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There is a prevalent notion that young people somehow need to be accommodated in the work of divine worship. As a former child, I find this to be an errant hankering.
“Complete equality of status for the old rite of Mass alongside the new rite … is just not going to happen.” — Fr. Brian W. Harrison (26 March 1995)
Hymns are influential, popular and full of history and trivial details, making a fertile ground for susceptible personalities to develop their geekish tendencies.
No longer the only one … but that’s OK.
“Easy feelings and superficial affections do not, in the long run nourish the life of the believer; we need solid food of the word of God and the Eucharist, which have been from the beginning the only solid and substantial nourishment of the Christian.” — Goffredo Boselli
It is impossible for us, by ourselves, to make a just return to the Lord for all He has given to us. But “with the Lord, nothing is impossible.”
“The fruit in my hands was not forbidden but simply forgotten.” — Fr. Brent Maher
These altar boys are going to get in trouble.
In my opinion, Fr. Paul Scalia’s face resembles that of his father (Justice Antonin Scalia) … but I could be completely wrong about this.
Guided by this one principle, every parish: “will become a model in its own way, and the liturgical reform, in its essence and demands, will be happily fulfilled.” — Aurelio Porfiri
Pope Benedict XVI celebrated the Traditional Latin Mass in Weimar (Germany) in 1989 and 1999.
Silence is one of the most important sounds of the liturgy.
You will not make progress at your parish unless you understand Pope Benedict’s “Unbelievably Big Kite” theory.
A peritus of the Council once suggested that certain parties detest the Mass Propers because they’re almost impossible to “hijack” with heterodox theology.
Importing singers is the quickest way to get good music into your parish, even if it is only for one occasion.
