Catholic Charismatic Masses

  • Thread starter Thread starter rben20
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
napoli426 said:
The novus ordo has led to a lot of these abherations. What did we expect would happen.
Click to expand...
With all due respect, let’s not blame the Ordinary Form of the Mass. The big problem is that, as I have experienced it with some of these movments, is that they tend to follow the alleged “spirit” of Vatican II than what the Council actually said. Rome has been very clear, from Sacrosanctum Concilium down to Redemptionis Sacramentum, that the integrity of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass needs to be respected. Thus, it is not the fault of the Mass; rather, the blame falls on those who have the need to take the liturgy and “cobble something up” (as Pope Benedict has often stated) something for themselves. The movements are not exempt from obeying the norms and rubrics of the Mass. We only have to look at the examples presented to us from Life Teen and the Neocatechumenal Way.
 
Please note that the Charismatic Renewal is more traditional than most of the persons who post on this forum. It is not modern in the least.
First of all it is a renewal. Therefore it must hark back to practices from the past. Not an establishment of a new set of practices.
Second of all it is a blessing (charism) from God.
This is an example of one of the oldest forms of spirituality known to Christianity. We have ample evidence for this from the epistles of Paul and from the Acts of Apostles.
You can hardly be more traditional than that. If you want to get back to “traditional” practices, let’s get back to liturgy celebrated in Greek rather than the modernist Latin.
I am a traditional Catholic, having been raised in the faith prior to the second council of the Vatican, and having been an acolyte at daily and Sunday masses. I can still repeat most of the Latin responses I learned in my youth. I am also a Charismatic Catholic who prays in tongues. I am not in the least emotional, nor do I shout or swoon during prayer. I’m just your ordinary Catholic gentleman.

Reb Levi
 
Charismatics are Catholics who wish they were protestant. It’s sickening to hear people defend this movement. Just look at the church since vatican 2. Downhill. Period. I believe God is allowing this to purge us. We’ll see who’s left standing. You all remember. Sheeps and Goats?!! I will now say a rosary for all the irreverance I have seen at these charismatic services.

Pax
 
napoli426 said:
Charismatics are Catholics who wish they were protestant. It’s sickening to hear people defend this movement. Just look at the church since vatican 2. Downhill. Period. I believe God is allowing this to purge us. We’ll see who’s left standing. You all remember. Sheeps and Goats?!! I will now say a rosary for all the irreverance I have seen at these charismatic services.

Pax
Click to expand...
Um, I beg to differ if you are inferring charismatic Masses are is some way wrong. I have been to many charismatic Masses. The Masses are celebrated from the same missal. I have even known a priest that would chant the Eucharistic prayer. The biggest difference is the exuberance the congregation celebrates the Mass. A lot of praising, rejoicing and singing. Sure some of the congregation may pray in tongues but they are not told when to do it. I seem to recall the praying in tongues was done wile singing.

Now a Festival of Praise is another thing. I am sure many people believe everyone should be praying in silence at home or before the Blessed Sacrament - alone. If people want to get together and pray to God loudly, let them. If they are summoning demons or preaching heretical concepts they need to be worried about.
 
"Woman Injured While ‘Resting in the Spirit’
By CHRIS COUGHLIN
ShareThis
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CN) - A woman says she suffered traumatic brain injuries and lost her sense of smell and taste after falling over backwards while “resting in the spirit” at a Catholic Charismatic Revival healing service. She sued the Hartford Diocese in Superior Court.
Dorothy Kubala says the accident happened while Fr. Robert Rousseau was “performing a healing service for members of the general public” at the St. Augustine Church in North Branford in January 2009.
Kubala says she “approached the altar, was prayed over, and ‘Rested in the Spirit,’ causing her to fall backwards and hit the floor with the back of her head.”
She claims her injuries were caused by the priest’s “failing to follow protocols, rules and procedures as outlined by defendants, the Hartford Archdiocese and St. Augustine Church.” "

continued: courthousenews.com/2010/10/06/30845.htm
 
Looking forward to our good Pope celebrating a Charismatic Mass.
 
This may be an opportunity to rid ourselves of these services. If the threat of litigation exists from people knocking their noggins on the floor, going into convulsions, or maybe losing their ability to speak their mother tongue then what diocese can afford to permit them?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top