Monday, 1 April 2013

At least one post today....the politicizing of the Mass

It is Easter Monday. I am concerned about something which I saw starting in the 1980s when I was at Notre Dame.

I call it the politicizing of the liturgy.

Liturgy should never be used for political statements.

The Liberation Theology priests did this in the 1970s and some priests did this in the 1960s in America in the Civil Rights Movement.

It is very "Dorothy Day" to use the liturgy as a platform for political ideas.

Liturgy is for the worship of God.

I do not want my Church arguing points within the context of the Liturgy.

No.

I want GOD not people to be the source of inspiration and focus.

A thought on Easter Monday.