"Whisky with three parts water"
Although he (Father Hugh Thwaites SJ) sometimes offered the Mass in the Novus Ordo form, he did so reluctantly:
Although he (Father Hugh Thwaites SJ) sometimes offered the Mass in the Novus Ordo form, he did so reluctantly:
‘Thank God, it’s not often I need to say a Novus Ordo one (to help out in a parish). It’s plain how it’s turned millions of Catholics into liberal Protestants. When I asked him to offer a Mass for several members of a family converting, he remarked: ‘I hope they will be going to old rite Masses – I feel sorry for converts who only know the Novus Ordo Church: whisky with three parts water.’ ~ Fr Hugh Thwaites S.J.
I drink mine neat.
True words. It is an awkward time for me; wanting to be baptized, and yet not finding anyway available through the traditional Pre-Vatican Catholic Church (I am Australian. It seems everything here is "universally" nothing).
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