[jec1ny]

To change the Orthodox faith would require banning or rewriting all of this -- an impossible task. By contrast, since post-Tridentine parish practice had boiled down to the Mass alone, and so the revisionists had only to alter the one service to change the entire way that Catholics looked at worship and the faith.

I'm not sure how B16 is going to go about restoring the sense of the "given-ness" of liturgy (his term), but I will be interested to watch from the sidelines.

I am not sure exactly what form this will all take. But there has within conservative and traditionalist circles of the Catholic Church been much talk of the "reform of the reform." This is not likely to occur overnight though. The current mess has been in place for decades and it will take some time to correct it. Also I am sure that any reform of the current (Novus Ordo) Roman Rite will be undertaken in a much more thoughtful and deliberative manner then was the case in 1969 Anno Terribilus. One significant step that may come more quickly would be a much broader permission for the use of the pre-Vatican II liturgy (Tridentine Rite). Currently the permission of the local bishop is required for its use. Not surprising in the United States, enthusiasm has been somewhat in short supply among the bishops. While many now permit it's use; they do so under highly restricted circumstances. And many bishops still do not permit it at all. The liberation of ancient western liturgical rites would I think be an important step in the right direction.

[Agrarian]

One significant step that may come more quickly would be a much broader permission for the use of the pre-Vatican II liturgy (Tridentine Rite). Currently the permission of the local bishop is required for its use.

What has always fascinated me is that in order to use the Tridentine texts, one must get special permission and use Latin. From what I understand, there is no translation of the Tridentine text into the vernacular that is authorized for use.