[sinkspur]

I have been amused to watch various extremists suggest the nuns look more like "wicca priestesses" than Catholic nuns. That is simply preposterous, even if I might prefer the old way of incensing the altar.

Hand reads Free Republic, and read your post, narses.

He's nailing YOU, as an extremist.

You did get quite a wedgie over this innocuous display.

Did you object to the native Indians dancing at the conclusion of the Holy Father's Mass in Mexico City last month?

Inculturation in liturgical non-essentials is an added personal expression of praise.

[Cvengr]

I use incense when the restroom fan isn't powerful enough. Larger building , larger incense holder,...I guess.

[ultima ratio]

Think about it. These Indian women were "exorcising" demons from the Vicar of Christ in the middle of a papal Mass for the canonization of men who died in order to rid the world of such pagan ceremonies. Meanwhile the Tridentine Mass of the ages is kept under lock and key, as Christopher Ferrara recently pointed out. Hello? Anybody home? You think Catholicism is having some kind of nervous breakdown?
Somebody sure is looney--and it's not traditional Catholicism!

[Jeff Chandler]

I don't have a clue as to what you're talking about ; )

[Conservative til I die]

I have to disagree. Using the "essentials/non-essentials" logic, holding mass in a giant trash dumpster, as long as the essetntials are there, is A-OK? Maybe so, but to me it reduces the spirituality of the Mass greatly.

[Dajjal]

I have been amused to watch various extremists suggest the nuns look more like "wicca priestesses" than Catholic nuns. That is simply preposterous, even if I might prefer the old way of incensing the altar.

Hand reads Free Republic, and read your post, narses.

He's nailing YOU, as an extremist.

Congratulations, Narses! You are now the subject of an encyclical by Pope Stephen the Hand! Wow! How does it feel to be a muse?!