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  • Pastoral Reflections on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

    05/26/2003 6:19:34 AM PDT · by NYer · 67 replies · 254+ views
    Archdiocese of NY ^ | unknown | John Cardinal O'Connor
    Pastoral Reflections on the Holy Sacrifice of the MassBy CARDINAL JOHN J. O'CONNORIII. Do This in Memory of Me [Lk. 22:19]Had the celebration of the Mass in English begun in the United States in, let us say, the 1930s or '40s, or been simply a translation of the "Tridentine" Mass that Church-going Catholics were accustomed to, the transition might not have aroused a great deal of emotion. The 1960s and '70s, however, were turbulent years. As we have noted before, the "establishment" became suspect, as did hierarchical leadership. Authority in general became discredited. Young people, especially, looked horizontally for...