The reform of the liturgy set in motion by the first document of the Second Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium, was a harbinger of the renewal announced by later documents of the Council especially those that explored the nature and mission of the Church, the place of the Bible in Christian life, ecumenism and evangelization. This session will discuss how the liturgy, renewed according to the principles of worship articulated in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, can be seen as a summation of the Council’s attempt at dialogue with the modern world.
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Archbishop Piero Marini to speak at FDLC in Erie
The theme of the conference is: “The Christian Mystery and the Enduring Value of Sacrosanctum Concilium.”
Read moreAll Together Now? Catholic Unity and the Liturgy
Fifty years after the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, some assert that this unity is textual. But is the unity of the Roman Rite really about having a single text? Textual unity was not what the fathers of the Council chiefly had in mind when they made the landmark decision to opt for the expression “substantial unity” rather than formal unity or uniformity.
Read moreThe Liturgy in Pope Benedict’s Address to the Clergy of the City of Rome.
Vatican Radio’s report on Pope Benedict’s address to the parish clergy of Rome, in which he reminisced on Vatican II and ruminated on its significance, contains a couple of interesting sets of remarks on the liturgy.
Read moreBishop Sample’s Pastoral Letter on Sacred Music in Divine Worship
The reinterpretation of Vatican II continues apace.
Read moreO’Malley on Faggioli on Liturgical Reform… and why some people are attracted to the old missal
by Timothy O’Malley
“is it really the case that many of those attracted to the 1963 Missal of John XVIII (the extraordinary form) are dismissive of the ecclesiology brought about by the Second Vatican Council? Or is it not often true that those fascinated by ‘the reform of the reform’ are disenchanted with certain features of the implementation of the reform itself?”
More about SC 24, Sacred Scripture, and the Lectionaries
All readers of this blog are grateful to Father Joncas for his series on re-reading of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy [SC]. But do
Read moreMsgr. Andrew Wadsworth on the Future of the Liturgy
One further thing Robert Hugh Benson could not foresee in any way in 1907 was the change, development, destruction – and your choice of term will obviously indicate your particular view – of the sacred liturgy.
Read moreSacrosanctum Concilium at 48
As we mark the 48th anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium today, please pause for a moment to remember the Liturgical Pioneers, Pastoral Musicians and Liturgists who have gone before you.
Read moreMarketing or Mystagogy: Reception of the New Roman Missal and Reverse Catechesis
“Catechesis is not simply the imparting of information, but the engagement of the other in the formative process. When a faith community participates in such full, conscious, and active catechesis the echoes surely are traces of the sensus fidelium with which God’s Spirit has gifted the church. May the liturgical catechesis ahead, in full mystagogical mode, stir such an echo that resounds to the good of the whole church and to the ongoing reform of the liturgy.” – Ed Foley
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