[Magdalen] Theological and Liturgical Tidbits - St. John'sAbbey.

[Simon Kershaw]

WWJD? WWJS?

simon

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Simon Kershaw
simon at kershaw.org.uk
Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
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> On 9 Nov 2017, at 18:50, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
> Even the fanatic Tridentine supporters admit there were a lot of poorly executed
> Masses that could drive any worshiper to boredom.  There were the Rosary ladies who
> paid no attention to the Mass at all, but fumbled their beads throughout.  Then there were
> Masses in the side altars going on simultaneouslyi n clear view of the congregation, etc.
>  
> The real thing, the Tridentine Solemn High Mass with plainchant, polyphony, or even
> orchestral accompaniment is/was worship to behold.
>  
> Even in my dinky high school (200) in NW Wisconsin, we had 4 years of Latin, though the
> pronunciation was of the German academic school.  This was a public, not parochial school.