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| Clare | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 19:59 Post #46 |
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I wasn't ridiculing her, Nelly. I wasn't rolling my eyes. This is the emoticon for rolling one's eyes: :rolleyes: I was blinking, thus: :blink: Because I didn't understand the point! That's all!
Funnily enough, I see most of the ridiculing coming from the other direction. And it's charges of "elitism" etc, that provoke exasperated responses from me. Clare. |
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| Alan | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:05 Post #47 |
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Because it made me so angry it has taken me a long time to calm down and put my thoughts together concerning this poll and the video clip. I do not know the status of the people giving the Altar its “makeover” but what they did was totally in contravention of Church Law. The idea of creating a backdrop for Candles and a “Tabernacle” meant that they covered the Altar Stone. This is sited in the centre of the Altar and contains Sacred Relics. This is where the Priest kisses the Altar at the beginning and end of Mass. It is also the area of the Altar where the Chalice and Ciboria are placed during Mass. I did not observe those dressing the Altar place a temporary Altar Stone at the Front of the Altar Table. Then to place a “box” to represent the Tabernacle thus drawing the congregation’s eye away from the Real Presence in the Church’s Tabernacle I find quite distressing. To add insult to injury a Crucifix is placed on top of the box, Once again drawing attention away from the Churches own Crucifix. The Churches own Crucifix would have, normally, been donated by the Bishop who opened the Church. What was the need for the front board? In what way was it supposed to enhance the Altar Table? Now I am the first to agree that some of the re-ordering of our older churches has been dreadful. It is terrible when excellent architecture is compromised. Removal of Altar Rails to stop people kneeling to receive Holy Communion is one example. Now I well remember attending Solemn High Mass and losing myself in the sights, sounds and deep Solemnity of the occasions. They were truly awe inspiring. Yes, very Prayerful occasions. However, it is Prayerful in a different sense. That is because of the Latin used most people “listened or prayed their “Beads. That was then and the Liturgies were right for the time. The idea of “vandalising” a modern Church Sanctuary because some people think what was celebrated then was more “appropriate” I find distinctly uncomfortable. I also get quite distressed when people use expression implying “snobbery or elitism” on one side or the other. The purpose for us all is to have Mass suitable to the Praise and Glory of God. There is now no possibility of reversing trends so I would suggest it is time for all to move forward. The video opening this discussion made me very angry and I was appalled by its content. |
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| Clare | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:17 Post #48 |
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Fraternity of St Peter, by the looks of it. Perfectly legit! I'm sure it wasn't a bunch of renegades just marching into the church uninvited! Clare. |
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| Deleted User | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:20 Post #49 |
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I don't think the "after" version was the norm before the reforms. I do not remember our altars being so cluttered and in such bad taste. I think what has happened is that some clerics too young to remember things as they really were have created a "Third Way" which is more extreme than the reality. john |
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| Clare | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:21 Post #50 |
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They were dressing the altar ready for the offering of a Tridentine Rite Mass. And they were "unvandalising" the sanctuary. It's not uncommon for a bit of tweaking to be necessary when a church, which usually has New Rite Masses, is about to have a Tridentine Rite offered in it. If you want to be really outraged, the temporary table altar at Everingham had to be moved into a side chapel, when the church was being used for a Latin Mass Society Mass! Clare. |
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| nelly k | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:26 Post #51 |
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Alan, I feel very ticked off by you, and possibly you are right , and I need to take time to consider your point. It was me who used the terms Elitism and snobbery and I am sorry Alan,but I get distressed to, when I belive that my Form of Worship and Praise is not Catholic or Catholic enough. It would seem to me that not all Catholics would accept that my and many like me form of worship/Mass is suitable for the Praise and Glory of God.Maybe my interpretation is wrong? I will encourage my 13 year old to read your post, as there is much in it that she should be aware of, nelly |
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| Clare | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:36 Post #52 |
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http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/al/altar.htm
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| Clare | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 20:47 Post #53 |
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Babelfish translation (therefore not brilliant!):
http://www.dailymotion.com/CHRIST-REDEMPTEUR |
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| Eve | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 21:53 Post #54 |
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This discussion appears to have become confrontational. I do not have the time to give a full explanation yet for locking it. I will, but at the moment have other things i must attend to. I hope to be back online later this evening. |
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| Rose of York | Thursday, 12. April 2007, 23:07 Post #55 |
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I have posted little today, due to having been popped up with dental anaesthetic after surgery (not ordinary dental treatment) that lasted over an hour. It is gradually wearign off. All I can say for the moment is: Those photographs give the impression this is a forum aimed specifically at people who want to "push" Tridentine Mass. I will not lower myself to retaliate by posting photographs of New Rite Holy Mass. Just in case visitors get the wrong impression, this is NOT a specifically "trad" forum. All who hold and follow the Catholic Faith are traditional catholics. On here we have a tradition of respecting each others' choice to attend whatever Mass they choose. It is with great sadness that I see this forum has descended to such competitive and argumentative depths. |
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