Thursday, April 29, 2010

Contrasts: Part I

True native local rites and traditions:


I could see the argument from the sheer inertia of tradition if there was a continuous practice of the Old Rite in (in this case) Sri Lanka. But, the fact is, it's been the Novus Ordo for 40 years now. So, at this point, if we're going to have to "restore" something either way...they might as well take that opportunity, that fresh slate as it were, to restore a Syro-Indian rite proper to that geographic patriarchate (which it always should have had), and not some medieval European colonial thing...

2 comments:

ZuluFan said...

"Culture-cringe" and "self-alienation" are the new words in the dictionary of arrogant white neo-imperialists/colonialists.

A Sinner said...

lol. that is a friend of mine, a thoroughly civilized friend.