He's probably right. Most bishops chose to completely ignore all of the liturgical instructions that came out last year. And of course, nothing has happened to them (the bishops) for doing this. Frankly, I doubt that anybody even expected the instructions to be followed.
Contrast that, if you will, to the imposition of the Novus Ordo some 40 years ago, which literally happened overnight, with no "opt outs" or delay. That was enforced because it was riding on the old discipline, which it promptly destroyed.
Now even tiny changes to lousy practice can no longer be enforced by Rome, and the bishops can basically ignore any instruction and nothing happens to them. Lousy practice in the Church is perpetuated by poorly instructed and not very bright lower clergy. But the ones really responsible for the bad or simply stupid things in the Church are the bishops, yet they are never ever held responsible for it. Well, once in a while by greedy trial lawyers...but otherwise, they skate.
Rome has got to bring back some authority here.
Maybe we should lobby state legislatures to make "bad liturgy" a tort? :-)
AMEN!!!!!I dislike the touchy-feely part especially when someone has been coughing all through mass and using their hand to cover it up,then wants me to hold the hand...It amazes me how quickly the liberals wanted to kill all the good parts of the liturgy and how looooooong it takes to get parts of it back...The only thing I know is that the libs won't be successful.Jesus said the gates of hell will not prevail against his church...