Did you see that wonderful quote from Shia LaBeouf?
Shia LaBeouf: "Latin Mass affects me deeply."
Bishop Barron: "How come?"
Shia LaBeouf: "Because it feels like they're not selling me a car."
Leave it to this very astute Jewish convert to say in ten words what all the professional bloviators on the Latin Mass could not say as well in a million, why the Latin Mass is infinitely superior to its "state-sponsored" alternative and why the alternative is utterly defective and beyond repair. Amazing!
They think they're winning but we are. As always, God turns evil into Good, one way or another. By banning it, Francis has probably done more for the Latin Mass than Benedict did by allowing it.
Here are some more quotes from that interview.
"I hate acting, cause it feels like you can get it wrong.""The make-believe stuff feels like frivolous, un-intrinsic, wishy-washy.""Pio saved my life.""Mass is a bit of a performance. Mass, you are, the priest is performing the last moments of Christ's life, and he is a vessel for this extraordinary experience, this extraordinary moment in time, and he is replaying this, as he is imbuing; as the host is imbued with the Spirit, that is a bit of a performance. And so, different priests have different performances. Not to say that a priest is an actor, because that somehow minimizes the sacred nature of the task. But, there is a correlation between Mass and being an actor completely immersed in an immersive experience.""I always had a belief but never had a connection. Latin Mass gave me a connection."
"The New Mass is like a cooking show."