"I may not be able to see or hear as much of the sacred mystery as I could when attending a novus ordo, but I take consolation in knowing that the priest is fulfilling his role on my behalf, as God intended him to do."In other words, no Papal ruling regarding the Sacred Liturgy since Pope John XXIII has been valid (and even some of his, I suppose). And he's content to watch the little old ladies pray their rosaries.
"As my cousin, a priest, once told me: "It's a mystery -- if you know everything that's going on, something is wrong.""Ummm, boy, someone has a skewed idea of the Novus Ordo. Just because you can hear the words of consecration and understand the words themselves because they're in the vernacular doesn't mean that any of the mystery is gone. Well, it doesn't mean that to anyone but traditionalists. I would have hoped that the seminary would have prepared this fellow's cousin a little better.
(And no, today isn't pick on Traditionalists day. These stories just showed up and I'm not feeling well, and...)
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