In Koch’s view, the readmission of the celebration of Mass in the preconciliar form is “only the first step,” but “the time is not yet ripe” for further steps. Rome can take further actions only when there is readiness among Catholics to consider new forms of liturgy “in service of the Church.”
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Fr. Neil Xavier O’Donoghue has written a response to Sandro Magister’s portrayal of the liturgical practices of the Neocatechumenal Way.
Let a thousand liturgical flowers bloom?
That’s the headline in La Stampa.
“This step is necessary in order to prevent the papal choir from becoming a museum piece,” the director of the Sistine Choir said.
The more I have listened to this phrase, the more I have become convinced that in fact “from the rising of the sun to its setting” is not an accurate translation of the intent of the original.
Pope Benedict said he made the change in responsibilities so that the Congregation for Divine Worship could “dedicate itself principally to giving a new impulse to the promotion of the sacred liturgy in the church, according to the renewal willed by the Second Vatican Council.”
Mike Fallon of Scotland has written extensively on the new missal. This is his latest article.
Receiving Communion in this way “is the sign of adoration that needs to be recovered. I think the entire Church needs to receive Communion while kneeling.”
Only male servers may be used at celebrations of the “Tridentine Mass.”