[Magdalen] Latin Invasion?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

In times of uncertainty, that which seems to provide certainty, the more 
absolute the better, seems to capture the restless - in religion and in 
society... (or as disastrously mixed here in the US both at once... such as 
the God-wants-me-to-be-President, on down)
L

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:33 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Latin Invasion?

> On 15/07/2015 20:54, Jon Egger wrote:
>> Yes and no, Scott.  The parishioners are more liberal but, as my sister 
>> the
>> Sister says, the younger ones -35ish- tend to be more conservative 
>> because
>> their "Papal memories" (band name) consist of JPII and B16) and this new
>> pope, who is akin to JXXIII is too liberal to the younger RCs and they 
>> are
>> hesitant to trust him.  It's like reliving the start of Vatican II for my
>> sissie.
>
> Years ago Joan and I would sometimes go to Tridentine rite masses. It was 
> noticeable that the avergae age of the congregation at these masses was 
> distinctly younger (and younger still because of the children) than was 
> typical at a regular mass.  Of course the total number of congregants was 
> also far smaller than the total at the regular masses in parish churches 
> as the faithful few gathered from a large area.
>
> I have no doubt that they were faithful and devout (the pre-service time 
> was far quieter than a typical parish church mass) but they were being 
> fasithful to a form of Church they had never known - the golden age that 
> never was.  Francis is challenging this pattern of being Church.  I 
> believe he is right to do so, to recall people to the heart of the Gospel 
> message.  However those who like to follow a simple faith which does not 
> require use of that which marks humans out from other animals - reason - 
> do feel threatened by this change which is necessary to their spiritual 
> growth and maturity.
>
> Roger