Non
bastavano cardinali (v. qui) e vescovi (v. qui) che partecipavano attivamente a riti pagani, di cui abbiamo dato conto nel blog. Ora,
si cerca anche di paganizzare, in un certo qual modo, anche la Santa Messa,
cantando ed inneggiando al termine della stessa a Gaia, cioè la madre terra …. come
capitato in questi giorni in una messa domenicale nella diocesi di Toronto.
La notizia
è riportata in Italia dal Timone.
Archdiocese of Toronto: Televised Mass for Shut-Ins features Hymn to Earth goddess Gaia!
For those of us that work to ensure that the music in
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is focused on the true worship of God and with
the dignity that befits the sacred liturgy, the introduction of hymns has been
a challenging exercise.
I contend that the single worst problem with Catholic
worship today as it relates to what is ridiculously considered to be sacred or
liturgical music resides in the 1967 document, Musicam Sacram. For the first time in the
history of the Church; hymns were used to supplant the antiphons, liturgical
texts from Holy Scripture structured in the Mass for over 1,500 years. This was
right out of Luther's Mass. How diabolical! More often than not, we see
these sacred texts in the Ordinary Form of the Mass, the Entrance, Offertory
(yes, it exists) and Communion antiphons, replaced by hymns of dubious quality
and theology. Hymns replacing scripture. The whole premise seems counter to the
increased reading of scripture in the Mass that the reformers (I prefer to call
them what they were, revolutionaries) allegedly wanted; or was it?
Less control of course is given over the recessional hymn
which is certainly not necessary as technically speaking, Mass has ended just
before with the Ite. Yet, this is a time, should a hymn be chosen,
for glorious singing of praise or thanksgiving to God or perhaps the Blessed
Mother or Saint of the Day.
For those poor souls trapped inside and unable to
attend the Holy Mass in Toronto, they often choose to be subjected to the
liturgical banality of a televised Mass for Shut-Ins which does not substitute
for the Sunday obligation.
Is that not bad enough?
No, it seems.
How about this hymn to the pagan earth goddess, gaia
at the end of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. You can listen to it
yourself at 27:30.
This is a disgrace. How hard, some of us have worked
for proper liturgy to the glory of God and the edification of his people. How
disgusting it is to see this priest and these laymen and women and these
musicians do such a disgrace.
So unprofessional; so scandalous to the faithful held
hostage by these liturgically incompetent musicians and priests who permit this
right under their noses. Have they no faith?
There is no excuse for this in Toronto, not with the
presence of St. Michael's Choir School and the outstanding work done there for
over eighty years. Msgr. Ronan would not be amused but I think, they all hated
him anyway.
Let nobody tell you that the liturgy in the
Archdiocese of Toronto, except for a few minor exceptions, is not impoverished,
banal, self-serving and narcissistic. Those are harsh words, this is
a condemnation and I am tired of preaching and working for something better
when ecclesiastics really don't seem to give a damn.
A few months ago, a bishop stopped to question me
about the book, the Simple English Propers and his questioning of the existence
of the Offertory Antiphon. I had to explain to a bishop, what it was. Who the
hell am I to explain liturgy to a bishop?
I have over 25 years as a Cantor in the Ordinary Form.
I find this liturgical bile reprehensible and insulting to Our Lord and to
the work that those of us faithful have done. Frankly, I think there is simply
no hope for the reformed liturgy. I am becoming more convinced than ever that
the future of the Church is back to its past.
Pagan gaia worship, and on the official Archdiocese
of Toronto YouTube page!
Enough!
Cardinal Collins, you need to fix this!
Cardinal Collins, you need to fix this!
Gaia
in Greek mythology is the goddess who personified the Earth generates divine
races. Second born after Chaos and before Eros. He was revered, especially in
Attica, as the goddess of the dead and the underworld. In late period it is to
merge with the various figures of the Universal Mother and the Mother of the
Gods. It was identified by the Romans with Tellus.
The global environmental movement has spread the name, and in some even the worship of Gaia, arguing that the earth is a sentient super-organism, which lives in the spirit of the ancient goddess worship and reverence it deserves.
The global environmental movement has spread the name, and in some even the worship of Gaia, arguing that the earth is a sentient super-organism, which lives in the spirit of the ancient goddess worship and reverence it deserves.
The British chemist and environmentalist guru James
Lovelock's book "Gaia: a new look at life" (Gaia: new ideas on
ecology) writes that "all forms of life on the planet are a part of Gaia -
part of the spirit the goddess that sustains life on earth. From the beginning
of this transformation in a living system, the actions of Gaia have created
diversity in evolution of living creatures on the planet earth. "
A hymn to Gaia was sung at the end of the Mass broadcast on
Sunday by the television channel CTV Toronto, Mass and entrusted to the
archdiocese Canadian television space (in the video above per minute 27:30).
The song is titled "Beautiful Gaia" and was written
by American Carolyn McDade, feminist and composer of songs spiritualeggianti
often used in the liturgies Protestant and Catholic unfortunately.
Fonte: Vox Cantoris, 21 July 2015
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