EWTN BLUNDER!!!

Listening to the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus and Raymond Arroyo -- anchors for EWTN during the current papal visit -- critique the morning Mass at Nationals Park one could not be wonder if these two anchors had listened to the words of the Holy Father throughout the visit to the USA.

Pastor Neuhaus, as he was known prior to his conversion to the Roman Church, used the five or ten minutes to level blasts across the bow of the Archdiocese of Washington for the music and liturgical activities at this morning's Mass.

He said several times that it seemed to him, Fr. Neuhaus, that no one preparing the liturgy had read the Holy Father's extensive writings about liturgy. Those sentiments were then parroted by his colleague. There were more than a few insulting remarks made about the cultural musics incorporated into the liturgy. Again, do these men understand what the Pontiff had said about the diversity of our nation and our need to inculturate these new cultures into our faith practice.

Most insulting, however, is their ignorance of the fact that the Holy Father's personal liturgical director, Msgr. Marini, was present with Archbishop Wuerl and the local liturgy directors for three days just several weeks ago ... preparing many aspects of the visit including the liturgies.

If the current "elitism" charged against Senator Obama is a model, Fr. Neuhaus' almost non-stop accusations against the liturgy, especially his insults that the locals have not read or known the Pope's liturgy writing is elitism, loud and clear.

The Holy Father said "At the same time, conscious of its rich diversity, the Catholic community in this country has come to appreciate ever more fully the importance of each individual and group offering its own particular gifts to the whole." Listen up, guys!!!