“The provisions of Traditionis Custodes are of a disciplinary, not dogmatic nature and can be modified again by any future pope.”
Very important statement there.
This is gonna piss off a lot of Catholics who support TLM. I guess Frankie forgets the New Order is only 60 years old and ppl are still alive who remember the old Mass. To pretend the New Order is the correct method of saying Mass is ridiculous when TLM has been the practice for centuries. Thank God popes aren’t in charge all that long.
The dumbing down is almost completed.
You know, Muller has taken a fair amount of heat from the Catholic right for not having more backbone, but darn it, he moved up a notch with me for this line: “Instead of appreciating the smell of the sheep, the shepherd here hits them hard with his crook.”
This is a really good essay.
At what point do individual Catholic Churches break away from a rogue, out-of-control Pope? I’m not Catholic but I’m just wondering.
Thank you for this article. The Cardinal said what needed to be said. God bless him.
The issue seems fairly similar to what is going on in many Protestant churches. They tailor the services toward what they think the people not attending want, and ignore and demonize those attending who desire a more traditional service. The powers to be think if they can just provide better entertainment, a more upbeat message, more people will come.
The existing traditional attendees, many who might disagree, are labeled with a bunch of derogatory terms. Repentance and obedience lessons are applied only to those who question the leaders’ plans. They do want the traditionalists’ money, however, to implement their mighty growth plans. Many of the traditionalists are discouraged, but continue to reluctantly to come. All, the while the churches lose attendance and can’t figure out why.
I have seem church leaders focus on making the distribution of their members match the community as opposed to ministering to their flock. Churches seem to have gotten away from taking care of their sheep. If they take care of their sheep, it seems to me you will end up with more sheep. Does it matter what the makeup of the sheep are?
I am not a Catholic, but have been tempted (perhaps not the best word) the last six months to start attending a TLM service once a month. It seems like it could be a good place to reflect. I would not go to be entertained. It is a fairly long distance, so I have resisted.