The triumph of the destroying Spirit of Vatican II is neatly encapsulated in this neat little video from Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Menomonee Falls, WI.
As parody, it would be over the top. As reality, it is the synthesis of all banality. Everybody please tell me how things are getting better, please.
Note**Good Shepherd has made private the original video. Fortunately, there is another copy downloaded in anticipation of this happening.
Deacon Sandy has responded to the criticism here. You can read it here.
I have taken down the video. See why here.
Annnd the video is back. See why here.
UPDATE
There are other troubling things on their website as noticed by Matthew Balan
For their gay outreach, they make this statement. “This ministry works to help the LGBT community find and take it’s rightful place within the Catholic community. “
What exactly is the rightful place of the LGBT community in the Church as it differs from the rightful place of any sinner?
And they link to Call To Action, a group where membership is grounds for excommunication in some places.
Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki
Archbishop of Milwaukee
archbishoplistecki@archmil.org
February 25, 2014 at 10:23 pm
New Liturgical Movement? That's your example of a mouth-frothing trad-fest? NLM is the most mild-mannered, scholarly website you will ever see. The writers are all either priests or lettered lay people. And Fr Z too? No-one's done more to defend Pope Francis to planet trad than Fr Z. Now, if you'd said the Remnant, or Fisheaters – which are excellent, but more controversial – I might have understood. I'm not saying things are perfect but you need to do your research. No-one's going to take you seriously if you think Fr Z is a radical extremist.
On a more positive note, you might want to help me persuade these people to buy kneelers for Deacon Sandy's parish. See my comments on on the most recent Deacon Sandy post.
February 25, 2014 at 10:57 pm
Regarding protestants – they care about liturgy as well. There are some lovely liturgies in the Anglican and Lutheran communities, and a corresponding desire to preserve and protect them, which spills over into anger from time to time. Equally there are impatient reformers in both communities and the two tendencies clash. In the world of free churches, there is plenty of heated discussion about what's best – and if the megachurch near me is anything to go by, no expense is spared in creating a liturgy as up-to-date as possible. I'd say the only place where there is no argument about liturgy is the Quakers – because they don't have one!