Post by Séamus on Oct 9, 2020 12:14:18 GMT
The dilemma faced by Roger Buck's fictional Anna O'Neill- whether to live in an area of more traditional values and pace but without access to her beloved extraordinary form mass or a situation of the opposite- is far from fictional. It's particularly unfortunate if a country parish faces a sudden change of priest after a homeschool family, for example, deliberately move there,as I've heard has happened.
The extraordinary form celebrated St Bridget of Sweden yesterday. John Paul II's particular touch in including her as one of Europe's six new patrons would hopefully not be looked over by anyone following, with or without actual access to mass, the 1962 missal. The pontiff did something that seemed unnecessary even in the 1960s- proclaim several patrons to intercede for a continent that had been Christendom. But the second collect for the traditional mass is worth consideration;several martyrs including a St Bacchus. The woman who represents mediaeval Christianity in Scandinavia superimposed on a,most probably,first generation convert from pagan society.
Whatever reason post-council reformers had for dropping tomorrow's St Francis Borgia from the liturgy,he makes a good follow up. We see symbolised in Bacchus a Church that can march on in a godless world;in Pope Alexander VI's descendant we see holiness bud from a society that had renewed interest in classic paganism,but ,more importantly, see symbolised in Francis a Church that can march on despite the evil deeds of it's own members.
As long-winded as it might sound to point to today's date also...the PiusXI-canonized John Leonardi took centre stage in the '62 edition missal, ancient Denis relegated to commemoration. They both stand optional in today's ordinary form;I might attempt the suggestion that Denis' cultural connections might give him slightly more relevance than missionary(in the older sense of the term)-minded St John.
Montmartre has stood for many things throughout history,from, if etymologists are correct, the god Mars to a Christianized mount of the martyrs(Denis&companions) to bohemian art to the strong statement-in-stone of Sacré-Cœur,which returning travellers will always mention is the one large edifice in Paris which shows little sign of becoming a museum or an irrelevance. They're a diverse group of course,but how would the 'Renoirs','Monets','VanGoughs',(even) 'Picassos' and other peoples and movements of earlier generations who made Montmartre an art capital see the world in 2020? Would Renoir lament the loss of dignity and style seen in his images of simple yet elaborate gatherings? Or be happy to paint a gender fluid couple streaming videos? Would Monet or Vincent lament the church or saint-named hospital they'd painted closing or would it matter not now that the moment of inspiration had past?
Worth thinking about between the feasts of Bacchus and Borgia,two saints with the most unlikely of names.
The extraordinary form celebrated St Bridget of Sweden yesterday. John Paul II's particular touch in including her as one of Europe's six new patrons would hopefully not be looked over by anyone following, with or without actual access to mass, the 1962 missal. The pontiff did something that seemed unnecessary even in the 1960s- proclaim several patrons to intercede for a continent that had been Christendom. But the second collect for the traditional mass is worth consideration;several martyrs including a St Bacchus. The woman who represents mediaeval Christianity in Scandinavia superimposed on a,most probably,first generation convert from pagan society.
Whatever reason post-council reformers had for dropping tomorrow's St Francis Borgia from the liturgy,he makes a good follow up. We see symbolised in Bacchus a Church that can march on in a godless world;in Pope Alexander VI's descendant we see holiness bud from a society that had renewed interest in classic paganism,but ,more importantly, see symbolised in Francis a Church that can march on despite the evil deeds of it's own members.
As long-winded as it might sound to point to today's date also...the PiusXI-canonized John Leonardi took centre stage in the '62 edition missal, ancient Denis relegated to commemoration. They both stand optional in today's ordinary form;I might attempt the suggestion that Denis' cultural connections might give him slightly more relevance than missionary(in the older sense of the term)-minded St John.
Montmartre has stood for many things throughout history,from, if etymologists are correct, the god Mars to a Christianized mount of the martyrs(Denis&companions) to bohemian art to the strong statement-in-stone of Sacré-Cœur,which returning travellers will always mention is the one large edifice in Paris which shows little sign of becoming a museum or an irrelevance. They're a diverse group of course,but how would the 'Renoirs','Monets','VanGoughs',(even) 'Picassos' and other peoples and movements of earlier generations who made Montmartre an art capital see the world in 2020? Would Renoir lament the loss of dignity and style seen in his images of simple yet elaborate gatherings? Or be happy to paint a gender fluid couple streaming videos? Would Monet or Vincent lament the church or saint-named hospital they'd painted closing or would it matter not now that the moment of inspiration had past?
Worth thinking about between the feasts of Bacchus and Borgia,two saints with the most unlikely of names.