12. Juli 2007, 11:33 A cheesy Swiss "Mass"
Switzerland (kath.net/http://closedcafeteria.blogspot.com)
Lukas Niederberger a priest who just left the Jesuit order and the priesthood - he'd been running New age seminars at a Catholic "learning annex" In an interview, Niederberger talked about the motivation behind his leaving the order and the priesthood: a woman and a "move to the right" within the Church. He was not planning a wedding, however. He apparently still has his job at the "Catholic" institute. He also said that the Church was "massively moving back in time". As an example he stated the protests regarding a Jesuit "Mass" with all kinds of silliness.
Here some details of said "Mass". The final vows of Jesuit Franz-Xaver Hiestand were the reason for a festive Mass in Lucerne, featuring about a dozen Jesuits and the Provincial of the Swiss Jesuits. Many, shall we say, "irregularities" occurred. They altered the Credo, for example, and in rather pitiful manner at that. Here their terribly meaningful statement of faith:
We believe in God who walks with us on all paths. Who carries us when our feet get tired. Who takes us by the hand when thorns constrict us.We believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, who lived and suffered for us. Who died and rose for us. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the voice within us which becomes loud when we lose sight of God's trace. Which points us to the door in the wall. We believe in the holy Catholic Church, in the forgiveness of sins, in peace on Earth, for which to work makes sense and in a fulfillment of life beyond our life.
The Eucharistic prayer was modified, too - Oscar Romero was named among the saints along with liberation theologian Rutilio Grande, S.J.. The people in charge of the Jesuit church announced that from now on they'd have a "meditative Eucharistic celebration" that will, from time to time, also contain modern and "experimental" passages.
Link to the original Swiss (kath.net/http://closedcafeteria.blogspot.com) article (here)
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