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9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - The aggressors in the ... · 0 replies · +4 points

The leftism she is referring to is primarily liturgical, not political. Inwood is noted for hostility to the EF. I'm not aware of any political statements in the usual sense by him which I'll grant is a wise move on his part. Take same-sex "marriage" for instance. If he were to come out in favor of it, he would (hopefully) lose his church jobs. If he came out against it, then he would likely lose a lot of support of the people who prefer his mawkish ditties.

9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - The aggressors in the ... · 0 replies · +3 points

to call for an end to this war or that war, the culture war, the liturgy war, the translation war

Indeed. If you are that committed to peace, then capitulate. No? Then clearly you think the stakes are worth fighting for, just like the people on the other side of the issue. Funny how that works, isn't it?

Case in point: the supposedly fair-handed John You-knuckle-dragging-Taliban-Catholics-need-to-be-more-charitable Allen. He weighed the new translation war against the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and gee whizz how out of whack our priorities are. He might have actually had a point if not for the fact that he and the birdcage-liner he worked for were decidedly on the "What if we just said 'Wait'?" side (Translation: What if we just said "Never!") Well, if the new translation was that unimportant, then just let it pass so that we can get to the important stuff. But Noooooooo.

9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - Monday Morning Funnies · 0 replies · +2 points

You may have seen this before, but just case: https://youtu.be/MP8tTXKzObc

9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - Inquiry Regarding a Ca... · 0 replies · +1 points

The problem with that is that the original Greek manuscripts also didn't use spaces between words or punctuation. Somehow I don't think many of the don't-capitalize-pronouns are going to advocate that.

9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - Flashback Friday · 0 replies · +2 points

Anyonr who thinks it was all perfect prior to V2

None of the regulars here seriously thinks that, so why cavil? Moreover, that the piece was not used in liturgy is also a petty objection because no one can seriously deny that it is from the same doofiness propelling trends in liturgical music.

9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - Church Marketing 101 · 0 replies · +1 points

Ha! The problem of course is that yoga, sushi, etc. are trendy and easy. The Faith will never be trendy or easy in our present atmosphere of kultursmog.

9 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - Turning Towards the Lo... · 0 replies · +3 points

"Getting rid of the "group hug" approach will do much to restore the Mass"

I believe the proper liturgical term is The Pew Lunge of Peace. :)

10 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - The New Minorities · 0 replies · +3 points

You are doing just fine Kathy with this post. Keep up the good work.

10 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - \"Welcome to our Churc... · 0 replies · +1 points

Greeters are merely a symptom of a disease in which important things external to the Mass are lacking elsewhere in the parish and thus are crammed into Mass time whether it is conducive to proper worship of God or not. Mass as kitchen sink as it were. Much of it is due to lack of genuine community. So when Catholics never see each other outside of Mass except maybe at football games (assuming Catholics can afford the heavy tuition of a Catholic school), we sadly see the last 15 minutes of Mass turned into a Town Hall meeting as birthdays, marriage anniversaries, etc. are applauded (I've even seen a cake with lit candles rolled down the aisle), or a layperson doing some kind of missionary work gives a schpeel which always seems to include illicit and windy sermonizing.

So while I have resigned that we will have greeters, I think most people instinctively detect something is amiss and that it is a tawdry solution to a greater problem.

10 years ago @ http://chantcafe.com/ - Let\'s Revisit \"Prais... · 1 reply · +9 points

I think you will find traditionally-minded music directors are open to testing ALL music proposed for liturgy in the refining fire. Perhaps Mozart and Palestrina actually do need the boot, but Mozart and Palestrina are hardly a ubiquitous phenomena reducing sacrifice and worship to trivial mush the way P&W is, are they?

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