Good thinking, tax-chick!
People have to READ the Magister article carefully.
People then have to realize that their latest hated scape-goat Marini is the one who planned and prepared the Gregorian-chant / polyphony -filled liturgies surrounding the death of Pope John Paul II and the beginning of the Conclave, having presented those rites to the late Pontiff in 1998 (i.e., they were not "ordered" by Cardinal Ratzinger's office).
He also did the research that was preliminary to the publication of Order for the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome, which rites we saw carried out majestically and magnificently on global television on the day of our new Holy Father's installation. That Order was the FIRST LITURGICAL BOOK APPROVED BY POPE BENEDICT XVI - and it was all prepared by Marini and presented to Pope Benedict the day after his election.
These books are available for purchase (now) by the general public at www.paxbook.com
They are researched in a scholarly and Traditional way and beautifully printed and bound as befits the liturgical books of the Roman Rite . . . and all directed by that radical lib Marini!
But don't expect anyone on here from the SSPX side (and sympathizers) to even READ such argumentation . . . let alone attempt to reason the thing through.
It's enough for them to have a scapegoat.
And you know the old story, to paraphrase:
"For those who are loyal Roman Catholics, no changes are necessary; for those who are not, no changes will ever be enough."
Thanks for the comments. We have no TV reception, so I didn't see any of the funeral/conclave/installation liturgies. I hope to get a DVD, eventually.
My bottom line is that Pope Benedict will do whatever he decides is right, and then I will react to it (if necessary). Predictions are simply a way of (1) pushing an agenda, and (2) getting attention.
Is it necessary to attempt to start a flame war on every thread? Even though this thread has nothing whatsoever to do with the SSPX, you are the first to bring it up in your little editorial barb.
We've seen your yappaflappa before, Tax-O.
Marini's done. Gone. Finis. Kaput.
Accept it.