Forty years ago "they created a wasteland and called it renewal." Since the Tridentine Mass was largely abandoned in the late sixties, ideologues infected by a virulent strain of clericalism, have imposed on the faithful every kind of liturgical experiment, abuse, and blasphemy. The result has been cataclysmic, with division and a worldwide loss of faith. Most Catholics no longer attend Mass on Sunday; only about a third believe in the Real Presence; and dire as things may be in the United States, once-Catholic European countries are slipping into anti-Christian paganism.The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: "The Church's faith precedes the faith of the believer who is invited to adhere to it. When the Church celebrates the sacraments, she confesses the faith received from the apostles - whence the ancient saying: lex orandi, lex credendi. The law of prayer is the law of faith: the Church believes as she prays. Liturgy is a constitutive element of the holy and living Tradition."
With the publication of the following documents, the Holy Father has begun the journey toward greater unity and holiness, through a liturgy that more fully embodies the faith handed down to us from the Apostles.
Pope's letter accompanying the motu proprio [English translation from Vatican]
Summorum Pontificum (unofficial Vatican translation of the motu proprio)
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ReplyDeleteI thought it was pretty ridiculous that some have come out against the loosened restrictions on the Tridentine Mass as a move that promotes anti-Semitic feelings.
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