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To: mlizzy

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!

The close up image of the Altar is amazing. Wow. Tenderly rendered by the gifted hands of artisans. Beautiful.

Thanks for posting.

:-)

trollcrusher


14 posted on 01/06/2010 11:28:07 PM PST by trollcrusher (Like a moon without a tide ...)
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To: trollcrusher
heavenThe lace of the cloth that hangs over the altar moves the entire time from some source. It's not a fan on one side as it moves perfectly, as if there are air jets placed under the altar somewhere. It's so beautiful. The mass to me at St. John's is an extraordinary production at the highest level, if I can use that word. The altar servers are not boys, but young men, and they have the mass down perfectly. My husband doesn't remember, when he was a youngster, the altar servers being such an integral part of the Latin Mass, as four or five of them are assisting the priest frequently (not just sitting at the sidelines) and they are also blessing -- with incense -- one another and the parishioners. I wish I could tape the whole mass, but somehow, I think just like hockey (strange comparison, I know; my husband wrote a book on Catholicism/sports), you need to witness the mass in person to feel the full impact.

I found a link that has Florida's TLMs in the event one slipped through without your knowledge:

Florida's TLMs

Also, I share your concern regarding priests (and I could have sworn I heard "someone" telling me at mass last night to ... "pray for priests." I *heard* it really only once and it happened right after five pleasant young men (high school seniors through sophomore year in college approx.) sat right directly in front of me which was interesting in and of itself, because I was praying that someone, anyone, would sit in front of me, so I could be cued as to when to sit, kneel, and stand. (I didn't want to sit in the back of Church so I was in the third pew.)

And, oh, the Gregorian Chant! If someone can sit through a mass such as this and not see that Christ is being brought down to earth (alive!) via the Most Holy Eucharist, they are somehow lost (or dead) indeed.

15 posted on 01/07/2010 7:06:03 AM PST by mlizzy ("Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" --Mother Teresa.)
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To: trollcrusher
The Catholic Knight feels Good Catholics Should Abandon The Novus Ordo Mass [improperly celebrated]
21 posted on 01/07/2010 11:43:24 AM PST by mlizzy ("Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person" --Mother Teresa.)
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