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To: sandyeggo
None of these gestures is mandated or forbidden by the Church. So our guiding principles should be respect for the dignity of the Mass, and respect for the freedom of our fellow worshipers.

This is the passage that caught my eye. I wrote Chaput and told him that I thought that that was a loophole that many would try and drive a semi through. Rather than using the GIRM as a guide some priests and liturgists use it to see what isn't mentioned and then exploit said omissions. "The GIRM doesn't say I can't celebrate a clown Mass, so I guess that means that I can." Judging by the response I got, I now know how Scalia feels.

5 posted on 12/29/2002 7:14:43 AM PST by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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