The most beautiful thing this side of heaven

[eelpis]

How come a thing described as the most beautiful this side of heaven (by Fr Faber), is seen as something to be perfected by experts from the omnious decade of the 60’s? (None of whom are even considered for canonization.)

(Caveat, I do not deny the pope’s authority over the liturgy.)

 

[Freshman88]

A great mystery of the faith indeed.

 

[bpbasilphx]

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How come a thing described as the most beautiful this side of heaven (by Fr Faber),**

I guess Fr. Faber never saw the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom–which is not to way the Western Liturgies don’t have their own beauty.

 

[eelpis]

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How come a thing described as the most beautiful this side of heaven (by Fr Faber),**

I guess Fr. Faber never saw the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom–which is not to way the Western Liturgies don’t have their own beauty.

I guess he did, but anyway…a great mystery of the faith indeed.

 

[Freshman88]

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How come a thing described as the most beautiful this side of heaven (by Fr Faber),**

I guess Fr. Faber never saw the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom–which is not to way the Western Liturgies don’t have their own beauty.

I always find it amusing how liturgically, the Easterners and traditionalists will often agree when it comes to the NO. In any case, I love the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chyrsostom, it saved my faith and eventually brought me to the EF.

 

[I_Believe]

Not everyone at VII wanted it changed…

“In recent times, even in materialist North America, the growth of the Church was magnificent with the liturgy being kept in Latin. The attempts of the Protestants have failed, and Protestantism uses the vernacular. We ask again: Why the change, especially since changes in this matter involve many difficulties and great dangers? All of us here at the Council can recall the fundamental changes in the meaning of words in common use. Thus it follows that if the Sacred Liturgy were in the vernacular, the immutability of doctrine would be endangered.
The introduction of the vernacular should be separated from the action of the Mass. The Mass must remain as it is. Grave changes in the liturgy introduce grave changes in dogmata.”
-James Cardinal McIntyre addressing the Second Vatican Council.

 

[ethelzguy]

How come a thing described as the most beautiful this side of heaven (by Fr Faber), is seen as something to be perfected by experts from the omnious decade of the 60’s? (None of whom are even considered for canonization.)

(Caveat, I do not deny the pope’s authority over the liturgy.)

“There must be fifty ways to leave your lover…”

and, a hundred-and-one ways to criticize the NO.

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

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[eelpis]

“There must be fifty ways to leave your lover…”

and, a hundred-and-one ways to criticize the NO.

Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

:bigyikes: :bigyikes: :bigyikes: :bigyikes: :bigyikes:

Since you seem to have the answer to this question, could you please state it, or do you refer to the mystery of faith as well?