Auxiliary Bishop's Mass Today

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[quote name='Aloysius' post='1800924' date='Mar 9 2009, 12:05 AM']I am sure that is being discussed in the study being done now by the Congregation for Divine Worship; but I think it extremely more likely that they'll just move it because, well, do you really think the Church will be able to reel in the current emotional/social aspects of the practice? though its current place is the longstanding historical place (from very ancient times), the fact that there is precedent to anticipate it in the Ambrosian Rite makes it a possibility and, honestly, it's a necessity in today's culture. I don't have faith that the practice could be sufficiently ritualized; pretty much the only place modern peoples feel comfortable facing each other in a ritualized way is in marriage.

but that would be a good analogy were we to try to regain a sense of the sacred in this ritual; every person you face to say "Peace be with you" to, this act should be in a similar vein to the groom/bride saying to each other "I take thee as my lawfully wedded spouse" or however it's said, the words should be a ritual, the gesture should be a ritual.[/quote]
The cat is out of the bag, so its probably better to move it and ritualize it than try to correct what is happening presently.
Now if they could only fix the Our Father....