Under the pretense of relating the wonderful story of how an ordinary Catholic parish has welcomed an Anglican Use community, the liberal NCR comes straight to the point.
One of the key differences between this rite and the one normally used is its translation. Where the first eucharistic prayer in the ordinary use calls upon the Holy Spirit with the words, “We come to you, Father, with praise and thanksgiving, through Jesus Christ your Son,” in the Anglican use it is “Most merciful Father, we humbly pray thee, through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord.”
Some lifelong Catholics in the parish have concerns about the new liturgy.
Anglicans use a sacral language in the liturgy! And 'lifelong' Catholics have serious 'concerns'.
“Oh my goodness,” said Fran Totta, a family therapist who attends the Mass before the Anglican-use liturgy. “There’s kneeling for Communion, the priest facing the altar. All the visual triggers are worrisome.”
“For people my age, it’s a little bit disconcerting,” said Totta. “It feels like we’re regressing from the Vatican II model of going with the spirit of the law to the letter of the law. There used to be more heart.” Totta said she’s going to wait and see what happens.
All the visual triggers are worrisome? Better watch out for the subversive subliminal messages being conveyed by this sneaky Anglican Mass. It might actually convince Catholics to believe in the Real Presence and all those other outmoded medieval doctrines we ditched after Vatican II! But seriously, do real people fret about 'regressing from the Vatican II model'?
I wish the fact that the article was written by an 'editorial intern' accounted for its stupidity, but this is the same recycled liberal pablum the National Catholic Reporter spews on every page. They know the sun is quickly setting on the "spirit of Vatican II"; they can feel it all slipping away and they are desperate. These folks better start practicing now… "And with your spirit"… and again…
"New liturgy"?
I saw this article only after I had written mine on these liberal "Soviet dinosaurs". My article is on http://pagesperso-orange.fr/civitas.dei/reflections12.09.htm under December 2nd.
Fr. Anthony
We need to understand that there is a whole generation (or two) of folks who have been taught that everything pre V2 was "bad." I understand that most of the parishioners at Little Flower (a predominantly black congregation BTW) have been most gracious and welcoming, some even attend the AU Mass.
It's important to not try to point out to the chidren of the dinosaurs what is wrong with the new "spirit of V2" mass but rather like St Andrew just ask them to come and see.
Mike,
Of course I agree. My issue is not with the parishioners at Little Flower — assuming the quotes in the article are genuine — but with the shameful manner in which the NCR used them to insult tradition and the Anglican Use.