Who are these jokers wearing sunglasses? Nice to see Krol and Cicognani, although I don't know where Cicognani got his hands on that dreadful fifties chasuble. Hey, is that Eugene Levy behind Krol?
The last Council was/is nothing to celebrate, considering the last 50 years.
Anyone who actually does celebrate all of the last 50 years has been walking aorund with rose colored sunglasses, everything sweetness and light. LOL!!!
Those are not sunglasses. Before there were lenses that changed color it was common for people who prefered it or needed it to wear dark lense glasses which look like sun glasses today.
Ordinarily, you might suppose that electrocution were a bad thing; and even when it's a useful thing it does lead to some odd side-effects. Nonetheless, in extreme circumstances --- notably when nerve impulses through the heart muscles become turbulent and irregular, the quick delivery of a tiny electric current at high voltage may serve to restore a person's pulse. This may also lead to minor burns, and is probably something of a strain on intervening muscle tissue, but it can help keep body and soul together a little longer.
Now, anyone who says that the last fifty years have been simply awful because of what has happened in Catholic liturgy isn't thinking of just how awful the previous fifty years and more were, in spite of clear and uniform norms for Catholic liturgy. I don't mean to say that the previous fifty years were worse than the last fifty (I wasn't there...), or that visible outrages are more outrageous than invisible ones; but all who propose that the last fifty years would have been better, liturgically or politically, without Pope John's Council, are playing at postdictive counterfactual prophecy, and are probably ignoring the tendency for the things of men to decay if left alone, in this fallen world.
It's just possible, in other words, that the world and the Curch needed something of a jolt just then, and as the heart beats stronger again, there may even be time for attendent burns to heal.
Who are these jokers wearing sunglasses? Nice to see Krol and Cicognani, although I don't know where Cicognani got his hands on that dreadful fifties chasuble. Hey, is that Eugene Levy behind Krol?
You mean Happy 50 years of confusion and chaos? Then yes, Happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThe last Council was/is nothing to celebrate, considering the last 50 years.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who actually does celebrate all of the last 50 years has been walking aorund with rose colored sunglasses, everything sweetness and light. LOL!!!
Those are not sunglasses. Before there were lenses that changed color it was common for people who prefered it or needed it to wear dark lense glasses which look like sun glasses today.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with Vatican II is that it was a bit like trying to rebuild a ship while in full sail.
ReplyDeleteMy good and sarcastic prior commentators,
ReplyDeleteOrdinarily, you might suppose that electrocution were a bad thing; and even when it's a useful thing it does lead to some odd side-effects. Nonetheless, in extreme circumstances --- notably when nerve impulses through the heart muscles become turbulent and irregular, the quick delivery of a tiny electric current at high voltage may serve to restore a person's pulse. This may also lead to minor burns, and is probably something of a strain on intervening muscle tissue, but it can help keep body and soul together a little longer.
Now, anyone who says that the last fifty years have been simply awful because of what has happened in Catholic liturgy isn't thinking of just how awful the previous fifty years and more were, in spite of clear and uniform norms for Catholic liturgy. I don't mean to say that the previous fifty years were worse than the last fifty (I wasn't there...), or that visible outrages are more outrageous than invisible ones; but all who propose that the last fifty years would have been better, liturgically or politically, without Pope John's Council, are playing at postdictive counterfactual prophecy, and are probably ignoring the tendency for the things of men to decay if left alone, in this fallen world.
It's just possible, in other words, that the world and the Curch needed something of a jolt just then, and as the heart beats stronger again, there may even be time for attendent burns to heal.
God bless you all,