Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix Diocese is withdrawing permission for Communion under both forms at nearly all Masses.
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Father Anthony, Gordon Truitt, and I were asked to write about the missal of Pope Benedict XVI for the GIA Quarterly. My contribution is intended to be a contribution to the conversation about the relationship between the ordinary and the extraordinary forms of the liturgy, particularly the Mass.
Sitting in a living room with ten other people, worshiping with nothing but the human voice, gave me a real understanding of how our music can be “on earth as it is in heaven.” I started to realize how much more prayerful, how much more natural, this approach to music was than the over-produced concert music of contemporary Catholicism.
“As archbishop I have the ministry of unity. Thus, the ‘ordinary form’ is the standard for me.”
It’s just a piece of furniture, so why be interested in this?
Now online free of charge: the review Msgr. Wadsworth (of ICEL) wrote of Fr. Cekada’s theological critique of the Mass of Paul VI.
Perpetually 1962?
Jul 10
“According to [the April 2011 instruction from Ecclesia Dei], liturgical decrees issued since 1962 which are not compatible with the liturgical books then in use are not binding on Tridentine celebrations.” It’s perpetually 1962 for the Extraordinary Form, in other words.
To be sure, Wadsworth’s review of the book is nuanced, and he states his disagreement with some of the author’s opinions. But it is strikiing how much he seems to agree with.
Not funny, Mr. Drake
Jun 30
Tim Drake at the National Catholic Register is swinging way too widely, and throwing a grab bag of things together that don’t belong together.
Clearly it was a parish where some thought had been put into the liturgy and how to make it more “traditional.” The question is, have they been thinking about the right things?