Just a few questions. How do we know this? What were the ideas that became part of the Mass? Is it possible some of their suggestions were consistent with ideas already held by those responsible for the Liturgy?
Is it possible some of their suggestions were consistent with ideas already held by those responsible for the Liturgy?
Do you mean were the litugical reformers of one mind with their non-Catholic friends? Yes. I usually don't use the missalette. I kept wondering why I was always stumbling over a few words in the Communion prayer said just before we take Communion. You know the prayer:
Lord I am not worthy to recieve you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.
I looked at the missalette years after Vatican II. They demoted our 'sins' to a collective 'sin'. And, they changed the original, "but only say the word and my SOUL shall be healed". The centurian who coined that prayer was not asking for a healing of his body, which is inferred, but rather a healing of the soul. Now, this may not seem like much, but that's the point. The changes were subtle enough to go unnoticed. Our Mass which had been with us for centuries upon centuries was given a whitewash, still holy though, but not nearly as beautiful.
I borrowed a book from a friend years ago which was written around the time of the English Reformation. It detailed what they did to Catholic Churches to take away their specific Catholicism, when they were confiscated by the Protestants. It was amazing how similar those changes were to what happened after Vatican II. So, it seems they already had a blueprint on what changes to make.