But why is there such hostility toward Latin and the Mass celebrated facing East? I believe that there are people who thought the Council was a call to massive change from a sclerotic church, and they think that if you restore the old Mass, or say the new Mass facing east, you're repudiating the Council. But this is completely false. However, these people have spent the last 30-40 years of their lives committed to this vision of the Council which is not a vision of continuity but a vision of rupture. Their whole lives are being called into question. So, there's enormous resistance to this (the motu proprio). This is the reason why the pope had to do the motu proprio. It's quite possible to say the Novus Ordo in ways that are very traditional, but today, it's simply taboo.
So, the pope has said that people have a right to worship in this form (traditionally) and therefore we'll take this and make it more widespread and take it out of the hands of individual bishops. It's now in the hands of the faithful- if they want this, they are to be given it.
Monday, 25 February 2008
Fr Fessio: why Summorum Pontificum was necessary
Many thanks to Sober Inebriation for this superb interview with Fr Fessio. After his well considered comments on Summorum Pontificum and the reform of the reform, Fr Fessio also offers some wise considerations related to education. I very much agree with his analysis of why there is such resistance to the Motu Proprio:
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I very much agree
".... Their whole lives are being called into question..."
That demon PRIDE rearing its ugly head time and again! Every time someone opens their mouth and yaps against the normal Mass I see and hear nothing but pride! That's the root of all the "Spirit of Vatican II" problems! They began with pride and they continue to be forced down our throats because of pride!
What a useful insight from Fr. Fessio SJ.
"They think if you restore the old Mass, or say the new Mass facing east, you're repudiating the Council. But this is completely false."
Exactly.
False ! That's the word.
To celebrate in traditional manner is to repudiate not the Council, but the false spirit of the Council.
This false spirit, this spirit of revolution and rupture, has repudiated the Church's past.
It must be exorcised in order for the genuine reform envisaged by the Council to be realised.
It will be a struggle.
Too many years have passed, and a sclerotic mindset, a lethargy, a resistance to progress, has set in.
But we can't all live in the 1970s forever.
Well, I see the signs of life, of fresh new growth, and I see Pope Benedict bravely leading the way.
Father,
Your welcome. I have enjoyed the work you do with Hermeneutic. May God continue to bless you and your priestly ministry. Many blessings.
Mtober - co-contributor
Sober Inebriation weblog.
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