Familiarity, in this case, definitely breeds contempt.
Despite having this model of getting things wrong in front of them there are some in the Catholic Church who have gone the same way. Priests who believe that they will only be accepted by putting on a shell suit and trainers or, who get rid of their schola in favour of a bit of a rock 'n' rolla choir. Silly chaps! Don't they know that one of the reasons that people go to church is to escape the everyday and the banal?
There is a rather wonderful blog called The Little Way and today's post about a priest who ad libs at Mass is well worth reading.
It falls into the same category as the ton up vicar syndrome; bring sacred worship down to the lowest common denominator and you drive people away from the Faith - not difficult to comprehend is it?
http://saintbyhalves.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI remember him well, and Peter Simple's (Daily Telegraph) Bishop of Bevindon New Town, Dr Spacely Trellis, the prototype of all those trendies who have undermined the Church.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it grotesque that so often satire becomes reality, e.g. Huxley's "Brave New World"?
Chris