Crocodile Tears and Hand-Wringing: No GPS Coordinates for the Unicorn

(art print here)

At the same time, I ask you [bishops] to be vigilant in ensuring that every liturgy be celebrated with decorum and fidelity to the liturgical books promulgated after Vatican Council II, without the eccentricities that can easily degenerate into abuses…

These are the words of Pope Francis, in the letter that accompanies his motu proprio Traditionis Custodes of July 16, 2021.

Two days later, on July 18, we were given a textbook example of eccentricity in a Sunday Mass held by pastor Rainer Maria Schießler at the Hofbräuhaus München, a famous brewery restaurant, where Mass is held once a month in the midst of mascots and Biersteins:

On July 23, we were given an example of abuse (to say the least) in a Gay Mass in the Archdiocese of Berlin, featuring rainbow-colored cloths leading up to the altar and hanging from the ambo:

Examples like this can, needless to say, be multiplied ad nauseam.

Don’t forget all the roles for the gals (no wonder some are agitating to become deaconesses — at least!):

(“What’s wrong with female altar servers and lectors,” you ask? Got a minute to spare? Let me tell you…)