James MacMillan, the rather distinguished Scottish composer has a provocative opinion piece here. He delights in the Benedictine reforms and speaks about the devastation of liberalism.
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Thank you Father for posting this article it is full of hope. I appreciate your thoughtful blog.
What a brilliant article. Thank you Father for drawing attention to it.
Unfortunate mis-use of the word "positivist". It is the old guard who are "positivist"; Traditionalism (which is, after all, simply Catholicism) is the opposite of positivism.
Encouraging article, neverthelessl; and thanks Father, for posting it.
Fr. Z. doesn't seem to mind too much about his blog being described in this article as "nothing particularly serious, scholarly or analytical".
But, in reading of those who since Vatican II have squandered a precious gift, I was rather taken with these words :
"They bent over backwards to accommodate the zeitgeist, rather than open a generational heart to the Heilige Geist."
That's rather well put, I think.
Agree. Just what I needed after a hard slog at the RE chalk face and reading the front page of the Catholic Times
Moretben ~ thanks for pointing out the "positivist" confusion. I thought he had made a mistake but lack confidence when people throw these philosophical and theological terms around!
We musn't kid ouselves that the rebirth of tradition is confined to the Church. I note in the US presidentials that 72 yo Ron Paul (a lutheran by the way) is running on a ticket that places the American constitution first. He is getting massive support (including financial) on the internet in particular from young people. This despite massive opposition in the media.
Always dangerous to draw strict parallels but I think that there are some in any event.
It is very much in line with Edward Norman's book "Secularisation". Not surprisingly Professor Norman since writing it has joined the Church. He has always pointed out how clerical elites often take their ideas not from tradition but from the secular elite to whom in class terms they belong.
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