Posted on 06/19/2025 2:29:29 PM PDT by ebb tide
Cardinal Raymond Burke has appealed to Pope Leo XIV to lift the restrictions on the pre-1970 liturgy, stressing that respect for liturgical tradition is critical for the Catholic Church’s mission and that doctrinal and moral corruption shows itself in “divisions and factions” that lead to liturgical abuse.
Speaking via video link to a London conference celebrating 60 years of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, Cardinal Burke recalled that the most serious difficulty St. Paul faced in the early Church in Corinth was the “abuse that had entered into the celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist” and that it was “directly related to doctrinal and moral divisions among members of the community.”
Church history, he said, shows that “doctrinal and moral corruption in the Church is manifested in the falsification of divine worship,” adding that “where the truth of doctrine and the goodness of morals are not respected, neither is the beauty of worship.”
The solution, he said, is a renewed respect for Tradition and the laws governing the sacred liturgy.
The American cardinal also told the conference that he had already asked Pope Leo XIV to remove restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass “as soon as it is reasonably possible” in the hope that the situation would be restored to how it was during Benedict XVI’s pontificate.
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Is put a large emphasis on ‘confusion of the laity’.
“…The rehabilitation of the Ancient (Latin) Mass must absolutely not be understood as a concession to the Society of St. Pius X, but as a way for the whole Church to be one with herself inwardly, with her own past; that what was previously holy to her (Latin Mass) is not somehow wrong now…”
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Maybe I’m not seeing something, but why would Catholic’s want Mass said in a language that they don’t understand? (i.e. Latin). Not sure I understand this.
It’s not just the language, it’s the Rite. The Traditional Mass goes back, in its essentials, to at least the 3rd century. It is a bulwark of orthodoxy, compared to the new rite of Mass, which is wishy washy and uses ambiguous language. So it’s two different rites of Mass, one that is ancient and strong, and a new one concocted by a committee in 1968. The language isn’t the most important issue.
I received my first Holy Communion in 1963. My missal for the Mass was written in both English and Latin on the same pages. Even though considered a ‘dead’ language, it is ancient and I personally think of its timeless significance in participation of the Mass.
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