Saturday, April 26
Liturgical Color: White
During an address given this day in 1968,
Pope Paul VI stressed the importance of Latin
in the Liturgy. He reaffirmed that Vatican II
did not intend to abandon the use of Latin
when permitting use of the vernacular
in the liturgy.
I don’t doubt that changes have been made that were not required by VII. But those changes took place all over the world, not just in the US. I was glad for the use of the vernacular and receiving communion in the hand, but I found the new music (mostly guitars) disrespectful and downright annoying! The US bishops have made many mistakes, but they cannot be blamed for the liturgy changes in other countries!