Sunday, June 08, 2003

Any readers of the Latin Mass magazine see the letter to the editor by Father Ken Lohrmeyer, J.C.L. ? Is this priest for real? The self described “liberal” letter writer begins with this absurd statement “If you weren’t there, as an active participant, please do not pretend to know ‘the real truth’ about any historical or theological event.” So I guess we can just forget history or theology huh? How boring! The letter writer then expresses in a sarcastic way the idea that he supports woman priests. He seems to believe that since women were not allowed in the sanctuary, it meant that men and women were not seen as equal members of the Body of Christ. This is false. The letter continues by implying that a Catholic cannot disagree with anything the Pope does or allows, which is simply false. He then says the most silly thing ever: that if priests have to genuflect each time they cross in front of the tabernacle, then they should also genuflect each time they cross in front of any “member of the worshipping assembly”. He tries to equate the Real Presence in the Eucharist with the presence of Christ in everyone. He ends by showing that he thinks traditionalists oppose any and all change in the Liturgy, which again is false. The silliness, secularism, and lack of appreciation for traditional Catholic thought in this letter is indicative of the attitudes of many old priests in the Post-Conciliar Church. This letter was printed in the magazine for obvious reasons-this letter writer makes the traditionalists’ points better than they could.I have seen letters in Adoremus that have done the same thing, including one from a priest who said “keep sending your rag, someday your pope will die and then we can all sing in latin Alleluia”. The editor simply replied “Alleluia is, of course, a hebrew word”.

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