To: ultima ratio
Even with all these dire trends of the modernist age, I think many still desire the things you have just named. For example, a Perpetual Adoration Chapel was dedicated just FIVE YEARS AGO in the parish I grew up in, dedicated to the Divine Mercy. I make every effort to go there at least once a week. I grew up in a pretty traditionalist environment in this parish, where Forty Hours were celebrated, Benediction and Exposition were celebrated regularly, and Marian devotions were strong. While much of this left when our traditionalist priest left when I was about 10 years old, this experience was key to my faith development, and others who have experienced similar experiences are spreading these traditional devotion. Such things WILL not die, no matter how much the world changes. We should not despair.
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01/20/2003 11:56:26 AM PST by
Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480
The chapel you mention and other devotions such as a restoration of Benediction--are grassroots reactions by the faithful, sometimes with the help of pious priests. These initiatives do not come from the bishops or from Rome who continue to whittle away at Catholic Traditions.
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