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Even my husband, who never has a bad word to say, called it \u2018unendurable.\u2019 The observation was made within our group that \u2018that mass is exactly why people can\u2019t be bothered coming to mass and young men do not think of becoming priests.\u2019\u00a0 Certainly for those Catholics who only show up for Christmas and Easter, there was nothing there to entice their return any time soon. It is said that in monastic houses, if the community can be taught to really learn the chant that is the prayer of the church, the rest falls into place.<\/p>\n

I suggest that if we could get our ordinary liturgy back into shape it would be a step toward saving the church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elizabeth Scalia, scribbling on this wall<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"