tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post1563906457877041916..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: Quote of the DayPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-88344500823713306712012-02-05T16:55:10.749-06:002012-02-05T16:55:10.749-06:00A small group from my former parish in Chicago wan...A small group from my former parish in Chicago wanted a Mass in Latin. One of the priests went through all the trouble of filling out the forms then required to get permission for a Mass in Latin. Permission was granted, and on the designated day, a Saturday, the priest was there, but no one else showed up. The priest was annoyed. Instead of filling out all those forms, he could have been making lasagna.<br /><br />Latin, lugubrious hymns, the rattling of rosary beads, sermons about the need for more and more money, people wandering in late and leaving early -- in short the sights and sounds that obscured the meaning of the Celebration of the Eucharist are faded memories. When asked, "What are you doing Sunday morning?," many Catholics, myself included, would say, "I have to go to church." Pews in those days were full of people like me who didn't want to be there. I don't know what's happening in other parishes, but my church is packed every Sunday with people who do want to be there. I am incredibly grateful to be one of them. The "New Translation" makes me nervous. Is the "New Translation" the thin edge of a wedge? Will it lead to a time when once again I won't want to go to Mass on Sunday? Heaven forbid! NanookMNNanookMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838761623200210050noreply@blogger.com