We Catholics need to bring back doctrinally solid catechesis. We need to bring back reverent liturgies, both in the ordinary and extraordinary forms, with decent traditional music, propers and/or traditional hymns. We need to bring back traditional devotions like the rosary, Eucharistic adoration, novenas, way of the cross, processions, pilgrimages, the Angelus, sodalities, etc. We need to bring back traditional Catholic religious orders, nuns (in habits!), monks and friars. The above will go a long way to evangelizing the youth and society at large. I think a lot of progress has been made since the crazy season of the late sixties and seventies, but there is still a lot to do. Let’s keep bailing the Ark of Peter and moving toward a fuller life in Christ in the Church with the successor of Peter, Pope Benedict!
Boggles my mind that some pray 5 times a day, fast for 30 days, wear outrageous garb & yet we can’t get ours to go to church once a week. Bring back the fire & brimstone & our nuns in traditional habits.
You are right about the music. I attend Catholic Mass when visiting my parents (I went Southern Baptist, and ultraconservative). How did Marty Haugen get into the Catholic Hymnal, when in fact he is a liberal Christian in Name Only (United Church of Christ, 100% apostate by any Christian standard). If the RC’s are going to use non-Catholic sources, Fanny Crosby or Isaac Watts would be more appropriate.