L.A. Masses
Mass at Judge Memorial Catholic High School
The reprobated flagon and the bevy of dancing girls would suggest that this is an L.A. Mass. It is not. This photo was taken at Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. The prelate in the photo is Bishop George Niederauer, a former L.A. priest and seminary classmate of L.A.'s Cardinal, Roger Mahony. The Holy See announced last week that Niederauer will be succeeding yet another former L.A. priest, Archbishop William Levada, as archbishop of San Francisco. Levada now heads the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
More pics HERE, HERE and HERE.
And we were hoping that Mahony's stock was falling in Rome.
posted by Quintero at 10:44 PM
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Even if this sort o thing were litugically acceptable, who WANTS to see modern dance, in any context?! Are there fans of this sort of thing? It seems so goofy to me. I just don't get it.
Someone musta been lying to B16
It is time to say what I often said during Pope John Paul II's tenure: The Pope is infallible, not indefectable.
Miguel
Well, if he picked the dancing girls himself, they are rather beautiful, so that might be a good sign about which team he's batting for. And they are dressed very modestly, with full-length dresses and no bare arms, so that's probably an indication that he is a friend of Tradition. And the flagon was probably forced on him by some usurping liturgical director. You see, my friend, if you only look on the bright side, you'll realize the wisdom of the Vatican's appointment. ;)
The L.A. (past and present) crowd can't even be original in their deviance. I'd swear they flew L.A.'s choreographer in just for the occasion.
At Mass this past weekend one of our intentions was that all priests are obedient to Rome - I see I will have to pray harder!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whats your beef with liturgical dance? Everyone knows that as Jesus raised the chaliace at the Last Supper, Saint's Andrew and Peter started doing intepretive dance/swan like movements. That was the whole point of the tranfiguration, to practice these slick moves. John, the beloved apostle was doing the splits, Judas and James were grapling down from flowing linnen etc. Maybe you don't know this because it was all covered up in a power grab by Constantine and further supresed in the Council of Trent along with all the records of Women Bishops. Ha ha. This is a great blog, even if the pictures do make me want to punch my monitor somtimes!
Well hopefully San Francisco will only have to deal with him for 6 or 7 years. Then hopefully he will retire.
That is weird, it looks awfully watery and light-colored to be wine. Maybe he stopped in at 7-11 for a 78-oz Coke on the way into town.
FD is right, St. Peter and St. Andrew starting busting out their popping and breaking moves 2000 years before it hit the US.
I'm amazed the MTV Music Awards hasn't awarded a Lifetime Achievement award to these two breaking brothers.
Yeah, speaking from the Oakland Diocese, this appointment is something of a dissapointment. He's gone out of his way to show his "open-mindedness" on the issue of SSA and that he isn't a "meddler" in liturgical issues. This move from Rome is probably in direct response to the concerns of local clergy (many of whom are quite active in the SSA community and given to liturgical excesses), and, yes, the local clergy all have Vatican officials they meet with when they visit Rome. At best, His Excellency will be a comfort to the Bay Area clergy as they approach retirement.
As long as our own lives are lived thoughtlessly and cheaply, I have no doubt that our celebration of the Holy Eucharist will be thoughtless and cheap.
Are those ladies concelebrating with the bishop?
Their hands are extended in the same manner as priests do at the Consecration of a concelebrated Mass.
I asked my sister why she stopped going to mass back in the early 1970s. She said she was at one of these masses with the vestal virgins prancing around the altar. It gave her the willies. She said it struck her as demonic. She may well be right.
Quintero:
Looks like the new AB of SF has removed the incriminating photo from the web.
It was great while it lasted.
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