Beautiful! As I said, I attended one of your holy Masses once, long ago, and it was fabulous. Sure beats the heck out of a liturgical-dance bongo mass. But, then, so does a sharp stick in the eye. I live in one of the most liberal diocese in the nation. Were it not for the indult, I would move away from this apostate Amchurch hell-hole.
A friend of mine goes to a Byzantine rite Mass here. I might check that one out also. There is just nothing good about self-centered irreverence among the people and heresy from the pulpit.
When our new bishop was installed here, the ceremony began with an outright pagan American-Indian ceremony before the mass, in the cathedral! I couldn't get in, but my friend was there and said it was terrible. A representative from the Vatican witnessed the whole thing and had nothing negative to say about it. In fact, the pagan priestess/shaman/medicine woman/whatever led the procession of priests and bishops into the church. Hideous.
Well... I guess SOMEBODY has to lead them. I am glad I couldn't get in and had to wait outside.
"When our new bishop was installed here, the ceremony began with an outright pagan American-Indian ceremony before the mass, in the cathedral! I couldn't get in, but my friend was there and said it was terrible. A representative from the Vatican witnessed the whole thing and had nothing negative to say about it. In fact, the pagan priestess/shaman/medicine woman/whatever led the procession of priests and bishops into the church. Hideous."
What you describe isn't simply hideous, its heresy pure and simple. Canon after canon from Council after Council have condemned and forbidden this syncretism. How can the Pope of Rome allow this? Our Archbishops, let alone the the Eastern Patriarchs would never allow this in the Temple. What has the Roman Church become? I think I'd be afraid to have anything to do with communion with such people!