tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post8762657408195375213..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: The Twelve Ways (To Instantly Improve the Novus Ordo)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-21432292841008065022012-07-16T18:17:10.325-04:002012-07-16T18:17:10.325-04:00Thank you, WONDERFUL!Thank you, WONDERFUL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-44350157189931328482012-07-07T16:22:33.709-04:002012-07-07T16:22:33.709-04:00There are 101 ways one could 'improve' the...There are 101 ways one could 'improve' the Novus Ordo, even though the best you're ever going to get from it is an improved Novus Ordo, which may not be saying much (like trying to improve the <a href="http://forums.aaca.org/attachments/f182/23288d1224698688-deux-chevaux-60-29430.jpg" rel="nofollow">Deux Chevaux</a> automobile in France). Still, since it what most of us are stuck with, it may be worth suggesting such improvements.<br /><br />I would suggest a number of things that would not require Vatican or bishops' conference approval (I don't think), but could not probably be changed by individual parishioners as such: (1) moving the choir from the area that used to be called the "sanctuary" or its vicinity to the BACK of the church, preferably to a balcony, to get rid of the 'performance' mindset; (2) getting ride of lay Communion ministers, which tends to turn the Sacrament into a philistine affair; (3) restoring the Communion rail, or, short of that, kneeling to receive regardless.<br /><br />There's so much more ... How do you put Humpty Dumpty back together again once he's fallen and shattered? >>... Sigh ...<<Anonymous Boschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-37875123438601909512012-07-07T14:01:12.992-04:002012-07-07T14:01:12.992-04:00#13: Get rid of the "sharing of peace"#13: Get rid of the "sharing of peace"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com