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Our regular poster "70 X 7" was kind enough to e-mail me a link with the following, for our edification.
Dn.Robert
Let us all echo the remarks of our Patriarch Maximos IV Sayegh of Antioch at Vatican II:
"We must not allow the adaptation of the liturgy to become an obsession. The liturgy, like the inspired writings, has a permanent value apart from the circumstances giving rise to it. Before altering a rite we should make sure that a change is strictly necessary. The liturgy has an impersonal character and also has universality in space and time. It is, as it were, timeless and thus enables us to see the divine aspect of eternity. These thoughts will enable us to understand what at first seem shocking in some of the prayers of the Liturgy - feasts that seem no longer appropriate, antiquated gestures, calls to vengeance which reflect a pre-Christian mentality, anguished cries in the darkness of the night, and so on. It is good to feel oneself thus linked with all the ages of mankind. We pray not only with our contemporaries but with men who have lived in all centuries."
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"We must not allow the adaptation of the liturgy to become an obsession. The liturgy, like the inspired writings, has a permanent value apart from the circumstances giving rise to it. Before altering a rite we should make sure that a change is strictly necessary. The liturgy has an impersonal character and also has universality in space and time. It is, as it were, timeless and thus enables us to see the divine aspect of eternity. These thoughts will enable us to understand what at first seem shocking in some of the prayers of the Liturgy - feasts that seem no longer appropriate, antiquated gestures, calls to vengeance which reflect a pre-Christian mentality, anguished cries in the darkness of the night, and so on. It is good to feel oneself thus linked with all the ages of mankind. We pray not only with our contemporaries but with men who have lived in all centuries." Wonderful quote! 
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I pray God would give us bishops with hearts like this. Bishops who love our tradition, and will defend it against those who hate it.
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Where can I find Melkites?
-Uspenije
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Where can I find Melkites?
-Uspenije Here's a link to their website. Dn. Robert http://www.melkite.org/
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Where can I find Melkites?
-Uspenije Beware, I've been told the Melkites use inclusive language also. 
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Glad you like that quote from Patriarch Maximos IV - it's indeed wonderful. That's why I used it for the Exordium which begins my book on the just-introduced Ruthenian liturgical project.
Fr. Serge
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