Posted on 02/03/2015 7:53:42 PM PST by marshmallow
It was announced in the most recent edition of L’Osservatore Romano that Pope Francis will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first celebration of the liturgy in the vernacular by Paul VI. On March 7 at 6:00 PM, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass at the church of All Saints on the via Appia Nuova. This was the same parish where Paul VI celebrated in the vernacular for the first time.
No doubt this announcement will have some up in arms, but for many in the Church this is yet another chance to celebrate the successful reforms of Vatican II.
It will be interesting to see what he says during his homily. Pope Francis has been careful not to tread into the stormy seas of the liturgical wars of yesteryear.
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Countdown before a bunch of traditionalists start screaming that any liturgy NOT in the dead Latin language is a “fake, clown mass” (all those early Christians having masses in Greek must have been heretics, apparently), in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Gee, I’m shocked.
Next up: Pope celebrates the 1918 Flu Pandemic. Pope celebrates the Black Death. Pope celebrates Anniversary of Sex Abuse Scandal.
But never celebrated the 100th anniversary of the death of Pius X.
A sound vernacular translation of the mass of Pius V might have been lovely. That's not what we got.
We had that for a couple of years! You must not be old enough to remember. I have the Missals from 1964 and 1966.
The vernacular was introduced at exactly the wrong historical moment. It made possible the constant ad-libbing at Mass by the narcissists in the clergy, which is still going on in many places.
In retrospect, much of the dignity was retained in the workmanlike manner in which many priests said mass, e.g., the folding of hands, making the sign of the cross, bowing, genuflecting, moving in general. It was never more obvious than during the post-communion purification of the vessels and altar cloths. It was evident these priests believed.
As the old boys died or retired, that reverent approach was lost. All masses were really sloppy and community theater production values were offered as a substitute for solemnity. You had to go to 6 AM masses to escape the banality.
I was referring to the altar Missals of 1964 and 1966, not the Missals used by the laity.
There is one bishop (I think it’s Bishop René Gracida, MAYBE) who is of the opinion that, since the 1964 Missal differs from the 1962 Missal only in that the readings and a small portion of the ordinary of the Mass are translated, a priest using that Missal is celebrating the “Extraordinary Form” of the Mass within the terms of Summorum Pontificum. He also says that, just as the 1962 Missal was “never abrogated,” neither has the 1964 Missal never been abrogated.
Ooops.
“...neither has the 1964 Missal EVER been abrogated.”
I don’t hardly never use no double negatives.
I have no trouble imagining Leo Gorcey uttering that line.
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