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Recent statements by confidantes of Paul VI suggest that he intended his new rite as an ecumencial sop to the most radical of Protestants.

You're just full of smears today, aren't you?

Who are these "confidants" (I suspect there aren't any) and could you provide links to their statements?

Or did you just make this up?

I will respond to your serial posts with the more efficient single-post method. My view of the Novus Ordo is not that of an adherent to SSPX, but that of a convert from Protestanism. I love the Church, and I believe that one of the great jewels of Her crown, that of the Classical Mass, was needlessly lost under Paul VI. Nevertheless, I attend a Novus Ordo Mass as a general rule because it's so close to my house and my studies don't afford me a lot of free time as it is.

My comments about Paul VI's intentions were not an attempt at calumny, but, to the contrary, were an attempt to explain the thinking behind his otherwise inexplicable actions. My evidence for this is statements by assistants to Archbishop Bugnini, as well as an interview given in France by his former confessor (discussing matter other than that of the internal forum, of course). The priest definitely had a French-sounding name, but I don't remember it off-hand. If you'd like, you could "Google" on "Paul VI's confessor" or something like that and look for an interview that occurred one-to-two years ago.

Prayer is work, and as Paul VI himself said, "the Mass is the greatest form of prayer." Ideally, all work (and, therefore, prayer) challenges us so that we perform at our best. The greatness of the Classical Rite is that it challenges us to meditate on the great mystery of faith -- that of transubstantiation, God coming down upon the altar under the appearances of bread and wine. The sense of that great gift is something lost in the typical Novus Ordo celebration.

My use of a Down's Syndrome baby was meant to highlight the tragic nature of the liturgical reform and nothing more. But I'm sure you knew that.

Sorry to further inflame your chronically hyperemic constitution, but I do not make things up. Mother Teresa gave many, many addresses, and I'm sure that there are a few for which you don't have the transcript. Having said that, I will not further address your silly ad hominems, as neither I nor others (I'm sure) have the time for them.