I would go to Mass regardless but am soblessed to be able to worship in the older rite in Hong Kong which is manly and solemn - not emasculating as what often passes for liturgy nowadays.
As a child I'd be embarrassed being asked to do elephant impressions and various other actions during children's Masses - this isn't a criticism of Vatican II but some of what can often happen nowadays.
In the older form of Mass I feel I can pray, worship, be silent and adore God.
Deo gratias for Pope Benedict's decision to free the older form and Pope Francis' decision to support it.
I couldn't agree more!
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Same. Sometimes I'm really baffled as to why seemingly faithful Catholics would ever willingly miss mass, but then when I have to go to a 'happy clappy' mass (if I'm pushed for time, for example), I dread it!
ReplyDeleteThank you both for your comments.
ReplyDeleteBertrand, your blog is rather amusing but I have to say that your facile comments are about as convincing as those of the SSPX.
Rhoslyn, thank you for this - I have only recently discovered your blog. May I link it to here? :-)
Dear Mr EnglishCatholic - I was at a slight loss as to what you were referring to when you mentioned the SSPX
ReplyDeleteso I googled them. I am absolutely appalled at what I read on the website. It seems to be a rather poor parody of the Society of Such Pious Gents. I am all for a bit of satire, but the articles putatively written by 'Bishop Williamson' are so far fetched they were ridiculous. All the best, Bishop Bertie.