tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post6872456705274035426..comments2011-12-31T11:08:37.706-04:00Comments on Island Envoy: In God’s PresenceThomas Gullicksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-6080337008944081572010-06-03T11:55:50.004-04:002010-06-03T11:55:50.004-04:00Still, the Church is Mater et Magistra... What She...Still, the Church is Mater et Magistra... What She says about inculturation is still importance. Of course, as you say, if it is never experienced, of course, it has no "existential" importance in a determined area.<br /><br />Card. Arinze's video is certainly very impressive. Implicitly he is speaking about the correct way of understanding inculturation. I hear him this last weekend on a T.V. show where he tackled the issue again.<br /><br />Archbishop E. Clarke has some interesting things to say about inculturation a few years ago. However, when one enters the realm of music, it is not always so easy to distinguish.<br /><br />Years ago, when I was an Army Chaplain, a woman asked to come to mass on the Base. It was a week day, it was a hot hot day in the semi-desert of B.C.'s interior. So, the chapel was like an oven. At any rate, I celebrated very simply.<br /><br />After Mass, the woman approached me and said, "Padre, was that the Novus Ordo mass ?" I replied, "Yes, why ?". "Well, she replied, I never thought it could be so beautiful. In my parish, the priest does all sorts of crazy things and we cannot recognize the mass, that's why I started going to Mass at the St. Pius X people".<br /><br />I never forgot that. The pulchrum, verum and bonum are already there in the Liturgy. When we get in the way, it disappears !Son of St. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403591298284915965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-57049737520126633032010-06-02T17:03:45.424-04:002010-06-02T17:03:45.424-04:00It doesn't really matter what Church teaching ...It doesn't really matter what Church teaching on inculturation is if it is never experienced. I saw a marvelous YouTube video in which Card. Arinze talks about liturgical dance. He makes some profound distinctions and sheds great light on what is meant by inculturation.Thomas Gullicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640680485289909046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-81742383090330621172010-06-02T15:06:24.782-04:002010-06-02T15:06:24.782-04:00that is "two" realities, not "to&qu...that is "two" realities, not "to" realities... spelling !Son of St. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403591298284915965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1276822662531299374.post-38873045593826434022010-06-02T13:29:53.401-04:002010-06-02T13:29:53.401-04:00You are good...and I adhere with much of what you ...You are good...and I adhere with much of what you say: a reform of the reform. However, my question is rather the following: what does the Magisterium mean when it speaks of Inculturation ? That is my problem. It is like being caught between to realities pulling on each side.<br /><br />I believe that our Liturgy, when celebrated solemnly according to what is in the rubrics and ridding it of all the extras has the possibility of really transporting us "in alto"...Son of St. Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403591298284915965noreply@blogger.com