If you read The Tablet ("to see what it says") etc., I recommend Fr John Zuhlsdorf's fisk on the article against Summorum Pontificum by Fr Mark Francis which he refers to as "a condescending and embittered public unburdening of hatred for those who are attached to previous liturgical forms." The memorable line in the Tablet article is where the Pope is said to be "not a trained liturgist". Fr Z justly lampoons this ridiculous assertion.
In conversation the other day with other priests, we agreed that the Tablet is probably right in one respect. Apparently the editorial bemoans the fact that the Pope has denied that Vatican II marked a radical change in the Church.
Indeed. There was no radical change. We are the same Church. It has not changed in essentials. Blessed Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI said as much. Furthermore, to avoid any ambiguity, the Pope told us that the old Mass was not abrogated. Then, coming from the blind side, it was authoritatively clarified that "subsistit" did not mean that the Catholic Church was not the one true Church.
The "subsistit" document does look like the second part of a combination punch from the Holy Father. The widely heralded "Motu Proprio" was met with stiff chins just before the "Subsistit" document delivered a sharp blow with the right to the solar plexus.
The Sidcup Boxing Club would be proud of the feint.
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Pope is said to be "not a trained liturgist".
Thankfully not given the damage done by that bunch. He is however a fully trained Pope, which would appear to be the appropriate qualification in this case.
Many thanks, Father, for putting up this post with the link. Father Z's comments were really helpful, as were yours.
What a shame the subsistit in - est clarification was not released on the octave day of the Motu proprio.
But see lead article in The Twaddle this week (20 July). More boxing needed.
But Mark Francis article was the source of the most wonderful entertainment is recent weeks! I read it with irrepressible laughter, as did several of the many friends I sent it to. Several readers of this blog must know one or two Catholic lady journalists not unknown for writing spoof articles, but none could have achieved the mastery of this self-ridiculing diatribe. Thank you Fr Francis!
Are you encouraging us to read The Tablet, fr Tim ? In which case, are we entitled to some kind of indulgence for doing so, however good the Rev Z is ? sorry, but I wouldn`t even use The T for the obvious. It`s the axis of evil in the EW catholic church as far as I`m concerned.
Are you encouraging us to read The Tablet, fr Tim ?
Perish the thought!
...'the old one-two' eh? Please see:
http://www.catholic-sf.org/FPArticle23.htm
Do you think that your blog may be read at the CDF?
I do hope that you are not under scrutiny, Father. Perhaps your stance at the 99 names concert didn't go down well.
Or perhaps you're to be offered a job?!!
Anon - thank you for the link. How funny! As a service to others, the link is to an interview with Cardinal Levada for the San Francisco Catholic. Part of it reads:
Many commentaries have linked the two. "Many have tried to see it as some kind of one - two punch," Cardinal Levada laughed, "but the truth is that it is simply a coincidence that they were published in such proximity."
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