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Matthew K Michels, OblSB's avatar

We're dealing now with the aftermath of the long-lasting effects of decades (even centuries) of Latinization of Eastern liturgies. And anyone involved in parish life (or any organization, really) knows the intense difficulty of changing a practice that's been the norm for an entire generation.

In a region like India, where maintaining tradition is big part of the culture (and deviating from that norm is discouraged), the power of "we've always done it this way" is extremely potent. Some of these locals have been worshipping like this their entire lives, and are now being told to change everything. It's at least understandable how the locals might feel the way they feel.

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Gees Louise… puts weird Catholic liturgy ‘wars’ in perspective.

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