Post by homeschooldad on Jun 14, 2023 13:08:04 GMT
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Might be that the Church could consider this the work of the Holy Ghost, free up the older liturgy, and let what comes of that, just happen.
Some things can't be reduced to logic or sterile arguments as to why the Novus Ordo should be preferred over the Traditional Latin Mass. There may be a power in this liturgy that no one realizes, for reasons that no one quite understands.
Applying the "Gamaliel principle" --- "if it is of God, let it be" --- would be more in order here. The Church can, and does, revisit decisions it has made, and change course if the results aren't quite what one would have expected. Sometimes bad decisions can be made with the best of intentions, with the best internal logic and justification, and whenever things don't turn out as planned, whoever made those decisions, should be able to admit it.
To use a homely secular example, look at what happened when the Coca-Cola company revised its formula and introduced a "New Coke". It failed miserably. Did some people like the New Coke better? No doubt. But for many, many more, their reaction was quite different. Did Coca-Cola dig in its heels, say "we've changed it, and everyone should like it"? Of course not. They restored the old Coke. Another example, Anheuser-Busch thought it would be a good idea to allow a transgendered man to become a spokes-"woman" for Bud Light. The reaction was quite violent. They ruined Bud Light as a brand.
There's a lesson to be learned here.
Might be that the Church could consider this the work of the Holy Ghost, free up the older liturgy, and let what comes of that, just happen.
Some things can't be reduced to logic or sterile arguments as to why the Novus Ordo should be preferred over the Traditional Latin Mass. There may be a power in this liturgy that no one realizes, for reasons that no one quite understands.
Applying the "Gamaliel principle" --- "if it is of God, let it be" --- would be more in order here. The Church can, and does, revisit decisions it has made, and change course if the results aren't quite what one would have expected. Sometimes bad decisions can be made with the best of intentions, with the best internal logic and justification, and whenever things don't turn out as planned, whoever made those decisions, should be able to admit it.
To use a homely secular example, look at what happened when the Coca-Cola company revised its formula and introduced a "New Coke". It failed miserably. Did some people like the New Coke better? No doubt. But for many, many more, their reaction was quite different. Did Coca-Cola dig in its heels, say "we've changed it, and everyone should like it"? Of course not. They restored the old Coke. Another example, Anheuser-Busch thought it would be a good idea to allow a transgendered man to become a spokes-"woman" for Bud Light. The reaction was quite violent. They ruined Bud Light as a brand.
There's a lesson to be learned here.
