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Entry: Theological Cannon Fodder Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/theological_cannon_fodder#18158 Post contents: Our Pastor was the one who personally instructed and converted The Bride. <I>and practice her ancient liturgy with reverence</I> Nine Americans even know about the Old Liturgy. Of course it is the fact that The Mass is the Mass is the Mass and has ever been so since the Last Supper and so all Liturgies are the same Mass but the idea the Catholic Church is ever going to restore the Old Liturgy as the normative Liturgy is a pipe dream. And it is a tautology that all Liturgies ought be celebrated with reverence beauty and solemnity but that ain't the world we are living in. The Old Liturgy I grew-up with was nothing like the extraordinary Liturgy folks experience today. Back in the day it was a cold formulaic rite in which the priest sped through the prayers and one we did not participate in. We were mere observers fulfilling our Sunday ob;ligation. All of the young men I grew-up with and went to Mass with went to Mass solely because we knew that if we didn't we'd go to Hell. The fact is that I, and millions like me in America, were not raised in an atmosphere of love. We were raised in an atmosphere of rules and fear. While it is true old school Catholicism began with love (check out, say, the old Catechism of Trent, for instance) the AmChurch I grew-in was one ruled by fear and loathing. And the loathing was for the other - prots and jews. (And hatred of the Jews is rife in a not insignificant percentage of those who soley attend the Old Liturgy)> It was the elimination, the cessation of its celebration, that made the Old Liturgy once more attractive but the idea it will save the world is silly. When it was normative for the entire planet it sure as hell did not preserve the world from falling into a new dark age/totalitarianism. What will restore our Churches to a sense of reverence and mystery and solemnity is the coming state peresecution of it. Enjoy the Mass above ground while there is still time... Sent at: 2009 01 08