A friend sent me this video. Maybe it's a little corny but it presents striking images of liturgical abuses (clown masses, women dressed as "priests," and new age nonsense to name only a few) and contrasts them with the undeniable beauty of the Liturgy properly celebrated. Fortunately, I've never experienced the egregious abuses on display here but candor requires us to admit that they are fairly widespread. As the Pope has pointed out, once reverence and solemnity are extracted, the Holy Mass risks becoming something of a parody rather than a Sacrifice. The good news is that these aging beatniks, once entrenched deeply in local parish life, are on their way out and a new generation, hardly impressed with their predecessors, is demanding a return to sanity.
sweet soundtrack
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