tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post3476090606603919889..comments2023-07-09T00:34:41.765-07:00Comments on Love the Tradition: Change?Fr Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17787765571125444119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-85323177531185018962010-06-08T13:55:41.875-07:002010-06-08T13:55:41.875-07:00Oops! How very embarrassing! Is it any defence to ...Oops! How very embarrassing! Is it any defence to say that I regard vernacular hymnody as an Abomination before the Lord?Salvatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158637293950318395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-29026674485010883712010-06-08T08:47:57.483-07:002010-06-08T08:47:57.483-07:00Salvatore,
The line "Change and decay in all...Salvatore, <br />The line "Change and decay in all around I see" is not from Newman's "Lead kindly light" but from "Abide with me" by Henry Francis Lyte- and is doubtless a great hit with dentists!Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-71050022341556584412010-06-06T15:35:05.513-07:002010-06-06T15:35:05.513-07:00Christopher Derrick covered this ground in his fin...Christopher Derrick covered this ground in his fine little book “Trimming the Ark”; exemplifying the more traditional attitude to change with the lines from “Lead Kindly Light” (“Change & decay in all around I see … etc.”). In other words an attitude of mind which regarded change not as good, or even neutral but actually as an <i>evil;</i> as evidence of failure & decay. Works for me I have to say.Salvatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158637293950318395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-62123786017696598502010-06-06T14:58:37.736-07:002010-06-06T14:58:37.736-07:00Here here BasilHere here BasilAduliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534730218402742905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-32351454170767231222010-06-06T08:55:07.288-07:002010-06-06T08:55:07.288-07:00Oh - and, by the way, Happy Dominica Secunda post ...Oh - and, by the way, Happy <i>Dominica Secunda post Pentecosten!</i><br /><br />Thanks - but I would rather follow the traditional rite and have Sunday within the Octave of <i>Corpus Christi</i>.Old Irish Peasant Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824282925680180566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-55620334341998059012010-06-06T02:18:31.617-07:002010-06-06T02:18:31.617-07:00It makes me think of the slogan at the UK and US e...It makes me think of the slogan at the UK and US elections, "Vote for Change". I never did see a "Vote for Continuity" caption! Great post.jangojingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768595208457396309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-10551162283634379092010-06-06T02:08:04.960-07:002010-06-06T02:08:04.960-07:00I blame that Cardinal Newman.I blame that Cardinal Newman.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.com