Want to start a Latin Mass in your town?
Tired of the liturgical banality in your area?
Fed up with the music at Mass in your home parish?
Make a difference by doing something instead of just talking about liturgy!
There is a lot of trepidation about the future of tradition in the current climate, but the best way to make sure that beautiful, sacred, reverent, and traditional liturgies don't disappear in a puff of smoke is to get out of those comboxes and do something!
We certainly do a lot of talking about the liturgy here at the NLM, and discussions can be an aid for the promotion of the liturgy, but the people posting on the NLM are also actively involved in the real-life, on-the-ground promotion of the new liturgical movement in their own areas, and by helping those in other areas get liturgies up and running. There are also the countless readers here at the NLM who are too busy actually working to promote traditional liturgy that they don't spend time reading every single thing to make it onto the internet about the pope or this or that liturgy.
Of course, many of you know this and are already heeding this advice.
But are you doing it in a way that's really effective and smart?
Are you making relationships with other Catholics that build a strong foundation for traditional liturgy in the future? Are you helping others in your diocese see that your love for the liturgy is an asset in drawing souls to Christ in the "new evangelization"? Is your enthusiasm for the beauty of the Church's tradition contagious? Are you demonstrating the "pastoral" character of the Church's liturgical traditions and wisdom?
Even those on the ground can learn a thing or two about how to make our work more effective and to build a foundation that will weather the storms and vicissitudes of life. We can learn a lot from others doing the same work, especially those that have been doing it for decades.
I was excited to see this video today of an excellent presentation by Mr. Alex Begin, long-time member of the Latin Mass community in Detroit, a city which has a flourishing number of Latin Masses. The success of a small group in spreading the Church's tradition far and wide in the Detroit area is doubtlessly known to many readers here, and in this video, Alex gives great advice for how to make things happen.
Certainly there are circumstances now which are different from the date of this video (the summer 2010 Latin Liturgy Association conference in Detroit) but little (if any) of his advice and counsel is incorrect and unwise in the current climate.
If you want advice on how to go from "Petition, pray, and wait" to "creating a small group of dedicated volunteers" who can "advance the cause of [...] liturgy in your area", you'll get some very helpful advice from this talk. And, while we continue to pray for more vocations and for the priests and bishops who serve Christ's Church, laymen must realize that waiting for curial changes, bishops' conferences, and chanceries to promote the Church's liturgical tradition will mean leaving the tradition to languish. We must all do our part in building up the Bride of Christ.
Tired of the liturgical banality in your area?
Fed up with the music at Mass in your home parish?
Make a difference by doing something instead of just talking about liturgy!
There is a lot of trepidation about the future of tradition in the current climate, but the best way to make sure that beautiful, sacred, reverent, and traditional liturgies don't disappear in a puff of smoke is to get out of those comboxes and do something!
We certainly do a lot of talking about the liturgy here at the NLM, and discussions can be an aid for the promotion of the liturgy, but the people posting on the NLM are also actively involved in the real-life, on-the-ground promotion of the new liturgical movement in their own areas, and by helping those in other areas get liturgies up and running. There are also the countless readers here at the NLM who are too busy actually working to promote traditional liturgy that they don't spend time reading every single thing to make it onto the internet about the pope or this or that liturgy.
Of course, many of you know this and are already heeding this advice.
But are you doing it in a way that's really effective and smart?
Are you making relationships with other Catholics that build a strong foundation for traditional liturgy in the future? Are you helping others in your diocese see that your love for the liturgy is an asset in drawing souls to Christ in the "new evangelization"? Is your enthusiasm for the beauty of the Church's tradition contagious? Are you demonstrating the "pastoral" character of the Church's liturgical traditions and wisdom?
Even those on the ground can learn a thing or two about how to make our work more effective and to build a foundation that will weather the storms and vicissitudes of life. We can learn a lot from others doing the same work, especially those that have been doing it for decades.
I was excited to see this video today of an excellent presentation by Mr. Alex Begin, long-time member of the Latin Mass community in Detroit, a city which has a flourishing number of Latin Masses. The success of a small group in spreading the Church's tradition far and wide in the Detroit area is doubtlessly known to many readers here, and in this video, Alex gives great advice for how to make things happen.
Certainly there are circumstances now which are different from the date of this video (the summer 2010 Latin Liturgy Association conference in Detroit) but little (if any) of his advice and counsel is incorrect and unwise in the current climate.
If you want advice on how to go from "Petition, pray, and wait" to "creating a small group of dedicated volunteers" who can "advance the cause of [...] liturgy in your area", you'll get some very helpful advice from this talk. And, while we continue to pray for more vocations and for the priests and bishops who serve Christ's Church, laymen must realize that waiting for curial changes, bishops' conferences, and chanceries to promote the Church's liturgical tradition will mean leaving the tradition to languish. We must all do our part in building up the Bride of Christ.