Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Solace for Traditional Catholics

Attention traditional Catholics: Don't miss the amazing "bombshell interview" with the Maestro Perpetuo ("director for life") of the Sistine Chapel, Monsignor Domenico Bartolucci, which is linked to on our site (see "Selected News Links"). In this interview, you may find jewels such as...

* The fact that he has celebrated the TLM "without interruption" since his ordination, and has found it "difficult" to celebrate the Novus Ordo

* Regarding modern (shall we say "festive"?) funerals, he asks if the people have ever read the Gospel (referencing how Jesus cried over the death of Lazarus)

* He says liturgists have been made who "know nothing about theology"

* He worries that people in the future - even the priest - may not understand what transubstantiation is

* He says "twisting the liturgy" became "kind of fashion" where "everybody was trying to be like popes"

* He says young generations of priests while "full of good feelings" may "lack in education"

* He says the liturgical problem is "serious" and says the Novus Ordo has "deficiencies" that are now "becoming evident for everybody"

* He warns about hybrid liturgical measures with compromises "that make God sad and the enemy happy"

Note that Msgr. Domenico Bartolucci has served under five popes.

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