tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post7341973353265830243..comments2023-06-01T09:22:18.917+01:00Comments on Liturgiae Causa: Dried up...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-83372469615231038912014-04-26T18:30:42.732+01:002014-04-26T18:30:42.732+01:00I do hope you finish your post on the elevations; ...I do hope you finish your post on the elevations; in the meantime, may the rains come to the desert. <br /><br />Neither do I understand those threatening to leave for a few parts of a percentile. Whilst I'm maybe more conniving with my money than I imagine you to be, there are many lengths that I simply won't go to for the simple excuse of the profit margin. What about custom and patronising an establishment? But, I fear, in this day and age there is little loyalty from the customers; why then should the bank be loyal either?<br /><br />I am re-reading the History of Middle Earth, having finished Lord of the Rings. It wasn't the pleasantest of reads, because I realised how my mind's eye's version of it all had been infected by the, at times patently false, version of events presented by Jackson et. al.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605146531776846589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-80789979713658980112014-04-26T17:13:47.152+01:002014-04-26T17:13:47.152+01:00Peter Jackson was knighted for it, too. Pius XII h...Peter Jackson was knighted for it, too. Pius XII hasn't been canonized (I hope this current craze doesn't extend to him), but he has been declared Venerable.<br /><br />Reminds me that I threw a framed indulgence depicting Pius XII in the rubbish bin a few weeks ago.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820001463809982324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-86304614271488053842014-04-26T15:17:53.261+01:002014-04-26T15:17:53.261+01:00Indeed, my dear Prometheus,
This is the day, whic...Indeed, my dear Prometheus,<br /><br /><i>This is the day, which down the void abysm<br />At the Earth-born's spell yawns for Heaven's despotism,<br />And Conquest is dragged captive through the deep:<br />Love, from its awful throne of patient power<br />In the wise heart, from the last giddy hour<br />Of dead endurance, from the slippery, steep,<br />And narrow verge of crag-like agony, springs<br />And folds over the world its healing wings.<br /><br />Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance,<br />These are the seals of that most firm assurance<br />Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength;<br />And if, with infirm hand, Eternity,<br />Mother of many acts and hours, should free<br />The serpent that would clasp her with his length;<br />These are the spells by which to re-assume<br />An empire o'er the disentangled doom.<br /><br />To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite;<br />To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;<br />To defy Power, which seems omnipotent;<br />To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates<br />From its own wreck the thing it contemplates;<br />Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent;<br />This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be<br />Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free;<br />This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.</i><br /><br />I was brought to think of this piece of Shelley as I read your article. We all face <i>The Pit</i> in life and detest it. We suffer as soon as we begin to oppose…<br /><br />Your posting about the elevations in the Roman rite was not in vain. It brought me to examine the rubrics in the Sarum missal and challenge my old assumptions. You helped me to correct something I was doing wrong in the liturgical tradition I use. <br /><br />Why don’t you do some serious writing, the sort that gets published in books? Have you ever tried poetry? I share your feeling about the banking world. It’s the last thing I imagined you doing for a living. I suppose I’m lucky to be able to work at home translating stuff that makes sense to factory machine technicians! <br /><br />I’m not a great regular at the Opera, but we have a decent setup in Rouen, even if it doesn’t quite come up to the Paris Opera. Madame Butterfly was quite nicely done about 3 years ago, and I’m rather fond of that degree of chromaticism in post-Romantic music. I can’t imagine those pieces being easy to perform – best to leave it to the professionals.<br /><br />The writer’s block will pass. I’m doing all I can to get over my composer’s block and have managed to produce two little pieces for vocal quartet for a performance next December. Keep going, and don’t get discouraged!<br />Fr Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521671841072661886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-33814158676372807172014-04-26T13:11:59.124+01:002014-04-26T13:11:59.124+01:00That is precisely the point I am trying to make ab...That is precisely the point I am trying to make about Peter Jackson. He is the fat hippie equivalent of Pius XII, just as malicious and faithless. I was talking to a woman at work the other day who claimed that she loved Tolkien...but hadn't read a single one of his books. I can't understand that. It's like Traddies who claim to love the Roman Rite, yet have no experience of it save in some bastardised form far removed from the customs of the fathers.<br /><br />And people think I'm mad!Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192580971664762668.post-67172944724211893562014-04-26T12:28:10.882+01:002014-04-26T12:28:10.882+01:00The first hobbit film was a misguided adaptation t...The first hobbit film was a misguided adaptation that still followed the book, the second one (the one I assume is released now) is ridiculous and generic. I had been optimistic before, maintaining that with careful editing and recutting these films might be salvageable. Not anymore. This was a low point, even for Jackson. Even my father, who has never read a single line of Tolkien (he despises books in general), disliked it strongly, despite thoroughly enjoying what came before. No longer a poor adaptation, but a horrible derivative work. It is telling that mainstream media praised it so intensely, whereas they criticised the first film exactly for those parts that followed the book closely. All pretences of Jackson being misguided but having good intentions are dropped.<br /><br />I'm content, for the matter has been settled with this film, and on it alone I can soundly dismiss Jackson completely. I will see the third film, as I am sure it will only strengthen my conviction, and I can dissect as I did with the previous films. He won't risk the wrath of the critics by suddenly following the book again.<br /><br />Your comparison with Pius XII is apt. Pius has spawned masses of "traditionalists" only familiar with a mutilated liturgy. Jackson has spawned masses of "Tolkien fans" only familiar with a mutilated adaptation.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820001463809982324noreply@blogger.com