A question for those who hold that the Mass as most Catholics know it represents an ‘irreformable rupture’: when did the rupture first take place?
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Tag: Reform of the Reform
A Mass lacking architectural integrity
Lots of things happened during a solemn parish liturgy, but they didn’t add up.
Read moreA unique sight, and intensely interesting: Abp Alexander Sample celebrates Mass
Archbishop Alexander Sample, of Portland Oregon, celebrated a pontifical Tridentine Mass, and preached about celebrating a pontifical Tridentine Mass.
Read moreJeffrey Tucker on “Five Ways to Ruin the Mass”
I believe that this article is worthy of our thoughtful (not splenetic) discussion.
Read moreSacra Liturgia 2013
“[T]he Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, Dominique Rey, wants to reassure those Catholics who think that the moment for “liturgical renewal” – a shorthand definition for a return to a more solemn style of celebration hopefully ushered in by Benedict’s legalization of the pre-Second Vatican Council Latin Mass – is now over.”
Read moreReading tea leaves
Has Pope Francis proved himself a stalwart friend of Summorum Pontificum or are we seeing “the end of the reform of the reform”?
Read moreUnderground Liturgy in China: two questions
CNN has this story on a priest in China’s underground Church. There is a lot of footage of the liturgy, which seems quite interesting and raises two questions.
Read moreBenedict XVI: A Supremely Liturgical Pope
“In relation to the New English Translation of the Missal…it was the Holy Father who judged on the whole question of pro multis “for many,” “chalice” rather than “cup,” those are his particular judgments and his prerogative as the Pope. He showed a great interest in the process as it was unfolding …over ten years in the making.” – Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth
Read moreUPDATED: How Many Cardinal Electors Have Celebrated the Pre-Vatican II Mass Since 2007?
Twelve of the cardinal electors in the next conclave have celebrated the unreformed rite.
Read moreFROM THE ARCHIVE: The Power of Papal Example: Whence and Whither the Reform of the Reform?
Pope Benedict’s surprise (to me at lest) announcement of his resignation is interesting from all sorts of perspectives, of course. But since this is a liturgy blog, the question that comes to my mind is what this will mean for those who identify themselves as part of the “reform of the [liturgical] Reform.” To what degree was the personal example of Pope Benedict a source of that reforming movement and to what degree does its future depend upon a Pope who maintains the distinctive liturgical practices of this Pope? February 11, 2013 – one year ago today
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