tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post1467880998915157579..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: A truly 'horrible' churchRichard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-66915890960514877972013-05-17T03:06:13.306+01:002013-05-17T03:06:13.306+01:00The theology of the new mass is also an affront to...The theology of the new mass is also an affront to true Catholics as it minimizes the traditional view of the mass as a true Sacrifice while elevating "other" presences of Christ, such as in the Assembly present and in the Scripture proclaimed to those assembled. So the new mass becomes Cranmer's sacrifice of "praise and thanksgiving." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-82146038633267357792013-05-16T02:34:49.932+01:002013-05-16T02:34:49.932+01:00Dear Anon May 12, 8:21 pm,
Having a revolutionary...Dear Anon May 12, 8:21 pm,<br /><br />Having a revolutionary table, as I prefer to call them, placed in the sanctuary is unworthy of any Catholic church and an affront to true Catholic sensibilities.<br />ATWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-17242209708602878102013-05-13T15:09:13.209+01:002013-05-13T15:09:13.209+01:00...I'd be curious to know what this driver mea......I'd be curious to know what this driver meant by "beautiful church," if not the one above.WSquarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-17421306622701763112013-05-13T00:09:51.105+01:002013-05-13T00:09:51.105+01:00"there was still the now mandatory protestant..."there was still the now mandatory protestant table at the forefront for the celebration of the new Mass." Two things the devil hates most; an ad orientum altar and Latin. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-84874196159858391962013-05-12T20:21:28.804+01:002013-05-12T20:21:28.804+01:00there was still the now mandatory protestant table...there was still the now mandatory protestant table at the forefront for the celebration of the new Mass. "<br /><br />This remark is unworthy of a Catholic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-35123913316312519492013-05-12T17:35:40.428+01:002013-05-12T17:35:40.428+01:00It certainly is a beautiful church.
Back in Pembr...It certainly is a beautiful church.<br /><br /><i>Back in Pembrokeshire we have a village named after this saint, although, presumably, in Reformation fashion the "St" prefix has been dropped.</i><br /><br />We can always pick up the "St" prefix and begin using it again.Micha Elyinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-59449485893095552702013-05-11T23:54:28.914+01:002013-05-11T23:54:28.914+01:00This is a truly beautiful church, I can not count ...This is a truly beautiful church, I can not count the times I stopped in it , while on vacation in Lisbon. There is a museum attached to the church, that is equally beautiful..lots of old liturgical items and such that are no longer used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-9822833460672530952013-05-11T18:57:09.940+01:002013-05-11T18:57:09.940+01:00Mike...you are right, especially about the concret...Mike...you are right, especially about the concrete.<br />Anon..ha, ha, but you know that Bro Eccles is really one C Longley Esq. A little known fact.<br /><br />Mac, I had the same thought. Maybe his cousin was the Deacon there.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-21824721691332071322013-05-11T16:18:01.545+01:002013-05-11T16:18:01.545+01:00I am vaguely intrigued by what the cabbie's &q...I am vaguely intrigued by what the cabbie's "much nicer" church was like...Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-78044865248154209592013-05-11T13:44:12.769+01:002013-05-11T13:44:12.769+01:00I think your cabman was Eccles, have a look at his...I think your cabman was Eccles, have a look at his picture and see if he's the one...<br /><br />http://ecclesandbosco.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-4122318989884306862013-05-11T11:07:58.174+01:002013-05-11T11:07:58.174+01:00Not knowing your cabman I can only guess that , wh...Not knowing your cabman I can only guess that , what would only make it slightly better, he probably belonged to a strong iberian current of general cultural philistinism and crass idolatry of modernity and iconoclastic rejection of anything old , (horribly established in Spain in the thirties and partaken of by much of Francos establishment; with Portugese small brushstrokes I am less au fait) as opposed to some sort of catholic wreckavation confraternity - who knows!<br />I would rather have mass in a concrete barn than see profaned, massless, emptied or uncatholic , what our fathers built to the glory of God whose beauty helped remind men of God's presence in this vale of tears and uplifted men's souls, but preference for ugliness and rejection of beauty is something pointing to an unhealthy conditioning, as even Huxley could portray as an artist without the theology to discern that it comes from Satan.<br />As I remember Fatima, it's a touch heavy on the concrete, but it doesn't matter. <br />May God bless your pilgrimage , and please ask our Lady to intercede for your readers' needs and intentions.<br />Mike Cliffsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405021835510775527noreply@blogger.com