Liturgical abuse and sacrilege for everyone!

We attended a first communion today at a parish in the diocese of Covington and I have to say, I have never seen(and I have seen much) so many abuses, disrespect and offense shown to our Lord in all my life. During the homily, the priest actually had a huge cardboard heart cut out that he popped out and the packed house broke out in laughter. Multiple times people applauded for ignorant things that were meaningless. It was standing room only and we spent the Mass in the vestibule, unfortunately. There were windows so we could see the entire side show from where we stood. The Mass started with the boy first communicants lined up next to us and a little boy with down syndrome was being made fun of and eventually had enough, and a fight broke out. The boy at the end of the line was making fart armpit noises and dumping hand sanitizer all over the floor and sliding on it. Yeah, it was very reverent. I suppose it can go straight to the top as the priest had a huge performance in the sanctuary for the entire Mass. I would say 70% of the Mass was ad-libbed. My mother was inside the body of the church and I know it had to be harder for her, she could see and hear everything. She said that was by far the worse Mass ever and she has been present with dancing nuns(so that says a lot).
I apologize for this post. One thing to come out of this...I love my church, the gift of the traditional Mass and am so incredibly thankful to have such a reverent liturgy. No one that has this available should take it for granted, period. I am also convinced that every last parish in Covington has fallen into this muck we experienced today(to varying degrees but it has become the norm). When the new missal arrives, I hope the bishop takes this as an opportunity to whip this diocese back into shape. I was appalled. I was shocked and sad that the diocese I grew up in and that gave me my first sacraments has fallen into a malaise of disrespect and hatred toward our Lord. Did I say it was awful?
My kids did their best to stay quiet and solemn but it was the loudest and most raucous thing I have ever been through(okay, maybe the AC/DC concert of my youth was a bit louder). My dad, who was a strict baptist growing up said they had more reverence in his tiny baptist church than was found in that parish today. That is saying something.
If you have a reverent, respectful church with proper music and a sound liturgy, treasure it and thank God for such a blessing. You don't realize how awesome and blessed you are to have this available. May the day come, in our lifetime, that the Lord is revered, adored and loved with the utmost care on every altar. Until then, pray that we have the courage and fortitude to change the abuses and sacrilege that occurs against our dearest Lord everyday throughout the world. I love you dear Jesus and I am so sorry.

Reverence for the Eucharist is never dispensable, even in a child, even in danger of death.
A sense of the sacred, a sense of reverence, is due not only to the Eucharist, but to other persons too, and to places and things. I am always struck by a renewed sense of the sacred during the rite of dedicating a new church by which it becomes sacred, a sacred place, set aside exclusively and perpetually for the worship of God. It makes me conscious again of "the reverence due to the house of God" (CCL 562) and the reverential silence we keep in church in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.

(From A PASTORAL LETTER ON REVERENCE FOR THE EUCHARIST
Bishop John R. Keating, 1988)

Kack. A form of "Where's Waldo?"

Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk at Saint Anthony's Church in Madisonville as the parish celebrates its 150th anniversary.

As a busy week of last minute orders for the upcoming holiday winds down, I find some local stuff that made my hair stand on end. It's more like the Highlight's Magazine for children where you circle the hidden pictures. How many abuses can you spot in the tiny photo?

(For the record, there is no way to hide undergarments under a white leotard. TMI.)
H/T to Ten Reasons

Mass Abuse quiz

Well this isn't techie, as you have to get a sheet of paper to take this but I am curious how others do on this. There are 60 questions, and I take offense at some answers that I got wrong because either the "times have changed"(i.e., laymen may no longer purify sacred vessels) or something that never received official approval(women and feet washing). A got a few wrong other than that....like 3. The other two were debatable. Here is the link:

Mass Abuse

Liturgical abuses just aren't funny. Seriously.

Wow, this would have come in handy today with all that hand holding. I wonder if there is some spray you can use to give it that authentic "sweaty palm" feel.....ahhhh, now that's a sacred liturgy at it's finest! H/T to Cristus Vincit for this great product! Also, equally as funny but should scare the dickens out of liturgical abusers are these gems:


Poor bunnies everywhere should be very afraid.


Even if you aren't a "cat person", spare the kitties, for the love of Pete. Follow the GIRM for the dear tiny kitties. H/T to Alive and Young

A thorn without a home

I have been blogging lately on our "roman" ways on Sundays and I found I am not the only one. Many parishioners from our church have been trying to find a home and a place to go to a LAF(liturgical abuse free) Mass. I have been seeing many of them at the same Masses I go to around the diocese. I am not an advocate of church shopping nor do I think it best to move a family from one parish to another every Sunday. I think a parish is somewhere that should feel welcoming and be the center of your life as a family. Right now I do not know where I will be Holy Week. I look forward to it all year and I am disgusted this year not knowing where my family will be. I will stay and put my tithing into my parish where my children go to school.

I don't feel welcome there and if I wanted "just another liberal Catholic parish" there are plenty to choose from in our diocese. Our church was different. Not anymore. They are stripping away most of what was right, holy, sacred and different about our parish. When it comes to the souls of my husband and my children, I cannot let them monkey with the liturgy, with dogmas of our faith and the liturgical music while I sit idly by and do nothing. I am a firm believer that I will be held accountable for what I did and didn't do in this life. I see boys at our parish that had a vocation to the priesthood that are now moving on and don't want to bother with it anymore. It upsets me that my son who was so excited to serve has lost interest and isn't put on the server schedule. I know the music will be taking a nosedive because we have a new director that has no interest in preserving the traditional music our parish was known for. So this morning, I am sad and maybe venting a bit. On the positive side, my middle son is doing very well in school. When you are forced into a parish that is becoming "protestant", you no longer take your faith for granted. I am clinging to it for dear life. The Catholic faith is truly a gift but do not let a weak/liberal parish take that gift from you. It is really all that matters in this world. Sorry for the emotional post, it has apparently been a long time coming. Dear Jesus, send us holy priests and bishops.