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To: NYer

I agree with you. I like the yearly repetition of the old Mass. It seems easier to spiritual prepare for the Mass. There are hundreds and hundreds of wonderful old catechetical tools to study the faith or benefit from it keyed to the old Mass.

I also agree with you about the three year cycle of readings. We do get more scripture. No doubt about that. Sometimes I think they should have kept the Old Mass, but added the three year readings cycle! I heard a former SSPX priest say that once. Surprised me to hear it from him, but it makes sense.


15 posted on 06/18/2009 4:14:17 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: vladimir998

As I commented to another freeper, the Catholic Church is like the ocean. One can dip a toe, wade in up to the anles, go in waist hight or do laps, where the water is calm. Some are more challenged and like to scuba, ride the waves or plumb the depths. No matter how little or how much, it is all the same Church. It has different shores that are all connected by the same body of water. There are shoals where one can rest and reflect or caves to explore. The majority of Catholics prefer to stay near the shore but for those of us who seek more adventure, it is all there! Devotions, liturgies, processions, prayers, novenas, and the list goes on and on. What a magnificent Church!


16 posted on 06/18/2009 4:31:37 PM PDT by NYer ("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)
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