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BK, I agree with you.

OTOH, Sink's concurrence with Sklba's thesis is reasonable--if you accept the premise that there are a lot of people who: 1) Know every single rubric and 2) Make a big scene out of every single error/omission, complete with letters, threats, canonical denunciations, etc., etc.

In the past, we have noted that the "Herald of Hope" column was used by Rembert to defend the atrocities committed by certain of his favorite pastors (at one time, he wrote 3 weeks' worth of drivel to support his pastor at a very prestigious western suburban parish.) NB that this pastor had purchased several dozen copies of Fr. Strange's demi-heretical 'Catechism' and was distributing them freely to anybody who walked through the grounds...of course, he used Parish funds to make the purchase. Fr. Rodney Strange, an Englishman, was a very good friend of Rembert, and visited here regularly.

We don't think this is a co-incidence.

And the thing is, there is a very simple solution to this whole thing: STICK TO THE RUBRICS.

There is no reason not to do so, and plenty of reason to do so.

Then, people will not be distracted by liturgical experimentation, and we can all hold hands and listen to another homily about how everyone will be saved except Republicans. :-)

Mind you, my parish is not a problem in this regard. We got a new pastor about two years ago, and he has the philosophy of (gasp) simply following the rubrics, and no one is the worse for wear.

I really don't see what is so hard about that.