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To: jrny

Everything you say may be well and good, but the statement I quoted is frighteningly vague.


20 posted on 04/14/2005 7:27:03 AM PDT by murphE (Never miss an opportunity to kiss the hand of a holy priest.)
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To: murphE

The way I see the situation...anything that can improve the current liturgical situation is good. A new liturgical movement already exists, despite Ratzinger calling for one.

The liturgical battle, as I see it, has currently two fronts:

1. The TLM, of which you and I are part. This must be allowed complete freedom to grow, and grow it will.

2. The tolerance of the NO. If we were to outlaw the NO tomorrow, we would only make the same rash mistake that the innovators did 40 years ago. I say we slowly reform it in the way Ratzinger has called for. Restoring the traditional Offertory and mandating the sole use of the Roman Canon would essentially do this, such that the core texts of both rites would be the same. This change would also have the least affect on the people, since these are texts only recited by the priest.


22 posted on 04/14/2005 7:34:30 AM PDT by jrny (Veni Creator Spiritus, et emitte lucis tuis radium.)
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