This past weekend, Pope Francis gave a speech where he stated: It is true that every reform creates resistance. I remember, when I was a boy, when Pius XII began with the first liturgical reform, the first one: you can drink water before communion, fasting for an hour... “But that’s against the sanctity of the Eucharist!”, they rent their garments in despair. Then, the Vespers Mass: “But, how come, Mass is in the morning!”. Then, the reform of the Easter Triduum: “But how is it possible, on Saturday the Lord must rise, now they postpone it to Sunday, to Saturday evening, on Sunday they don’t ring the bells... And where do the twelve prophecies go?”. All these things scandalized closed minds. It also happens today. Indeed, these closed mindsets use liturgical matters to defend their own point of view. Using the liturgy: this is the drama we are experiencing in ecclesial groups that are distancing themselves from the Church, questioning the Council, the authority of the bishops... in order to preserve tradition. And the liturgy is used for this.
I would like to comment here that, while I completely and totally disagree with his evaluation of those who are attached to the Church's ancient liturgical practices, his knowledge of the liturgical history of the Catholic Church during the 20th century is quite impressive and it actually reveals that he does have a real grasp of the subject.
He doesn't suffer from the notion that everything was done one way prior to V2 and then it was the Council that suddenly out of nowhere changed everything. His knowledge of what Pius XII did to the Mass far surpasses that of your average internet trad with their endless string of ad hominem slanders. I mean really, before the indult that Francis himself issued to permit the use of the pre-Pian Easter Vigil I wonder how many how many trads out there even knew there were twelve prophecies in that form?
A Second Draft of Pope Francis' Speech
This awesome.
I would like to comment here that, while I completely and totally disagree with his evaluation of those who are attached to the Church's ancient liturgical practices, his knowledge of the liturgical history of the Catholic Church during the 20th century is quite impressive and it actually reveals that he does have a real grasp of the subject.
He doesn't suffer from the notion that everything was done one way prior to V2 and then it was the Council that suddenly out of nowhere changed everything. His knowledge of what Pius XII did to the Mass far surpasses that of your average internet trad with their endless string of ad hominem slanders. I mean really, before the indult that Francis himself issued to permit the use of the pre-Pian Easter Vigil I wonder how many how many trads out there even knew there were twelve prophecies in that form?
This is the problem with Bergoglio and his cabal - a better speech is imaginary.