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JD Flynn's avatar

I am very grateful for a number of lively discussions unfolding here, with serious engagement and thoughtful viewpoints.

I would offer the reminder that the only comment policy at The Pillar is Christian charity and mutual respect -- To express our ideas and viewpoints in the context of this Christian community, with an abundance of love for our interlocutors.

It is, of course, easy to lose sight of those goals when topics are personal and important -- to make offense too readily, or to take offense too quickly. So I remind you that this is a Christian community in which we strive to think the best of another, to treat each in good faith, to avoid ad hominem arguments, and to keep always the Lord Jesus before our eyes.

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Simon Michau's avatar

Many thanks to JD and The Pillar for your balanced but always enriching coverage of TC and its fallout.

As someone who was driven to the TLM in part by the scandalous liturgical practices and homelies of some NO priests (no doubt inspired by the “Vatican II spirit”), I really hope that a reform of the reform can breathe new life - and faithfulness - to the way we celebrate mass. And I pray that fellow TLM faithfuls will be part of that movement.

Brutal moves like that of His Eminence Cardinal Cupich (and Roche) make it hard to see their pastoral concern for their brethren in Christ, and can seem nakedly “political” - I really fear they will damage the much-fought for and fragile truce in these liturgical wars.

And thanks for the beautiful quote from St JH Newman, it is excellent food for thought.

Merry Christmas to Ed, you and your families!

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