tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post5796535367605472632..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: New book on the Faith and the New AgeLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-90949845828742813422017-02-25T20:56:56.707+00:002017-02-25T20:56:56.707+00:00Thank you for this insightful post. Coming from a ...Thank you for this insightful post. Coming from a Reformed Protestant background, with every second former-Reformed Christian morphed into a New Ager, I would say "You've nailed it Joseph Shaw".Catherina of Sienahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10949525851871017280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-53952486724329978992017-02-24T19:36:16.336+00:002017-02-24T19:36:16.336+00:00I'm reading the book at the moment. It really ...I'm reading the book at the moment. It really is terrific - scholarly, soulful and poetic - suffused with warmth and generosity, and a wise, tender, life-affirming faith. <br /><br />Speaking personally, I think the New Age might already have passed its high-water mark. I foresee a new attempt to steal the Church's clothing on its way. The wave of political populism sweeping the West will find its religious echo sooner or later, I feel, in a quest for the Sacred that will demand much stronger fare than anything the post-V2 world can offer. I think it's highly likely, in fact - dramatic though it may sound - that the coming years might see a widespread revival of the ancient pantheons of pre-Christian Europe. <br /><br />Faced with such intensity, a humanist-orientated Church (like the mainstream politicos of Europe and the US) will be simply blown away. We need to invest, more than ever, in the restorative power and God-centredness of Catholic tradition. The Latin Mass, of course, is absolutely central to this - the cornerstone, I would say, for any meaningful religious riposte to (1) secularism, (2) the New Age, and (3) the coming religious populism outlined above.John Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951246561259007162noreply@blogger.com