Thursday, March 03, 2011

“Global Missal Dissent System” & "Liturgical Optionitis"

I just couldn't resist these two beautiful zingers, from Louie Verrecchio, "Liturgy’s effect on gay 'marriage' debate" (CNA, Marcy 2, 2011), as mediated by Fr. Z (WDTPRS, March 3, 2011).

Verecchio's more serious point, summarized more briefly by Fr. Z, is that "liturgical optionitis," reflecting a culture of personal preferences rampant since the sixties, has helped to foster an ethos in which a higher percentage of self-identified Catholics now see "gay marriage" as an acceptable social option than in American culture at large. No surprise.

2 comments:

Dark Horse said...

Very cool. I'm going to use this one! "Global Missal Dissent System"!

Sheldon said...

The "optionitis" is clearly one of the major diseases of the new liturgical ars celebrandi.