE OLD ULTRA MODERN AND ULTRA UGLY ALTAR RETURNS TO THE CHAPEL BEHIND SAINT PETER’S HIGH ALTAR

 St. Peter’s trying to compete with Notre Dame…🥲

THE LATE PRESIDENT JIMMY E. CARTER, A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, TODAY’S PARTY OF DEATH!

 

First Things has a very good article on the late President Jimmy Carter. He was pro-life! Unfortunately the Democrat Party today is the Party of infanticide and death and encourages other outrages and tragedies associated with contempt for the innocent unborn. If a political party encourages its members to have abortions up to the 9th month and sells it as a good thing, “health care”, it doesn’t take much of a leap of logic for other political ideologues to see death as a convenient way to get rid of their human problems too, such as acts of terrorism against innocent people! 

I personally think that like the KKK and other racist organizations that Catholics are forbidden to join without the threat of excommunication, so too being affiliated with the Democrat Party should be added to the list. Just my most humble and logical opinion!

Here’s a sound byte from the First Things article on Jimmy Carter, read the full article HERE:

James Earl Carter Jr., the 40th president of the United States, who died at age 100 on December 29, has been called an enigma. Many say he was a failure as president but a good man who lived an exemplary life. One distinction, however, should be receiving more attention. It is a fact that may astonish anyone who does not remember Carter’s term in office: Carter was a Democrat and pro-life. He never ceased to be either, even as radical pro-choice—arguably pro-abortion—activists took over the Democratic party in the forty-four years after the peanut farmer from Georgia left the White House.