Posted on 10/08/2002 5:21:40 PM PDT by B-Chan
Fellow Catholics:
Are you tired of modernist impiety, post-Conciliar disrespect, and hippie embellishments at your parish Mass? Are you frustrated at the cavalier attitude that some so-called extraordinary ministers -- or even priests -- have towards the Most Precious Body and Blood of Our Lord? Are you nauseated by Communion-In-The-Round, liturgical Soul Train, Communion-in-the-Paw, and bare-bellied altar girls? Are you sick of being made to feel uncomfortable simply because you don't wish to join hands during the Pater Noster -- or because you are the only person in your parish who knows what "pater noster" means?
Are you tired of AmChyrch's constant drive to be "inclusive" instead of being Catholic? Do you pray for the day when you can go into a Catholic church that looks, feels, and smells like a Catholic Church is supposed to?
Well, your prayers have been answered. Thanks to His Holiness Pope John Paul II, you now have the option of worshipping Christ in a mass that really conforms to the rubrics, where altar chicks, New Age kum-bah-yah, rock and roll "praise orchestras" and liturgical dance are unknown -- a 100% Roman Catholic mass, Pope-approved, and the way it used to be, complete with incense, kneeling at an altar rail, Communion on the tongue, and a judicious and proper usage of Greek and Lain along with a beautiful, traditional English liturgy.
No, you don't have to go to the schismatics, integrists, or sedvecantists for this kind of mass. You only have to go as far as the Pastoral Provision for the Anglican Usage of the Roman Rite. Thanks to the Pastoral Provision graciously granted by His Holiness more than a decade ago, Anglican priests and congregations wishing to reconcile with Rome were received into the Roman Catholic Church and allowed to celebrate the mass according to the lovely and dignified Anglican Usage (corrected to conform to the norms of the Church). But these parishes aren't for ex-Anglicans only; any Catholic is welcome to worship at an Anglican Use parish. There, you'll find a traditional mass setting sans modern "improvements": kneelers, processions, approriate music performed on appropriate instruments, traditional vestments worn at the appropriate times, incense, shrines, lovely statuary, the works. You are welcome and encouraged to kneel during the Consecration, genuflect before the Body and Blood, receive Him in both Kinds on the tongue while kneeling reverently at an altar rail, and adore Him at regular and well-publicized Adorations. You can confess your sins in a real confessional , be absolved by a real priest of God who believes in sin and in penance, and say the rosary as often as you like. And all of this without worrying if your priest or bishop is a poofter, a Protestant, or a part of some fringey radical outfit.
Fellow Catholics, if you're tired of being herded to Communion like customers at a fast-food drive-thru window; if you're tired of loopy liturgy, hippie hagiography, and gum-snapping teenagers handling the Body and Blood of Our Lord like Triscuits and Kool-Aid at a middle-school mixer, then do something about it. Visit the Pastoral Provision website for more information or, better still, check out a Pastoral Provision parish in person.
I think you'll be glad you did.
I remember my priest every day during my rosary. Attila the Nun is beyond hope, I think. She's the driving force behind a lot of the "confusion of the sheep" in my parish. A soft spoken woman with an iron will. Reminds me of Eve holding out the forbidden fruit to Adam... and he took it without protest.
Up until this week, I thought maybe I could have some sort of affect on things, but with the parish mission stuff, my eyes were opened and I think it is fruitless for me to keep banging my head against the wall.
I was thinking however, that this nun is from the Diocese of Providence, RI and our parish is in the Archdiocese of Boston... I wonder if it is OK to "cross boundries" and be a pastoral associate out of your own area... I am going to try to find the answer to that question. The Archbishop Chaput coming to Boston rumor is still very much alive... I am hoping to God that it will be fulfilled. Cardinal Law is pretty much paralyzed right now.
I've attended with my kids, but it is a hour's ride each way and they don't like to go too often. So, I oblige because I don't want them to dislike Mass for any reason. The exposure to the Latin Mass is great for kids, I think - it allows them to see some of our rich Catholic tradition that has been passed down for centuries.
Too bad the parish, although beautiful, is in such a run-down area of Boston, plus, it is hard to find unless you know your way around.
That's interesting. From what my son has told me, they are very structured and very Catholic leaning.
We were even talking one day about how the conservative churches might unify one day. Interesting thoughts and provoking discussion.
They (the Anglican Church in America-ACA) also say they have apostolic succession, and are part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Rome would differ on that, and since the thirty-nine articles of faith, to which they adhere deny transubstantiation, and pronounce the repugnance of Romish, and Papish doctrines such as the Seven Sacraments, purgatory, and some other things, I can see why.
Do you know this from the obligatory school report you had to write, or..........? (heeheehee...)
Vestal Virgins?
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Glance at NCR more often to understand these things more quickly.
You're not alone in that observation. I have noticed the same. There is a strong current within the Church of people who hate and despise true Catholic tradition and teaching. And many of those people occupy important positions within the Church hierarchy and bureaucracy. At the very least, that's flirting with apostasy.
Indeed! But have either of you noticed that the "next" generation seems to be hungering for orthodox traditional Catholicism. The "strong current" has gray hairs now and doesn't seem to have a following. They know this. They are therefore pushing hard at this time to "canonize" their broken agendas and defective ecclesiology...
That is one of the reasons I'm reflexively leery of those who harp on the "danger" of extending the indult.
...to a largely apathetic laity. See your Post #17:
Actually, most Catholics, overwhelmingly, won't attend Mass at all.
Those harping on the "dangers" of the indult Mass know full well that, where it is given, the Church is packed with younger Catholics. This is what they fear and find "dangerous". The younger generation rejecting their dissenting folly. They want it stopped!
Untold damage has been done these past 30-40 years as your above statement shows.
There is hope! I'm seeing more and more of the younger Priests coming out of the seminaries who are very orthodox in the totality of the Faith! They are bringing back traditional devotions with piety. Offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass (which is how they refer to it), they lay their personalities aside and allow Christ to work through them in simplicity. The need for Confession is preached and given serious time by them.
While the Church is getting smaller in the short term, having left many of the young behind the past several decades, the young who stay are interested in learning their Faith objectively. In other words, they are unaware of the so called pre- and post- Consiliar Church hoopla. This new generation has the ability to look at Vatican II with fresh eyes. Consider: It took several generations to fully implement Trent, correcting the abuses which existed back then.
I'm very lucky to belong to St.Michael's in Bedford, Texas, a parish where seven Novus Ordo Masses are celebrated on weekends with over 6,000 Catholics and catechumens in attendance.
Last Easter, we had 54 people welcomed into the Faith.
The Ft. Worth diocese is a wonderful microcosm of Catholicism: vibrant Catholic parishes, a Tridentine Indult parish, two Anglican-use parishes, and four married Anglican dispensation priests.
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