Since the Church, in her wisdom, has pointed Catholic philosophers toward Thomism as a way of avoiding error and providing a truly perennial Christian philosophy, we ought, therefore, to look to the philosophy of St. Thomas as the principle by which we judge modern philosophical thought. Yet, in connection to the relationship the liturgy has to philosophical thought, we can ask ourselves why there are so many liturgical variances and opinions. The first logical possibility, which seems ever more to be the case, is that people do not believe what the Church believes and, consequently, there is a disparity as to what they do and what should be done liturgically in a Catholic church. That is to say that because some do not believe the teachings of the Church, their liturgical actions do not suit the mysteries present. Rather, their liturgical actions reflect a different belief and, consequently, what they do liturgically is unsuitable. Conversely, because many priests have systematically abused the liturgical laws of the Church, the laity have become confused, not only as to what is liturgically appropriate, but more so and even consequently, they have become confused about what pertains to the Catholic Faith since the Faith itself is not being revealed through the liturgical action. ____________________ Fr. CHAD RIPPERGER, F.S.S.P., Ph.D.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 22:49:27 +0000
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