This must be encouraging to all of you. It is certainly good news. Many, many years ago, Fr. Louis (Thomas Merton) wrote about the dangers of the then, as he saw it, fast paced world where there was no time to be alone with God. How much worse are things today, especially for the young. The Latin Mass, with its sense of the sacred, its sense of other worldliness, can provide a respite, however brief, from a terrifying world and an opportunity to advance in Theosis.
Isn't it a shame, however, that people like Chan, who clearly have no concept of what is really going on at the Latin Mass, indeed even what it is (Middle Ages indeed!) insist on advancing the most mundane of modern concerns within the context of an essentially divine and eternal undertaking; something which occurs absolutely off the human timeline. As an Orthodox Christian, please forgive me for saying that your bishops ought to do something about that mentality.
I couldn't agree more -- however, it shames me to observe that the great majority of our bishops SHARE that mentality.
Ideas, for most people, are like clothing: They just pick up whatever is on sale, no matter how eccentric or inappropriate. (Think of the outfits you wore in the 70s.) The bishops and the senior clergy are nearly all frozen in a 1960s time warp since most of them haven't read anything since their seminary days -- and they can't imagine (much less face)the likely fact that Rahner, Kung, Schillebeeckx, Sobrino, Gutierrez, McCormick, et al. will not pass the test of time.
And neither, frankly, will most of the "teachings" of Pope John's Council.
I am a Roman Catholic and aagree wholeheartedly with the sentiment.