Spirit of the Liturgy Talk
I went to a really good talk the other night on the Spirit of the Liturgy. It was the last in a series of talks on the liturgy sponsored by the Serra Club in our archdiocese but it was the only one I could get to since the previous talks have conflicted with my catechism class (no class this week since the kids were on spring break).
Point form, this is some of what I learned and some of what I was reminded of (some random trivia, some not so random):
- Mass prayed to the East because Christ returning from the East
- Gospel used to be read facing North because its traditionally believed that Satan's Kingdom is North. . . hmmm. . . interesting.
- Words of the Gloria are not to be changed. Huh. I've heard plenty of 'alternative' glorias in my young life.
- Hermeneutics of Vatican II ---> hermeneutic of continuity = good; hermeneutic of discontinuity = bad and so called, infamous, "Spirit of Vatican II"
- "Spirit of Vatican II" ---> the actual words of the documents don't mean anything.
- Real Spirit of Vatican II ---> the actual words of the documents are there for a reason and are authoritative. True Spirit of Vatican II in the letter and words of the Council.
- Hegel's Theory of Truth = insane, crazy, madness.... it doesn't work! (try fitting any absolute truth into the thesis, anti-thesis, and synthesis model and you'll see it's impossible).
- What are "Canadian" values? Duh Canadian values.
- Whenever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of the accomplishment of a human person the essence of liturgy is lost. (cf. Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI)
- The meal is not what's made present in the Mass. The Mass was established within the framework of the meal but it's the sacrifice and not the meal that we were commanded to offer. The Mass is not a meal, it's a sacrifice.
Another post of just random thoughts. For my fellow blogger and real flesh and blood friend who wanted to go but couldn't, if you want I'll photocopy my actual notes (which amazingly enough are a little more structured and organized than this post) for you.
Point form, this is some of what I learned and some of what I was reminded of (some random trivia, some not so random):
- Mass prayed to the East because Christ returning from the East
- Gospel used to be read facing North because its traditionally believed that Satan's Kingdom is North. . . hmmm. . . interesting.
- Words of the Gloria are not to be changed. Huh. I've heard plenty of 'alternative' glorias in my young life.
- Hermeneutics of Vatican II ---> hermeneutic of continuity = good; hermeneutic of discontinuity = bad and so called, infamous, "Spirit of Vatican II"
- "Spirit of Vatican II" ---> the actual words of the documents don't mean anything.
- Real Spirit of Vatican II ---> the actual words of the documents are there for a reason and are authoritative. True Spirit of Vatican II in the letter and words of the Council.
- Hegel's Theory of Truth = insane, crazy, madness.... it doesn't work! (try fitting any absolute truth into the thesis, anti-thesis, and synthesis model and you'll see it's impossible).
- What are "Canadian" values? Duh Canadian values.
- Whenever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of the accomplishment of a human person the essence of liturgy is lost. (cf. Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI)
- The meal is not what's made present in the Mass. The Mass was established within the framework of the meal but it's the sacrifice and not the meal that we were commanded to offer. The Mass is not a meal, it's a sacrifice.
Another post of just random thoughts. For my fellow blogger and real flesh and blood friend who wanted to go but couldn't, if you want I'll photocopy my actual notes (which amazingly enough are a little more structured and organized than this post) for you.
posted by DP | 10:02 PM
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