I once heard that when this era of bishops etc die, the young clergy will rejoice and rediscover Catholic tradition as a living tradition and heritage to be treasured.
Really great article, thanks. I do a lot of church-crawling in the uk, exploring our oldest churches and of course people forget that there were screens between the nave and chancel so that the view of the Holy rites was restricted, in addition to the silent Canon, etc. That sense of the sacred appears to have been progressively junked in the last few hundred years. We are now at a stage in NO churches where even on the most important days of the year, there is no ritual - no incense, no holy water, no processions, just the interminable turgid prose of the NO mass, same as on every other day.
I love sacred tradition, the Latin mass, jolly old England, tea, scones, Thomas Tallis, John Donne, Cardinal Newman, Our Lady of Walsingham, and English gardens. I couldn't watch the Coronation purely based on the fact that I think Charles is dishonorable. I don't like the cut of his jib.
Hi Peter, I must add that, as a Trad Catholic, I am shocked and puzzled by the secretive anointing in this Church of England ceremony. It was respectfully on display in "The Crown" too, which was the first time I'd seen it. "Sola scriptura" is replaced with a "tradition." It appears that tradition is reserved only for the crowning of a royal. I am unaware of an outcry among the "sola scriptura" Protest-ants. Do you know of any such objections you can send our way? Thanks.
Charles Windsor within a few days of his accession swore to maintain the Protestant status quo in Scotland at his coronation he did likewise for England.
Why at the latter why did Catholic and Orthodox prelates bless him? Something we need to know?
How can Fr. Joseph Selinger state that this was a Catholic Mass without there having been a consecrated Eucharist? Wasn't it more of a mimic of the Catholic Mass with a symbolic consecration? Shouldn't Catholics be reminded that this Mass was a protestant liturgy, not the Catholic Sacrifice of the Mass?
I once heard that when this era of bishops etc die, the young clergy will rejoice and rediscover Catholic tradition as a living tradition and heritage to be treasured.
Huzzah for Cardinal Burke and his use of the cappa magna!
Really great article, thanks. I do a lot of church-crawling in the uk, exploring our oldest churches and of course people forget that there were screens between the nave and chancel so that the view of the Holy rites was restricted, in addition to the silent Canon, etc. That sense of the sacred appears to have been progressively junked in the last few hundred years. We are now at a stage in NO churches where even on the most important days of the year, there is no ritual - no incense, no holy water, no processions, just the interminable turgid prose of the NO mass, same as on every other day.
I think if one were to use one article to counter all the complaints of those who want to do away with all formality in life, this is the article.
I love sacred tradition, the Latin mass, jolly old England, tea, scones, Thomas Tallis, John Donne, Cardinal Newman, Our Lady of Walsingham, and English gardens. I couldn't watch the Coronation purely based on the fact that I think Charles is dishonorable. I don't like the cut of his jib.
Hi Peter, I must add that, as a Trad Catholic, I am shocked and puzzled by the secretive anointing in this Church of England ceremony. It was respectfully on display in "The Crown" too, which was the first time I'd seen it. "Sola scriptura" is replaced with a "tradition." It appears that tradition is reserved only for the crowning of a royal. I am unaware of an outcry among the "sola scriptura" Protest-ants. Do you know of any such objections you can send our way? Thanks.
Charles Windsor within a few days of his accession swore to maintain the Protestant status quo in Scotland at his coronation he did likewise for England.
Why at the latter why did Catholic and Orthodox prelates bless him? Something we need to know?
How can Fr. Joseph Selinger state that this was a Catholic Mass without there having been a consecrated Eucharist? Wasn't it more of a mimic of the Catholic Mass with a symbolic consecration? Shouldn't Catholics be reminded that this Mass was a protestant liturgy, not the Catholic Sacrifice of the Mass?