Monday, March 05, 2007

From an interview with Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, secretary to the Congregation for Divine Worship:
The churches have become empty, liturgical free-wheeling has become the order of the day, and the true meaning and significance of that which is celebrated has been obscured.

One has to, then, begin wondering if the reform process had in fact been handled correctly. Thus, we need to take a good look at what had happened, pray and reflect about its causes and with the help of the Lord move on to make the necessary corrections.
...
[T]here is this rising call for a restoration of the Tridentine Mass. And even certain leading figures of the elite have made public appeals for this Mass in some newspapers recently.

The Holy Father will, I am sure, take note of this and decide what is best for the Church.
...
[W]e should remember that the Tridentine Mass is not something that belongs to the followers of Archbishop Lefebvre only. It is part of our own heritage as members of the Catholic Church.

One cool thing about having an archbishop from Sri Lanka work on these issues is that he is not burdened, as Europeans and Americans are to one extent or another, by philosophies of the Enlightenment and the 19th century. The blame-line leading from bad liturgy back to those philosophies is traced in this book that I'm currently reading.

No comments:

Post a Comment