tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post8285796536905953903..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Two Very Different Dallas ChurchesThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-51689098855189122922016-08-08T17:10:40.227-05:002016-08-08T17:10:40.227-05:00St. Thomas Aquinas is a nice church indeed. I am 9...St. Thomas Aquinas is a nice church indeed. I am 99% positive that the FSSP used to have weekday Masses at St. Thomas Aquinas before they were able to buy their own building (Mater Dei, which you wrote about some time ago). I recall going to this church with some friends for Ash Wednesday in 2003. On Sundays the FSSP used a Carmelite convent chapel--I went there once or twice, and from what I recall the chapel was packed, but basically just a bare brick box.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825489013036249581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-79627572884659008882014-04-30T16:51:20.478-05:002014-04-30T16:51:20.478-05:00Dear Rad Trad. That Processional Cross is so wrong...Dear Rad Trad. That Processional Cross is so wrong it is funnyMick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-41567581611018814212014-04-30T04:56:34.559-05:002014-04-30T04:56:34.559-05:00While talking about Baptism some time ago at our L...While talking about Baptism some time ago at our Liturgics class, the priest was explaining why the baptismal font is now near the altar in many of our churches. According to him, the location of the baptistery's location has varried over the centuries according to the different emphases in understanding of the sacrament. The current location is just that. Since the current understanding puts an emphasis on the integration of the neophyte into the community of the faithful, and the faithful congregate within the church, it doesn't make sense for the baptistery to be "outside" the church edifice, like most old baptisteries are; not to mention the fact that the faithful would be "unable to see the baptism since they are located in the nave and the baptistery isn't". <br />It's the most idiotic explanation I've ever heard. Concerning this matter, there are three reasons why I think the font is placed near the altar in many churches nowadays:<br />1 - Liturgical laziness. Since Baptism in the NO now mostly takes place within the context of the Mass, instead of the priest leaving the sanctuary and going to the baptistery with everyone, then coming back after having baptized the neophyte, to save time the font is placed in the vicinity of the altar.We can't have long liturgies, after all...<br />2 - Complete disregard for the Church's tradition;<br />3 - The "we have to see everything" mentality taken to the extreme.Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.com