Major hypocrisy. This lack of reverence is 100% due to the “hope and change” brought about by Vatican II which “substantially transformed” the Catholic Church. And this priest, like all the members of the clergy who acquiesce by their silence, are guilty.
I was one of those who fought the changes, not for nostalgia, but for keeping the worship of God in the Mass. I was told by the bishop that there is no place in the Church for people like me. That prohibition continues today with the present church.
So don’t bemoan the lack of reverence. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. Galatians 6, 8
And for the NSA trolls, FU.
You are 100% correct about Vatican II.
I believe that part of the problem lies with the priests in not setting a higher standard. Something appears to have been lost in the formation of our current generation of priests, since so many rush through the Mass and litter their homilies with irrelevancies.
Why should somebody dress up when the priest gives a dumbed-down Jay Lenoesque monologue instead of a sermon dealing with scripture and the tenets of Catholicism? If the priest seems more intent on discussing the area’s sports teams than Saint Thomas, then the parishoners would rightly assume that nothing important is going on here. In an atttempt to become “relevant” the Church has cheapened the Holy Mass.
Those who have commented that people who attend the Tridentine rite tend to dress up will also observe the strict adherence to the rubrics of that rite and that the priests’ sermons at such masses are heavy with theology and the Catholic doctrine. This is not to say that the Novus Ordo cannot be said in a very reverent manner – it can be and is by more than a few very good priests, but my observation is that they are in the minority.