PrintApril 14, 2007
The Reform of the Roman Liturgy: A Review
A review of:The Reform of the Roman Liturgy; Its Problems and BackgroundBy Msgr. Klaus GamberRoman Catholic BooksFort Collins, Co.Ppbk, 198 pgs., reprintISBN: 1-929291-88-4 Among my first experiences in the metaxy, the place that philosopher Eric Voegelin defined as "the middle ground of human existence between the divine and material realms," occurred in 1958, when as a twelve year old, I attended a celebration of the Mass at St. Aloysius Catholic Church. The experience that occurred during the Consecration of the Mass culminated in an intimate, conscious awareness of the divine ground-of God-that left me in a state of sublime joy and peace. Needless to say contemporary man is finding it more and more difficult to achieve such a state, developed either as a function of reason or revelation, considering the never-ending assault by the "philosophers of groundlessness" against the notion of the divine ground. For the...(Read Full Article)
