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Certainly, readier access to the Latin Mass would thrill the core of liturgical old-schoolers who have longed for its return. But how many mainstream American Catholics would be interested in attending a Latin Mass? Some of the largest and most passionate Catholic congregations I’ve seen have been in churches whose services have veered far from the pre-council standard and toward something more resembling an evangelical megachurch service: video screens, pop-influenced worship bands, a breezy informality in the pews.<\/p>\n

–Fr. Andrew Santella<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Et tu, Roma?<\/a><\/p>\n

I know a Catholic family who digs a more somber vibe and loads up a 15-passenger Ford Econoline van every Sunday morning at 5 AM to drive an hour to Cullman in search of the closest Latin Mass to Huntsville. I’m betting that they feel the same way <\/a>as I do <\/a>about PowerPoint animations.
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Meanwhile, I know what sets my heart on fire these days: a prayer of thanksgiving, followed by good food and drink shared with a small group of close-knit friends, recalling stirring stories of times past and encouraging one another as we move toward an uncertain, but promising, future. Somehow, that sounds strangely familiar.<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m not absolutely convinced it was ever meant to get much more complicated than that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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