tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post4756507025470074994..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: Pseudo-Hip.Joshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-66783084528330620232009-08-29T14:07:30.837+10:002009-08-29T14:07:30.837+10:00Understand the hyperbole: it must be admitted that...Understand the hyperbole: it must be admitted that the dose of Scripture given at the modern Mass is perhaps over-large and ill-digested: I think there is a lot to be said for a less-is-more approach, particularly as having lectio continua for the Gospel, with an unrelated lectio continua for the Epistle, plus an Old Testament text chosen for its parallel with the Gospel (all chosen by exegetes Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-71085273774189034532009-08-29T12:17:22.296+10:002009-08-29T12:17:22.296+10:00'meaningless Scripture readings', Patriciu...'meaningless Scripture readings', Patricius? That's the sort of thing that gives traddies a bad name!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-65556515768634444382009-08-28T07:34:26.132+10:002009-08-28T07:34:26.132+10:00Yes, there has been atrophy of the rites of prepar...Yes, there has been atrophy of the rites of preparation, hypertrophy of the Liturgy of the Word, atrophy of the offertory and even of the Canon... While not as extreme as the Lutheran and other deletions and modifications, they do detract from the Mass.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-33329028786009471932009-08-27T22:59:44.880+10:002009-08-27T22:59:44.880+10:00Apart from the tedium of the Novus Ordo, the lop-s...Apart from the tedium of the Novus Ordo, the lop-sided balance between the Mass of the Catechumens and the Mass of the Faithful (called nowadays, as you know, the ''liturgy of the Word'' and the ''liturgy of the Eucharist'') is another thing that irritates me about it. For Scripture is wrongly emphasized over what is more important about the Mass, the Consecration.Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.com