Posted on 03/26/2021 5:06:04 PM PDT by ebb tide
This is a good place to bring you up to date briefly on a recent change inp> the Catholic Church that you might not learn about from the secular media. A new instruction from the Vatican has banned the practice of individual Masses inside St. Peter’s Basilica, placing strict limits on the use of the Latin rite. One of the groundbreaking reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was to adapt the liturgy “...more suitably to the needs of our own times.” Now, the place where those words were penned and approved can become an example to the rest of the church.
The new protocols invite priests to participate in one of the many joint celebrations of the Mass taking place inside St. Peter’s Basilica each day, rather than celebrate their own private Mass, which is now forbidden. Msgr. Kevin Irwin, longtime chairman of liturgical studies at Catholic University of America, writes: “The intent is to restore the notion of participation in liturgy, and private Masses just don’t do it.” Masses are still permitted in the chapels of the grotto of the basilica for pilgrim groups accompanied by a priest or bishop, and the use of the extraordinary (Latin) rite is limited to certain times in the Clementine Chapel in the Vatican grottos.
Priests who have lived and studied in Rome in previous years have commented that the sacristy of St. Peter’s often resembled Grand Central Station, with priests constantly coming and going. The new directives will not change anything in regard to private Masses that may be taking place at other locations in the world, but they do provide an opportunity for St. Peter’s to “run things in such a way that its liturgical life reflects the best, most normative vision of the liturgy that came out of the {Second Vatican] Council.” “What happens in St. Peter’s Basilica can be an example, but it’s not setting a rule for the rest of the world” said Rita Ferrone, author of several books about liturgy. “What they’re basically doing is saying St. Peter’s Basilica has got to implement the Second Vatican Council” wrote Fr. Mark Francis, who served on the International Committee on English in the Liturgy.
Fr. John Baldovin, professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College, writes that “Many Masses being celebrated simultaneously in the same church is a contradictory and confusing sign” and “Pope Francis is quite clear that the Council must be our inspiration in the ongoing reform of the church.” In fact, Pope Francis has written in strong terms about the significance of the Second Vatican Council, forcefully stating that anyone who doesn’t accept Vatican II is not walking with the Church. The example of the Vatican in Rome now sends a signal to the rest of the church about what is good and what isn’t.
Fr. Mike
Ping
Groundbreaking.
Wow.
So what’s your take on this? Is Fr. Mike against the banning of the Masses? I can’t tell after reading it twice.
It looks to me like this “Fr Mike” (How I detest priests who use their first names) has excommunicated himself by teaching manifest heresy.
I am confused, also.
Fr Mike favors the Bergoglio ban. Scratch a liberal and you find a fascist.
To me, it’s obvious that Fr. Mike is all for the banning of Masses in the infernal “spirit” of VCII.
Sounds like Fr. Mike (this was from a church bulletin, which is why he probably used his first name) was trying to explain why they didn’t want concurrent masses going on within the Basilica. I’m catholic, but don’t get most of the issue going on there.
Being from Michigan though, I’d point out that the “Cross in the Woods” parish is a beautiful open air outdoor “church” in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan in Indian River. If you’re ever up that way feel free to ask Fr. Haney for an explanation...
The sculptor received special permission from the Vatican to omit the crown of thorns and the wound on Jesus’ side.
Why?
That wound is the foundation of the Church, the blood of redemption and the water of baptism. That is the moment Christ founded the Church. (Not Pentecost as we sometimes hear, that was the public beginning, not the beginning.) Calling the liturgy a “celebration” instead of a sacrifice helps contribute to idea that it’s something the priest performs for an audience, hence cannot be “private.” This priest goes to even further extremes.
Sounds like he may be moving toward the Westminster Confession of Faith which prohibits private Masses. (Chapter 29). Let’s wait and see if he adopts more of the Calvinistic distinctions.
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