tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post2828497555174378167..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: Raymond Edwards: the charge sheetLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-77421608709469539052016-09-19T14:34:31.726+01:002016-09-19T14:34:31.726+01:00!!!!!!!!WilliamKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551278829221366384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-83606820825682077292011-08-02T14:07:14.025+01:002011-08-02T14:07:14.025+01:00Thank you. Naturally the booklet does contain some...Thank you. Naturally the booklet does contain some information which may be helpful to readers. It also contains much that is unhelpful. A better booklet on the subject would have had the good aspects without the disadvantages.<br />So while I am happy with the decision of the CTS to commission a booklet on this subject, I am unhappy with its execution!Joseph Shawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-14094180522635141612011-08-02T13:33:25.374+01:002011-08-02T13:33:25.374+01:00Good afternoon,
I noted an abbreviated version of...Good afternoon,<br /><br />I noted an abbreviated version of these comments in the latest issue of the Catholic Herald, and wish to offer a reply. I am an adult convert to the Faith, and come from the perspective of being an "outsider", i.e. having a burgeoning interest in the more traditional form of the Mass, and purchased the CTS booklet for further information (as of yet, I haven't attended any EF masses). Although I would necessarily need to defer to the author of the above article for inaccuracies therein etc., and appreciate that the booklet is more opinionated and polemical than it could to have been, I genuinely found it to be useful (for my purposes). I felt as if I clearly understood that certain Traditional organisations operate within the acceptable boundaries of the Church and are responsive to its leadership and Magesterium, whereas others aren't. Indeed, a pair of chapters were organised along these lines.<br /><br />I was left with an abiding impression that the LMS were among the "good guys"; Dr Edwards did mention that "Traditionalist" Catholics are often truer in conforming to the morals of the Church and seemed to me to credit the LMS not inappopriately.<br /><br />Although I am offering some defence, clearly, of the booklet, please note I have no professional affiliation with the CTS (other than being a member).<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />MarkMark Thornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-43851923727302441772011-07-17T08:20:24.320+01:002011-07-17T08:20:24.320+01:00Good question; I don't think there is. He'...Good question; I don't think there is. He'd be best getting copies of Summorum Pontificum, especially of it comes with the Letter to Bishops. That gives an explanation for the whole phenomenon of people wanting the EF and the Holy Father allowing it.Joseph Shawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-29216044907699233802011-07-16T22:24:27.242+01:002011-07-16T22:24:27.242+01:00My parish priest, who has very kindly allowed us t...My parish priest, who has very kindly allowed us to have the EF, mentioned he might order some of these - is there an alternative which I could suggest for him, preferably from a publisher he will see as neutral?Pelicanusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-54155670311030723062011-07-12T15:02:15.957+01:002011-07-12T15:02:15.957+01:00I hope that Evangelium conference will not be stoc...I hope that Evangelium conference will not be stocking this booklet and misleading well meaning souls. I would write to Fr. Marcus Holden and alert them, as the CTS has a stall at the conference.Siriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-78145899609068609872011-07-11T08:54:02.085+01:002011-07-11T08:54:02.085+01:00If you want to know what my objections to the book...If you want to know what my objections to the booklet are, you *could* try reading the post.Joseph Shawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-81634188735863067532011-07-11T01:17:01.008+01:002011-07-11T01:17:01.008+01:00mate,
what is your beef? I think you can buy a spe...mate,<br />what is your beef? I think you can buy a special edition of the book in lace maybe that would make ya feel better.elijah the tishbitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-53106829894837515442011-07-10T18:29:06.851+01:002011-07-10T18:29:06.851+01:00As this booklet was written primarily for an Engli...As this booklet was written primarily for an English readership, the obsession with the "hard right" and conspiracy theories and many other issues have no or, little bearing on Traditional Catholics here in England is distarcting and plain useless .<br /> Michael Davies used to say that it was one of the glories of the Traditional Catholic witnes in England that it was diverse socially, educationally and politically. This is still true as anyone who goes to different Traditional Masses can see.Alan Robinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-78214268453485038632011-07-10T15:44:30.683+01:002011-07-10T15:44:30.683+01:00Thanks for this interesting review. (Dispiriting,...Thanks for this interesting review. (Dispiriting, but interesting.) If this booklet is as bad as you say it does a grave injustice to people like you and me, not to mention Fr de Malleray who will inevitably be closely associated with it by reason of the cover photo.<br /><br />A couple of things in your post stuck me in particular:<br /><br />"It is not abstract theological considerations which attract people to the Traditional Mass, but the experience of the Mass." Quite so. Our personal experiences come first in almost every case. Very few of the faithful have the ability or inclination to make abstract theological considerations, and we rely on the openness of our pastors to provide us with the opportunity to experience the fullness of our liturgical tradition - an openness which is sadly rare. This is why the work of the LMS is so important even after Summorum Pontificum and Universae Ecclesiae; the faithful need more access to the traditional mass and other rites.<br /><br />Secondly, the motives for attachment to tradition which the booklet imputes are so far removed from my own, and those of anyone of whom I am aware, that it is hard to believe they could be sincerely held in good faith. For my own part, your (or the pope's) summary of "sacrality" is pretty close to the mark. The traditional forms in which the faith has been manifest are much more authentic; they reflect the truths of the faith much more closely than the rites lately constructed. Lex orandi lex credendi.Simon Plattnoreply@blogger.com