tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post6042153754352502993..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: What do you get if you ask a communist atheist to build a cathedral?Fr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-60718020935616259912012-12-13T14:43:24.014+00:002012-12-13T14:43:24.014+00:00As has been said it rembles (in awfulness) the Cat...As has been said it rembles (in awfulness) the Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-50019335668750364292012-12-11T16:52:04.202+00:002012-12-11T16:52:04.202+00:00This type of architecture is more appropriate for ...This type of architecture is more appropriate for museums, not a church. When designing a church, one needs to take in consideration the longevity of the design. Trendy "modern" designs will go out of style with twenty or so years. As this church may have once spoke "modern", it today makes you think of Logan’s Run.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757524803718172130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-31748030668211149262012-12-11T11:31:10.542+00:002012-12-11T11:31:10.542+00:00Because the plans for Vatican II were in the works...Because the plans for Vatican II were in the works decades before the start of the council. But why would the Catholic Church ask an athiest to build a house of worship for someone they don't believe in? This is the kind of crap that you get. Same thing can be said about the churches we build now that baptists design, they have no concept of what heaven is suppose to look like.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349673633876346218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-73235191675546039082012-12-11T11:27:32.127+00:002012-12-11T11:27:32.127+00:00Because the plans for the Vatican II were in the w...Because the plans for the Vatican II were in the works decades before it even happened. Might as well get a jump start on the new things before they become new things.<br /><br />Side note: why in the world would someone from the 50's ask an athiest to design something for someone they don't believe in?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349673633876346218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-58367286864745537522012-12-11T02:37:19.894+00:002012-12-11T02:37:19.894+00:00sounds like, and looks like, an attraction on Sea ...sounds like, and looks like, an attraction on Sea World. Quite sad that the faithful have given their money for this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-84378894083676620432012-12-10T22:52:05.695+00:002012-12-10T22:52:05.695+00:00It is Enlightenment personified, a flood of naked ... It is Enlightenment personified, a flood of naked light, harsh, unforgiving, no shadows, no tender dark recesses for the penitent and prodigal to linger. It is the 'sensual flooding' of aggressive light not the 'breaking' of day or the perpetual twilight of the ancient places where the heart lives. It is HELL on earth. Do I give you the impression I don't like it? poetcomic1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12881068934314988253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-10320759996291700912012-12-10T22:37:13.190+00:002012-12-10T22:37:13.190+00:00It is absolutely horrible. It looks to me like som...It is absolutely horrible. It looks to me like some kind of stadium suitable for rock concerts or for expositions of some sort. All sense of the sacred is totally absent. It should be demolished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-6061270502450542462012-12-10T18:46:22.307+00:002012-12-10T18:46:22.307+00:00Have you seen the spaceship Padre Pio Shrine in Sa...Have you seen the spaceship Padre Pio Shrine in San Giovanni for his pilgrims? I think they only recently added an actual Crucifix at the front of the church. I'm quite certain Padre Pio is NOT pleased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-66131181338765455722012-12-10T17:18:40.732+00:002012-12-10T17:18:40.732+00:00A great book on this subject is "Ugly as Sin&...A great book on this subject is "Ugly as Sin" by Michael Rose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-49791973321962099762012-12-10T13:30:07.598+00:002012-12-10T13:30:07.598+00:00Why the disturbing, rather than a Joyful Resurrect...Why the disturbing, rather than a Joyful Resurrection sculpture at The Paul VI Auditorium? Whose first reaction would not be to flee from, rather than move towards? N.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14319122125249787860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-6390610498096378742012-12-10T11:48:30.317+00:002012-12-10T11:48:30.317+00:00On the video, you can hear serious reverberation o...On the video, you can hear serious reverberation of even the smallest murmur from visitors, throughout the space. Acoustics for homilies and hymns must be a nightmare in that place. Yikes!Marion (Mael Muire)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-14806447982841927692012-12-09T02:38:13.869+00:002012-12-09T02:38:13.869+00:00Is it wrong to wish that these churches be blown u...Is it wrong to wish that these churches be blown up? And indeed, the whole town of Brasilia, as it is a manifestation of an odd mix of Marxism and contemporary philosophy on art? Of course we'd de-consecrate the churches first...Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-66634222152968702662012-12-08T13:05:44.503+00:002012-12-08T13:05:44.503+00:00"I note that the plans come from before the t..."I note that the plans come from before the time of the Second Vatican Council"<br /><br />This is very interesting indeed, Father. The building of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool was begun in 1962- over a year before the promulgation of Sacrosanctum Concilium. How could that be expressing the "spirit of the Council"? A while ago it occurred to me that Sacrosanctum Concilium could be read in part as an attempt by the Council Fathers to put the brakes on some of the ideas being promoted at the time by liturgical experts. This may be seen, for instance, in the concern to preserve Latin even before any vernacular translations had been introduced. It may also account for the consternation subsequently expressed by contemporary commentators (and participants!) like Cardinal Heenan.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-82763588511428433782012-12-08T11:48:17.857+00:002012-12-08T11:48:17.857+00:00It sounded very noieey to me. Not right for praye...It sounded very noieey to me. Not right for prayer.Et Expectohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273064434098923960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-80418374982306680602012-12-08T11:39:51.009+00:002012-12-08T11:39:51.009+00:00Lynda:
That also applies to 're-ordered' ...Lynda:<br /><br />That also applies to 're-ordered' churches!Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-75635145391290279942012-12-08T03:11:00.281+00:002012-12-08T03:11:00.281+00:00There is nothing about this building which speaks ...There is nothing about this building which speaks of God and his revelation, or the liturgy of His Church. It doesn't conduce to reverence or worship. Lyndanoreply@blogger.com