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The new mass: a Protestantizing of Catholic worship

Something old (not much), something new (a lot) . . .

Dominus Vobiscum: Notes from a massgoer's underground

Its architect was explicit on the point.

The Novus Ordo Missae [New Order mass] was introduced in April 1969 by Pope Paul VI. From the start, this new rite was intended to have an ecumenical nature as declared by its chief architect, Fr. Annibale Bugnini in 1965 . . . 

.  . . who made no bones about his slash-and-burn philosophy.

“We must strip from our Catholic prayers and from the Catholic liturgy everything which can be the shadow of a stumbling block for our separated brethren-that is, for the Protestants.”

From which we gain an idea of where we stand with this general-in-charge of the century’s liturgical wrecking crew.

Pope Paul VI reportedly adopted the Bugnini view:

. . .  the intention of Pope Paul VI with regard to . . . the Mass was to reform the Catholic liturgy in such a way that it should almost…

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Newman on how he fit in to God’s plan . . .

. . . Do what He says.

“God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons,” Blessed John Henry Newman wrote.

“He has not created me for naught. I shall do good; I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it if I do but keep His commandments,” he said.

“Therefore, I will trust Him… If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him… He does nothing in vain… He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide the future from me. Still, He knows what He is about.”

It’s a message to everyone. All have a vocation.

Patron of immigrants very hard on Trump and wall

The Pope spoke — on several occasions . . .

Sunday sermons, weekday observations

Threw the book at him and his voters:

[Pope] Francis has frequently been vocal in his support of Mexico’s efforts to help migrants and critical of the United States for blocking migrants at the border. During a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2016, he criticized then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, suggesting that anyone who wanted to build a wall along the border was “not a Christian.”

But isn’t he the one who asked, “Who am I to judge?”

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C S Lewis and the errors of German Christianity

Not quite a chicken-and-egg thing, or should not be, in view of the primacy of the universal church, which is not a collection of locals but that from which the locals have arisen.

Because it is so topical to the debates going on at the moment in the Catholic Church, we have been considering the Truth that the Universal Catholic Church is ontologically prior (see earlier posts for that weirdo expression) to the local Church; and understanding how wrong the Kasperites are in putting the local Church first…

That would be the German cardinal, Walter Kasper, a leader in the movement within the church for loosening bonds with Rome and going one’s own way as regards what counts and what doesn’t.

It’s a German thing but also, historically, a French and Belgian and Dutch thing — oh those Northern Europeans, to whom we owe so much and yet better watch out for, at least the Kasperites among them.

via Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

Joe Biden under fire from rivals for remarks about civility with segregationists —

Egad, the more they complain, the more they exemplify Biden’s point, namely not to demonize your opponents, nor agree with them. Biden’s critics show they are unable to follow this path, much less respect it.

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Joe Biden came under sharp criticism from some of his Democratic presidential rivals on Wednesday for remarks he made this week about his time working civilly with segregationists serving in the Senate in the 1970s. FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill de Blasio […]

He couldn’t get away with passing praise for Mike Pence either, and they made him retract that. Emotion matters, but for them it’s the ruling element.

via Joe Biden under fire from rivals for remarks about civility with segregationists —

‘Existential’? — Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

The man from Old Blighty (say “Hunnick”) learning a new word:

Not long ago, we had a Swedish schoolgirl explaining to us, in very stylish English, about Climate Change. Stylish … but one word grabbed my attention. She said the dangers were “existential”. That word has been around quite a time now; at first, it frightened me. When a new term becomes all the rage, and…

A man feels left out, you know. He did, then . . .

I’ve got it sussed. It is just another example of the modern dodge of choosing a fancy, upmarket-sounding, word to say something that was previously said rather more simply and prosaically, so that the speaker sounds either more like an Intellectual or more like a member of Society’s elite. It’s like ‘locate’

More more more here from an experienced word-merchant . . .  via ‘Existential’? — Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

Bishop Vincenzo Guo Xijin: ‘Rather Suffer Persecution Than Join Patriotic Association’

Gutsy fellow.

AsiaNews, Bernardo Cervellera: Msgr. Vincenzo Guo Xijin, auxiliary bishop of Mindong (Fujian), is willing to suffer persecution along with other underground priests, rather than join the Patriotic Association (PA) or force his priests to join. This has been confirmed to AsiaNews … Continue reading → The post Bishop Vincenzo Guo Xijin: ‘Rather Suffer Persecution Than Join…

A bishop to approve of.

via Bishop Vincenzo Guo Xijin: ‘Rather Suffer Persecution Than Join Patriotic Association’ — Catholicism.org