[Pyro7480]

The abuse is with those who so readily change the form of our service, the Mass. The Mass is considered the highest form of prayer within the Catholic Church. Those who "innovate" with liturgy also are likely to "innovate" with doctrine.

[January24th]

How far back do you want to go with "innovation"? So much has been added to the Last Supper. The early church would gather, hear a word (They didn't have holy Canon, or a priest, so who knows what they talked about? Could've been personal impressions, testimonies, or even, GASP! a poem!), sing a psalm, share a meal, and pray desperately that they wouldn't be fed to the lions. Yeah, persecution sure narrowed their focus to the important things.

You'd think the entirely justified horror exhibited by the laity and the world at the actions of Church leadership (in just talking about scandalous, concerted, complicit cover-ups and abetting of deviant behavior, not individual crimes) would help them focus on important things.

Sigh.