[livius]

It really is like Heaven. It's a special environment, and I have always felt you could virtually see the Choir of Angels standing about you.

That said, I think the Latin Old Rite had majesty and sacredness too, although it was always more doctrinal and catechetical than the Byzantine Rite. However, in the Old Rite, I always knew that the Cloud of Witnesses was all around me.

But I don't want to divert this into something about the liturgy. My apologies.

This was a truly beautiful report, and if we all finally stop fighting, who knows what the real "New Rite" will look like?

[Kolokotronis]

"That said, I think the Latin Old Rite had majesty and sacredness too, although it was always more doctrinal and catechetical than the Byzantine Rite. However, in the Old Rite, I always knew that the Cloud of Witnesses was all around me."

Ah, High Mass; ranks of priests, altarboys and choristers, clouds of incense, Gregorian Chant. You bet the the Cloud of Witnesses were present, my friend! "This was a truly beautiful report, and if we all finally stop fighting, who knows what the real "New Rite" will look like?" Well, for us it had best look just like the Divine Liturgy of +John Chrysostomos! :)