quality of catholic liturgy i appreciated the follow ups and replies to my earlier query one reply which i have lost suggested several parishes in new york that have good masses one of which was corpus christi in downtown manhattan by coincidence last week s america the national jesuit magazine carried an interview with fr myles bourke corpus christi s pastor emeritus fr bourke also directed the nt translation in the new american bible he noted certain practices have been introduced into the mass in such a manner that an atmosphere of banality and sometimes of hilarity has trivialized the liturgy i note that at my parents parish on easter helium filled balloons were distributed at the offertory apparently to aid in understanding the word risen this was not a kiddie mass either but the well attended mass i wanted to note the generous spirit behind the replies this newsgroup as a whole offers generally moderate perhaps because it s moderated conversation on topics that often lead people to extreme behavior including myself sometimes people do go over the top but the remarkable thing is how that is the exception i think benefits of the doubt are generally granted it seems so christian john murray
