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I wholeheartedly disagree with you.

Of course you do, Hermann. And, if you were in charge, we'd still be praying for the "perfidious Jews" on Good Friday, and performing wedding ceremonies between Catholics and non-Catholics in the rectory.

And, if you were in charge, we'd still be praying for the "perfidious Jews" on Good Friday, and performing wedding ceremonies between Catholics and non-Catholics in the rectory.

No, you are wrong. We do still pray for the perfidious Jews (which means faithless, not evil, as you've probably been told).

If I were in charge, we would still be praying for the Holy Roman Emporer (currently Otto von Bismarck in my estimation), and there would be NO marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics. The original canons on this should be restored. We've had enough disasters of mixed-marriages.

BTW, do you know why in the traditional Holy Week rite the Kiss of Peace was omitted on Holy Thursday? Because on that night, Judas betrayed Jesus with the Kiss of Peace. Do you know why we do not kneel at the Prayer for the Jews on Good Friday? Because the Jews knelt in mockery of Our Lord's kingship on that day.

Talking to a priest who knows Latin, perfidious in Latin meann unbeliving, though the words meaning in the secular world took on worse meanings, so the Good Friday Liturgy was changed in 1955.

One thing I keep on noticing form you sinkspur is your are hostile to the traditions of the church, and again, I am here to tell you that we will not shut us up or leave you are your ilk alone in terms of liturgy. You are a very bitter man in your attitude towrds people who value tradition, even with more moderate traditionalists.