quote: reen12
The respect for the Eucharistic Presence was…enormous.
quote: BarbaraTherese
I do wonder about the depth of this devotion Reen…it was certainly ‘observable phenomena’ and those I was most in awe of left attending Sunday and weekday Masses with the mass exodus post Vatican2. I often wonder about that.
Thanks for this observation, Barb. I’ve given it some thought.
How about this?
I have noticed that some of the elder Boomers that I know,
who haven’t attended Mass on Sunday, for forty years,
displayed…shock!..when they first encountered the
Novus Ordo.
Their sense of the sacred remains, from what I can observe -
which is why their religious sensibilties were in upheaval…
when they encountered the new “liturgy” at a funeral Mass
or at a Confirmation ceremony.
I truely, truely think that it was the catechesis - of the time-
and the ethos that surrounded same - that drove any number of
these indivduals from the Church.
Only one, that I am aware of, has embraced another faith.
And any attempt - at a cavalier dismal of their departure as:
-remarriage
-birth control
constitutes more than a little mis-reading, of the “signs
of the times,” in my estimation.
These souls loved God. Who will accept responsibility,
before Him, for these individuals?
Some of these persons seem to have an inarticulate sense
that the CC is the “true Church” “Holy Mother Church.”
Yet I find myself asking: What kind of Mother had she
been to them?
Just my assessment.
Best,
reen
