Still, this idiot’s regret is focused solely on, “herself”.
Clinical narcissism has been rampant and increasingly so, since the sixties.
It comes from the “esteem” theorists that we conservatives conceded ALL ground and territory to in the schools and the churches.
It’s a broad condition that can be encapsulated in what is happening in the Catholic Church— as an example where anything Catholic is 97% unrecognizable today from what it was for 2000 years. No different from any other block church. Pathetic demise for all.
At Mass yesterday --- Solemnity of the Mother of God--- I was thinking about both continuity and change.
Continuity..Mother of God... Revelation 12.... Ephesus..
Change ... used to be "Feast of the Circumcision" ... so clear about Jesus' emphatic maleness and His emphatic Jewishness and the first shedding of His blood. We are squeamish or silent about this nowadays.
Continuity... the Roman Canon *Eucharistic Prayer #1"... my son Ben remarks, "Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, what's up with that?" Popes. ... "Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, what's up with that?" Martyrs.
Change... there was an O.T. reading, from Numbers... There never were OT readings like that in the Ordo Vetus.... but this was harkening faithfully with Moses' blessings... so is this Continuity or Change?
? ( agree that we lost a lot with the vandalism of the Liturgy, and need to recover it. I do sing with the Latin Choir. I do love the Tradition. Passionately. But I disagree with you that now it's 97% different. Christ is 100% there, and 100% the same. Yesterday, Today, and Forever.... Tagline for you, dear RitaOK, and for all who are dear to you.