I
would not be too hard on a priest who must try to " serve God " in a
culture of Narcissism. But I am old enough to recall when a Catholic
mass had greater dignity : when it was spoken with the " gravitas " of
the ancient Latin language. For 2000 years it preserved the mystique of
the Mystical Body of Christ. And perhaps the discipline of studying
Latin for eight years screened out those with no intellectual or
spiritual gift for the priesthood.
Today I get the " feeling " of the pre Vatican II Church only when listening to a Bach, Beethoven, Mozart Requiem High Mass.
Coming soon : A Requiem Mass for the Holy Catholic Church ?
To be sure, the American Catholic Church has been very much " Protestant-ized " , so my deceased father thought. I remember finding rosary beads in his coat pockets. The Golden Age of Catholicism in America was the 1950s and early 1960s. Even the 11 o'clock masses were packed at St . Paul's Church in Cranston, R.I.
At Sunday dinner we discussed : " The Making of the President 1960 ". And the last " secret of Fatima ". A taste of Pop's stuffed pizza before the Second Coming of Christ. For me it was impossible to rebel against Pizza & Puccini .
But the social philosophy of the Catholic Church made it a lot easier for me to become the democratic Socialist I am today.
Today I get the " feeling " of the pre Vatican II Church only when listening to a Bach, Beethoven, Mozart Requiem High Mass.
Coming soon : A Requiem Mass for the Holy Catholic Church ?
To be sure, the American Catholic Church has been very much " Protestant-ized " , so my deceased father thought. I remember finding rosary beads in his coat pockets. The Golden Age of Catholicism in America was the 1950s and early 1960s. Even the 11 o'clock masses were packed at St . Paul's Church in Cranston, R.I.
At Sunday dinner we discussed : " The Making of the President 1960 ". And the last " secret of Fatima ". A taste of Pop's stuffed pizza before the Second Coming of Christ. For me it was impossible to rebel against Pizza & Puccini .
But the social philosophy of the Catholic Church made it a lot easier for me to become the democratic Socialist I am today.
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