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Post by Michael O'Donovan on Aug 25, 2008 18:53:05 GMT
Yesterday (not being within reach of a church where the Extraordinary Form was available), I went to an Ordinary Form Mass in Clarendon Street. The celebrant was African. Every word and gesture were solemn, elegant and reverent. I have seen this before with visiting African and Asian priests. Why are these qualities so rare – almost impossible to find, in fact – among Irish or British priests celebrating the Ordinary Form? Is it because physical grace and aesthetic sensibility are rare in our cultures generally, or has it to do with the priests' formation? A genuine puzzle.
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Post by kieron on Sept 19, 2008 14:00:11 GMT
I have been to a lunchtime Mass in Clarendon Street where the sermon was given by an African priest. I honestly couldn't understand more than one or two words.
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Post by Michael O'Donovan on Sept 19, 2008 16:02:00 GMT
Granted, that's a problem. I attended Mass in Malta some years ago where the celebrant was Indian. Totally unintelligible,
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