This Is Not a Liturgy Podcast

Are you ready for Lent? How do you explain the importance of correct form in Baptism? How do you make allowances for economic situations in regards to liturgy? Dave and Mike discuss these questions and more in today’s episode.

Snippet from the Show
Because the Gospel is anti-sin, it is always counter cultural.

Listener Question

It was mentioned in “Restore the Sacred” that it would be good to return to a sacred state of heart, to stop making the Mass accessible because the Mass is not the primary means of Evangelization but is the summit of the Evangelization that has already taken place over a long period of time or through very intentional means. You also mentioned that the organ is to be the preeminent means of worship because “It is closest to the human voice” (Musicam sacrem).
However, when we are looking at the sacred, where are we allowing for local customs and culture to step in and make the Mass sacred to those people? I’ve really been pouring over that because of the way that we have placed latinization of the Mass as the key way to celebrate Mass, but it ignores the areas of the world too humid to keep a piano or an organ, or where it would be cost prohibitive for the purchasing and maintenance.
It especially came to the forefront of my mind when discussing aboriginal peoples in Australia and Africa who have different expressions of sacred through their own practices.
We are blessed with a church that is wide and applicable to all people, but are we also/can we also be recognizant of the culture of others within that desire for the sacred?