{"id":841,"date":"2011-11-19T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T20:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/badcatholic\/?p=841"},"modified":"2011-11-19T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T21:59:48","slug":"4-ways-and-a-bunch-more-besides-that-you-can-heal-our-stupid-liturgical-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/badcatholic\/2011\/11\/4-ways-and-a-bunch-more-besides-that-you-can-heal-our-stupid-liturgical-wounds.html","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways (and a Bunch More Besides) That YOU Can Heal Our Stupid Liturgical Wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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And that means you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

T<\/strong>alking the liturgical talk just don\u2019t add up to squat without the liturgical walk. I challenge every single human being in the entire universe who has opinions on the Liturgy to pray for the unity of the Church after every. single. exposition of those opinions. I mean it.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re on Father Z\u2019s blog<\/a> and you spend twenty minutes articulating why the Latin\"\" Mass is beautiful, you should spend twenty minutes imploring Our Lady for a greater devotion to the liturgy. If you are taking the time to defend the Novus Ordo, you better be absolutely sure you take the time to pray for the unity of Holy Roman Catholic Church. If you argue with Traddys, get your head down, hands folded and pray <\/em>with the Traddys afterwards. If a particular parish\u2019s liturgy offends you \u2013 stay afterwards, in the pew that may or may not have kneelers, and pray for the parish. Otherwise don\u2019t bother complaining. Don\u2019t bother pulling up your favorite Church documents without real, earnest prayer to the writers<\/em> of those Church documents, for their intercession and guidance.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t guarantee it, but this man may very well arrive at the doors of all those who speak much and pray little:<\/p>\n