They are and were liars. I'm a convert in 1977 when I was 22, so I can't speak personally of what things were like before the Paul VI Rite. But I find the Novus Ordo (both of which words, by the way, Substack's AI just tried to correct -- deep meaning) -- terribly boring. At least Benedict XVI corrected the purposely bad Englishing. And the Orange Diocese here in California almost always has reverent NO masses, at least as far as that is possible. I usually now try to attend the Traditional Latin Rite at St. John the Baptist in Costa Mesa, and find it numinous. Of course, the critics would say that's now, not then. Whatever. And all those guys from 1969 are dead. I also somewhere have a thick volume from the 1935 Seventh National Eucharistic Congress held in Cleveland. How joyful people were! And reverent. And they had huge families with a dozen children. Let's go back. Repeal the last 90 years!
What a mesmerizing image of Catholicity! One has to quell the pangs of regret that this isn't "the norm" anymore (praying it will be again...).
I wonder about one detail: his description of Holy Saturday at least ends at what is obviously nighttime. Are we to think this was some sort of "Easter Vigil", or is it perhaps that the liturgy had begun much earlier and only came to close as darkness settled in?
They are and were liars. I'm a convert in 1977 when I was 22, so I can't speak personally of what things were like before the Paul VI Rite. But I find the Novus Ordo (both of which words, by the way, Substack's AI just tried to correct -- deep meaning) -- terribly boring. At least Benedict XVI corrected the purposely bad Englishing. And the Orange Diocese here in California almost always has reverent NO masses, at least as far as that is possible. I usually now try to attend the Traditional Latin Rite at St. John the Baptist in Costa Mesa, and find it numinous. Of course, the critics would say that's now, not then. Whatever. And all those guys from 1969 are dead. I also somewhere have a thick volume from the 1935 Seventh National Eucharistic Congress held in Cleveland. How joyful people were! And reverent. And they had huge families with a dozen children. Let's go back. Repeal the last 90 years!
What an amazing ability of description. So well written and enjoyable. Thank you for sharing ~ and blessings back to you!
What a mesmerizing image of Catholicity! One has to quell the pangs of regret that this isn't "the norm" anymore (praying it will be again...).
I wonder about one detail: his description of Holy Saturday at least ends at what is obviously nighttime. Are we to think this was some sort of "Easter Vigil", or is it perhaps that the liturgy had begun much earlier and only came to close as darkness settled in?