Vindicating Mystery Against Its Rationalist Enemies

A twenty-first century Jesuit-guess who!-complains, in a letter called Desiderio Desideravi, about liturgy that employs a “sense of mystery” (!), a “being overcome in the face of an obscure reality or a mysterious rite.”
From the context, Pope Francis-for he is the one who signed his name to that error-saturated document (onepeterfive.c...) -seems to have in mind things like the priest “with his back to the people,” prayers said sotto voce in a sacral tongue, clouds of incense blurring the line of vision, the ringing of little bells and big bells during the elevations of the host and chalice, the making of many signs of the cross to which medievals attributed allegorical significance. Such things heighten the feeling of something special, different, strange, beyond reach, something that is in our midst but somehow off limits, beyond our control and demanding our utmost respect.
The pope, in company with professional liturgists, has no patience for such things: “If the reform has eliminated that vague ‘sense of mystery,’” he writes, “then more than a cause for accusations, it is to its credit.”
Here is why he is absolutely wrong.
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[@Marcia-fw3wz]

Mystery is one of the many things that drew me to the Catholic Church, and 65 years later, I'm still a Traditional Catholic. Thank you for your beautiful, elegant way of speaking about it.

[@sharonallan5722]

Wonderful words. I wish the whole church could hear them.

[@miketrrtx471]

Dr. K.; Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. I remain in awe of God our Creator.

[@douglas136]

I just discovered your channel. Bravo!!

[@DrKwasniewski]

Welcome!