BELOW is yet another excerpt from Richard Rodriguez’s autobiography, Hunger of Memory. It’s his interesting stance on post-Vatican II Catholicism:
[...] I would protest as well the diminished sense of the sacred in churches today. I would protest the use of folk music and the hand-holding. Finally, I cannot. I suspect that the reason I despise the new liturgy is because it is mine. It reflects and attempts to resolve the dilemma of Catholics just like me. The informal touches; the handshaking; the folk music; the insistence upon union — all these changes are aimed at serving Catholics who no longer live in a Catholic world. To such Catholics — increasingly alone in their faith — the Church says: You are part of a community of believers. You are not single in your faith. Not solitary. We are together, Catholics. We believe. We believe. We believe. This assurance is necessary because, in a sense, it no longer is true. Read the rest of this entry »
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