You might be surprised what vandalising the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has wrought.
Almighty God was quite precise in instructing from the ground up the furnishings, priestly movement and rubrics, and the people’s place, in observing the sacificial worship.
And don’t give me the modernist turn of phrases about the casual early “house celebrations” of the Holy Sacrfice of the Mass.
Those celebrations would put the NO of the West quite to shame. Check out Chaput on that subject and the revelations of excavations of what meeting in “houses” truly meant.
In any case, Dolan is advertising his affection for a culture in decline, where less means more and decadence trumps piety.
Rita, you have piqued my interest. Do you have any sources on hand that you can share? I mean beyond googling Chaput, I guess I can so that myself. Thx. :)
If you believe in the Holy Catholic Church as the Nicene/Apostles Creed prescribes, and that you recite in ALL FORMS of the mass every time it is said, then you can’t licitly claim ‘vandalism’ of the mass. The Church hierarchy changed it!
You MAY be able to claim that some priests took too liberal an interpretation/implementation of the promulgation of the Mass of Paul VI, BUT such an accusation IS NOT universal.
I PERSONALLY was catechized in the 1960’s and 70’s. A disservice was done to us to be certain, but it is nothing that can’t be overcome INDIVIDUALLY if one has the motivation to do it. So far it has worked for me and mine. I credit local Catholic Radio, EWTN and Lighthouse Catholic Media for our continued and ongoing conversion. Thanks and Peace to you...