Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Sunday, April 06, 2008

A nice post


Faith rules: Inside the Clear Creek Monastery

A reminder though: what is currently considered the 'traditional' Mass and 'traditional' Church didn't spring up spontaneously the week after the day of Jesus' death. It took a long time. Today's Divine Office, in the Office of Readings, contains the reading From the first apology in defence of the Christians by Saint Justin, martyr: The celebration of the Eucharist - It's not quite what you'd call the current Eucharistic Celebration, nor the Tridentine Mass. Our longing for tradition is for the Tradition that developed over a long period of time, meaning things change...

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