This paragraph perfectly illustrates the utter ignorance most people, "mainstream" Catholic and otherwise have regarding Vatican II and it's teachings on ecumenuism and the mass.
**I sure hope this works!**
I don't think so -- especially if they have to answer to the USCCB.
Una Voce Buffalo wants to add a priest from outside the diocese, trained in celebrating the traditional Mass, to serve as pastor.
I cannot tell you how critical this is. Our one "sanctioned" Latin Mass in San Antonio has a very loyal following. Our priests, however, are a bit challenged to say this traditional Mass.
The older ones who know it are a bit frail...and the young ones don't know it. Either way, you find it tough to hear the priest...who's murmuring the liturgy either due to age-related weakness or age-related fear of messing up something he really doesn't know.
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Paris, January 13, 2006 (Apic). The Superior-General of the Fraternity of Saint Pius X has wished to minimise the oppositions between the latter and the Vatican. Bishop Bernard Fellay has expressed the certainty that the conclusion of the conflict begun in 1988 between John Paul II and Archbishop Lefèbvre will be reached under the reign of the new pope.
A traditional Catholic mass celebrated by priests in schism is one thing. A traditional Catholic mass celebrated by a priest who serves as pastor under a bishop is quite another kettle of fish.
As long as the bishop gives permission and regularizes it, it's a fine idea. The Pope gave permission many years ago for diocesan bishops to authorize Latin masses in their dioceses. The only oxen to be gored would be the progressive liturgists. Frankly, they are not bishops and have no authority to determine what the liturgy should be. If they didn't like it, they could lump it.
Father Barreiro bumpus ad summum
And the problem with this is....?
This is a big reason a lot of us go to Adoration - which has been persecuted. It seems like there are people out there who don't want to do any reflecting or deep thinking. They'd rather be "entertained" and that is not what Mass is about.
"It's a whole different approach to the celebration of liturgy," said Monsignor Anthony F. Sherman, associate director of the Secretariat for the Liturgy at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The current Mass dispenses with most of the mystical features of the Tridentine form and invites parishioners into a more communal worship.
This revolution in the emphasis for spiritual worship echoes the rise of communism in the twentieth century. Perhaps it was merely a response to the tide of secularism, but the argument can easily be made that it is an adoption of secular mores, which is nothing new. The Church has a need from time to time of reform due to the effect of creeping secularism. Perhaps, now that communism has fallen, we can return to our personal relationship with God, rather than the collectivist version we've had to endure. A sign of hope is to be found of all places in post-modern philosophy with its emphasis on the personal nature of Truth, however a sign of despair is modern politics and economics with its emphasis on globalism.