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INCULTURATION STRIKES AGAIN

In the name of INCULTURATION, the Salesians of Batulao had their male altar servers wear a 'magsasaka' outfit, and their female 'altar servers' a baro't saya.

Can you and I identify ourselves in THIS culture? WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE THEY THINKING?

Corpus Christi around the world

Aside from this powerful image...

I have found this wonderful photo slide of the different traditions by different cultures around the world!

NOW THAT IS HOW INCULTURATION IS DONE!!!

Not how Fr. Chupungco or Fr. Diwa or their minions teach it!

By playing with the Mass!

No this is not an Independence Day play

So much for the brick-by-brick approach nor for the "setting a good example" approach of Pope Benedict XVI.

When inculturation rears its ugly head, this is the kind of thing that'll surprise you when you go to your next Mass.

See the thurifier in the second photo?

Nope.  He did not bring that for your next fiesta where you whack the dang thing and expect coins and candies to shower on you, Filipino-style Piñata.  That is the thurible.  Why not inculturate that hand bells and settle for your mom's old pots and kettles?  Hey, that's what Filipinos use to make noise on New Year's Eve, eh?

Poor kids!  They were subjected to this without knowing how wrong it was.

Makes me remember the words of Christ...

"It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin."

Oh come on, TPC, this is a sin?

Oh yeah.  You are trivializing the Holy Mass, the Sacrifice of Christ in Calvary into your Linggo ng Wika cultural shows.  And it ain't funny!

Liturgy Academicians express their support for Conciliar Reforms

S t a t e m e n t

As the fiftieth anniversary of Vatican II’s Constitution on Sacred Liturgy (SC) approaches (December 4, 2013), the Philippine Academy of Liturgical Research states its full support of the Council’s fundamental principle of liturgical reform, namely “the full, active, and conscious participation” (cf. SC 14) of all God’s people in liturgical celebrations especially the Holy Mass.  [The over emphasis of this active participation thing is more on the externals, which incidentally is what these ACADEMICIANS use to deride the devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass, by the way!  Well, they are guilty of committing the same mistakes!  Less of the inside, more of the outside.  Too much emphasis on LAY EMPOWERMENT that is why you get almost the entire baranggay up in the sanctuary.  Ugh!]


While the Academy respects the use of the Tridentine Missal on account of genuine pastoral and spiritual need of some of the faithful, it urges the clergy and the faithful to be always mindful of the fundamental principle of the reform.  [They respect the faithful who are attached to the Traditional Mass, yet they URGE us to be MINDFUL of the reform.  What?!  Am I missing something out?  You respect the Old Mass yet you want reform?  Are you serious about this?  Goodness gracious me!  Where is respect in all of that?]

The Council desired that the rites and prayers of the liturgy should be made understandable so that the faithful could grasp with ease the meaning of the ceremonies and prayers. In this way they are enabled to enter more fully into the mystery of Christ and the Church and be spiritually renewed (cf. SC 34). [One of the things that the Council did not PRAY well for.  It goes to say that for hundreds of years, people are mindless drones who do not understand a single thing happening on the sanctuary that they just follow things blindly.  Filipino natives became Catholic because they cannot understand what is going on in their worship of the Eternal God.]  Thus, besides catechesis, [catechesis?  What catechesis are you talking about?  The retablos were just smashed to pieces!  Altars were demolished.  Altar stones were found in the bodegas!  What the hell are you talking about?!  There was no catechesis at all!  The priest just suddenly faced the people and started talking in the vernacular!]   the reform was carried out by simplifying the rites, allowing the use of vernacular languages, and encouraging inculturation (cf. SC 37-40). [Aint that word done a lot of good things eh?]  Over the years the Council’s liturgical reform was actualized by the Holy See and the local Churches. Consequently, the Filipino faithful continue to be spiritually enriched through their active participation in the worship of the Church.  [Uh.......like more and more Filipino Catholics clapping at Mass?  Like more and more Catholics don't giving a damn about the RH Bill?  Ok.  They are enriched.]

The Academy joins the entire Church in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, giving thanks to Jesus Christ, the Divine Leitourgos. Through the Council, he granted to the whole Church, especially the Filipino faithful, the inestimable gift of active participation, inclusive of lay involvement in liturgical ministry.  [Wow!  Aint that worked wonders!   More EMHCs, more Lay Catholics acting they are ordained ministers...preaching...dancing...]

Unwarranted innovations, often verging on banality and even abuse, tend to obscure the purpose of the conciliar reform. The Academy considers it a duty to remind the clergy and faithful about the sacred character of every liturgical celebration. The liturgy of Vatican II, if celebrated devoutly and with decorum, provides ample means to encounter God in prayer and to experience what it means to be Church.  [Yeah, and as if these ACADEMICIANS did anything substantial to address these unwarranted innovations like those we see in the Misa ng Sambayanang Pilipino.  Wait........THEY WERE THE ONCE WHO INTRODUCED THE INNOVATIONS!  Silly me.  Ha!]

That in all things God may be glorified.  [You sure it was the group who wrote this?  This is the signature of Fr. Anscar!]
April 13, 2012

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Some of those who signed the document or members of the Academy are known to me, and I know their liturgical and theological leanings.  They are just playing coy so the jobless old man won't rant his heart out.

Fr. Anscar, Fr. Geny, Fr. Godwin, Fr. Reginald Malicdem, Sr. Cecilia Payawal, PDDM can sing their highest praises to the highest heavens but their kind of liturgical theology is DYING!  Their kind of liturgy is losing ground especially among the youth!  Their liturgy is STALE and does not REPRODUCE because their kind of liturgy is much like MODERNISM, boring and infertile.

Their kind of liturgy is dependent on who sits in the Liturgy Committee, and who holds the DEGREE.

Great liturgists before Vatican II like do not possess the degree.

Once again, dear people of God, Vatican II was an ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.  It did not pronounce any Anathemas nor did it pronounce or defined any Dogmas.

So?

You can sleep soundly and let the Platters (the guys up there) sing their redundant tunes.

It ain't entertaining and it ain't FLATTERING.

Nobody is listening anymore.

First Mass in the Philippines commemorated

 A more accurate representation of the Mass compared to the Botong Francisco version

A special report from CBCPNews

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MAASIN, Southern Leyte, April 10, 2011--THE Diocese of Maasin last March 31 marked the 490th anniversary of the First Mass in the Philippines with a Eucharistic celebration that launched the Diocese’s Decade of Renewed Evangelization Program. [Was the first Mass in the Philippines, held on an Easter Sunday, celebrated 490 years ago, held using the same ritual that was used in 1521?  NOT!]  Presiding at the Eucharistic celebration held in an open field overlooking the Shrine of the First Holy Mass was Most. Rev. Jose Palma, DD, Archbishop of Cebu. [One of my fave bishops.] Concelebrating were diocesan priests led by Maasin Bishop Precioso Cantillas, SDB, DD.

Referred to as the diocese’s “decade preparation” for the forthcoming 500th anniversary of the First Mass in 2021, the ten-year countdown has for its theme “Renewed Evangelization”, concurring with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) proclamation of the current decade as the Decade of Renewed Evangelization. [Still bit skeptical on how this will be done.  But anywho...we do need that just as what the Holy Father did in Rome by creating a new Roman Dicastery.   But...will the new evangelization target heretics, schismatics, pagans, cafeteria Catholics, obnoxious-attention hungry-overweight-homosexual...you get the point.]

“We intend to spend the coming ten years with more dedication to the mission of evangelization and to a more intense life of Communion in faith, hope and love for God and one another,[hmmm...something that came out of the pages of MST and SVT and Ecclesia of Women in Asia...Ha!] ” Bishop Cantillas said of the diocese’s program, adding that during his audience with the Pope at the ad limina visit last Feb. 14, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave his blessing to the Program. The upcoming golden anniversary of the Diocese of Maasin in 2018, Bishop Cantillas said, “is another reason to strongly resolve to renew our life of faith.”

Hundreds of Eucharistic Lay Ministers [sic!  Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion!  Lay people will NEVER..EVER be ministers of the Eucharist!  Not even a deacon!  Only an ordained priest is!  You'll be surprised who wrote this report.  We'll keep that later.] from all the parishes of the diocese renewed their vows, [EMHCs have VOWS!  Wow!  I did not know that EMHCs now are covered by Canon Law and are now subject to the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life!  Wait...do they have a habit?  And where are their signed vows?  Do they have an abbot, superior or something like that?]  witnessed by the faithful many of whom came in droves by boat from the mainland. Limasawa’s high school students staged a reenactment of the first Mass on the island, [with back turned to the people?  Oh my goodness!  That has to be stopped!  Very disrespectful!  You do not turn your back to your guests?  You talk to them FROM ACROSS THE TABLE?  Right, Jeff?] reliving history in color and dance [In the reenacted Mass or in the inculturated Mass?  Ha!] as the rest of the island’s citizenry watched in the shade of the trees on the fringes of the field.

The program following the Mass honored the coming of Christianity to Limasawa’s shores and “the country’s acceptance of a life of faith” [Ugh!] and provided an opportunity for Church and government officials alike to reiterate their united pro-life stand against the RH Bill. [GREAT!  GREAT!  GREAT!] Bishop Cantillas recalled the fervor of the 7,000 people who in an early-March rally had braved a tsunami alert and the rains to proclaim their opposition to the bill.  [Now that is what I am talking about?]

Southern Leyte Congressman Roger Mercado [pray for this legislator folks?] animatedly spoke against the RH Bill for the other government officials present—Gov. Damian Mercado, Vice-Gov. Miguel Maamo, Limasawa Mayor Melchor Petracorta, other Mayors of the province, and other provincial and municipal officials. He also disclosed to the audience that he has pushed House Bill 4065 in the Lower House in Congress which seeks to declare March 31 every year as national non-working holiday.  [Hey Señor Carlos!  Go there!  And rip out their posters!  You love traveling, right?]

This bill, he added, is to highlight the significance of the coming of Christianity to the Philippines and in Asia.

Abp. Palma lauded the congenial collaboration among the clergy, government officials, military and civilians as demonstrated by the enthusiastic yet orderly celebration of the momentous event. With renewed evangelization as the thrust of the diocese’s decade preparation for the 500th jubilee of the First Mass, Abp. Palma said, “the faithful can expect meaningful changes.”  [Brick by brick?  hehehe]

The historic first Mass in the Philippines (and in Asia) was held on March 31, 1521, on the island of Limasawa. At present, 35 percent of the island’s 6,000 population are Catholics; the rest are divided into 11 protestant sects. Those who participated in the Eucharistic celebration last March 31 gained plenary indulgence granted to the Diocese. (Teresa R. Tunay, OCDS)  [Secular Discalded Carmelite. Yup!  Does not know what an EMHC is.  Guess the good sister does not have a Competency in Liturgy, right, Jeffrey?  Oh, I mean MA?  Maybe the Fisher guy has. Ha!]

Inculturated Eucharistic Adoration and Procession

This is how this priest and his followers do their Eucharistic Adoration, by incorporating cultural dance into it.

This was done in Rio de Janeiro for the Congress of new Catholic communities

Hold on to your seats my dear friends.

It will get veeerrryyyy UGLY.

When will this end?

When will it stop?!