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Sunday 22 July 2007

A word of caution about the Extraordinary Rite

http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=eb317976-83d6-41ff-b662-7aca18cf8774

Christopher Zehnder in California Catholic has this to say:
"...one of the greatest fears of 'progressive' Catholics is the return of the Bad Old Days before Vatican II -- the days when the “Spirit” did not dash about the Church as freely as It does today. The 'Tridentine' Mass, of course, is for many the symbol of that oppressive past, just as wisecracking celebrants, 'Glory and Praise,' altar girls, and liturgical dance routines are of the age of liberation. The return of the Tridentine Mass is the reemergence of the stern, old Patriarch just when we were beginning to have fun,"

before going on to bemoan the sloppy ars celebrandi of some devotees.

This has certainly not been my experience, but it is a warning worth heeding.

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